Prickly and Blooming

Listen to your body | Tricia Brooks

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One morning, Tricia Brooks reached for her phone and realized she couldn't feel anything from her waist down. She knew she was stressed from working two jobs, taking more than a full load of college courses and acting in a professional play, but she had never experienced stress like this.

In this episode of Prickly and Blooming, Tricia chats with host Jessie Browning about how she recovered from that morning which required her to take a hard look at her life choices. Listen as she describes how her path towards healing also changed her career path.

Episode Timeline:

  • [00:03] Intro
  • [03:57] Meet Tricia Brooks
  • [04:38] Waking up feeling numb
  • [09:27] Ask questions and do your research
  • [11:34] Taking a hard look at herself
  • [17:56] Figuring it out it was shingles
  • [20:39] Strong intuition
  • [22:26] The work towards healing
  • [30:28] Peeling the onion
  • [32:14] Reading vs experiencing
  • [36:12] Attending college
  • [37:43] Changing her routine
  • [43:48] New focus means new career
  • [52:38] Tricia's last thoughts
  • [53:32] Jessie's rapid fire questions
  • [1:02:03] Contacting Tricia Brooks
  • [1:03:39] Outro

    • Resources Mentioned:
    • The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
  • Eckhart Tolle
  • The Gifts of Imperfections by Brene Brown
    • Standout Quotes:
    • "Sometimes I knew that I was stressed. I knew I was to a different point of stress that I had never experienced in my life, but I think it was this underlying thing of I just said ‘it's fine. I'm fine. I'm fine. Everything is going to be good. I'm just going to do all these different things, not get any sleep. I'm just going to study harder. I'm just going to work harder,' but the thing is your body is always giving you signs. Your body will keep giving you signs until it's like you listen and I wasn't listening." -Tricia Brooks [07:00]
  • "Books are amazing and I still read every single day and I love it, but there's a different thing from reading the book and actually experiencing the shit, you know what I'm saying, and applying that to your life." -Tricia Brooks [32:26]
  • "The anticipation. That's the worry you were talking about. Yes, the anticipation of things are so much worse than they actually are." -Jessie Browning [33:46]
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