In this powerful conversation, we welcome back Elizabeth Kipp for the third time to discuss the missing puzzle piece in addiction and recovery: shame. Rather than viewing shame as a mindset issue or a moral failing, Elizabeth explains the biological reality of our nervous system. This episode breaks down what happens when the body senses a threat, why we seek out immediate soothing mechanisms, and how the mind creates stories to explain physical dysregulation.

Whether you are navigating addiction, struggling with parenting stress, or simply feeling overwhelmed by modern life, this episode offers a practical, science-backed approach to finding your center again.

Key Topics Covered

• The Biological Root of Shame: Why your nervous system is acting exactly as designed to keep you safe.
• Understanding the Polyvagal Lens: How the body cycles through sympathetic activation, dorsal shutdown, and ventral calm.
• The Anatomy of Addiction: Why the body seeks the fastest possible route to soothe a dysregulated nervous system.
• Trauma Loops: What happens when you bounce between fighting your circumstances and completely detaching from them.
• Real-Life Dysregulation: Kara shares a vulnerable story about parental panic, highlighting how "micro-doses" of shame compound during high-stress moments.
• The 40-Day Reset Protocol: A highly accessible practice using deep breathing for three minutes, five times a day to actively rewire the brain.
• Meeting Your Resistance: Why the urge to avoid this practice is actually your evolutionary edge.

About the Guest: Elizabeth Kipp

Elizabeth Kipp is a Stress Management and Historical Trauma Specialist, Certified Addiction Recovery Coach, Ancestral Clearing Practitioner, and international best-selling author of The Way Through Chronic Pain: Tools to Reclaim Your Healing Power.

Elizabeth blends neuroscience, somatic awareness, and spiritual wisdom to help people release ancestral and personal patterns of suffering. By integrating these modalities with meditation, breathwork, and energy healing, she guides others toward balance and inner harmony. Having healed from over 40 years of chronic pain, anxiety, and addiction, Elizabeth’s mission is to help others reclaim their inner freedom, embody resilience, and live from their highest truth.

Connect with Elizabeth

• Website: https://Elizabeth-Kipp.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.kipp.3
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizi.kipp/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethkipp/

Get Connected.

• Sign up for my email list: https://adversityrising.com/email-list
• Listen to my Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AouludJr7EweOkMIN9s42?si=d8cdfcb925ce4c9c 

Take the Next Step.

• Download the FREE handout, "5 Things Shame Resilient People do Every Day" and start making those daily shifts to break that shame cycle that's keeping you stuck in that negative headspace. www.adversityrising.com/become-shame-resilient
• Book a free 25-minute discovery call to discuss different program options and find the support best fits your needs. https://calendly.com/adversityrising/discovery-call
• Are you a people pleaser? Ruminator? Over-extender? Sign up for the next round of Liberated Living and implement the radical 3 practice: Radical Acceptance, Radical Responsibility & Radical Authorship. https://adversityrising.com/liberated-living