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I hear this exclamation more times than I can count in my line of work. And while there’s something that makes us shy away from looking at whether we may have been victim to authoritarian control, there’s also something liberating about understanding why we made some of the decisions we did. This podcast looks at Steve… Read More »Emancipate Your Mind: 032: OMG! Was I in a Cult?

Have you ever wondered why you went along with certain things while you were active in your religion? Have you ever experienced something traumatic at church and felt like it was your own fault because you willingly participated? Do you find yourself holding yourself to religious promises you made when you were younger or feeling… Read More »Emancipate Your Mind: 031: Consent or Coercion? Revisiting Choices We Made When Religious

I should have known when creating a podcast on intention vs. impact that I’d also get a chance to work on making sure my intentions and impact were in alignment. I’m still learning just like all of you. In this, take 3, of this episode, we discuss why it’s not just our intentions that matter… Read More »Emancipate Your Mind: 030: Intention vs. Impact

Grief has been on my mind this week as I prepare to attend my 17-year-old nephew’s funeral in Utah. In this episode, I dive into the complicated emotional roller coaster that is grief.  I hope to normalize the common experiences we all have when moving through loss and hopefully provide some language and understanding for… Read More »Emancipate Your Mind: 029: Understanding Grief

Today we’re diving into the practice of somatic experiencing as a way to help locate and release trauma in the body. MindBody Mentor, Shawna Kathleen, talks about her own experience with autoimmune disease, relationship abuse, and sexual trauma and how learning to use somatic feedback from her body allowed her to begin alchemizing the pent… Read More »Emancipate Your Mind: 028: Somatic Experiencing and the Release of Trauma with MindBody Mentor, Shawna Kathleen

Everyone numbs emotionally from time to time when we’re overwhelmed and we’re not sure how to process what we’re experiencing. Any substance or behavior can be used as a numbing mechanism if we do it to avoid feeling difficult emotions or to avoid exploring difficult thoughts. While the we gain the benefit of escape for… Read More »Emancipate Your Mind: 027: Understanding Numbing Behaviors

Over the past decade, so much research has emerged showing that mindfulness, or the practice of being completely focused on the present, is not just helpful for calming our nervous systems, helping us focus, and helping us feel more satisfied with our lives, but can also help people who are healing from trauma. When we’re… Read More »Emancipate Your Mind: 026: Healing Trauma with Mindfulness Practice

Britt and Bill dive into the Hero’s Journey. The discuss the various elements and the ways in which those elements connect with the human world in reality. RESOURCES: https://youtu.be/3S8O95fCbhQ?t=1 ted.com/talks/matthew_winkler_what_makes_a_hero?language=en https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/458496650/the-heros-journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tssOG2rS1AA

There’s no doubt that those who are able to look at life’s challenges with hope and optimism enjoy a lot of proven benefits. They have less stress, better health, and live longer. They also are able to bounce back from life’s challenges with more resilience. However, sometimes our quest for positivity can actually be harmful.… Read More »Emancipate Your Mind: 025: Healthy Positivity vs. Toxic Positivity

When we share our stories with those who have earned the right to hear them, we not only help ourselves become more shame resilient, we make safer spaces for others to share their own stories. When people are shame resilient, they are better able to be authentic, to have compassion for themselves and others, to… Read More »Emancipate Your Mind: 024: The Importance of Sharing Our Stories with Public Speaker, Terina Maldonado