Women Waken: Spiritual Healing for Trauma in Relationships to Shift from Codependency to Divine Feminine

At a certain point in our lives, once we have identified our traumas and childhood conditioning and begun to heal, it becomes time to make deliberate choices in order to realize our true fulfillment and joy in life. We must overcome the fear of judgment and rejection and just do what we really believe in to remain aligned with what is true for us. Identifying and minimizing negative self talk and self doubt to step into our confidence and have that break through onto our highest path. My guest this week, Amy Wong, is an Executive Leadership Coach, Speaker, and Founder of Always on Purpose. She has a lot to say about how people can learn to face the unknown, identify blind spots that get in the way of who we truly are, and finally get what we really want.

On this episode Amy and I get into how we can begin to realize that we are always whole and complete, overcome experiences that have challenged our sense of social and physical safety, and how we can step into our knowingness and unconditional love for ourselves. 

Amy Wong has an intense passion for helping people thrive and live into meaningful joy and satisfaction from living, leading and communicating without fear and false perception. She thrives on helping others live and lead on purpose. You can learn more about her and connect with her here:

www.alwaysonpurpose.com
IG @amyelizawong

On this solo episode I follow up on some of the themes and ideas that came up in last weeks' guest episode with Ingrid Christine, author of Unmasked:  A Triumphant Memoir of Recovery from Childhood Trauma, Eating Disorder, and PTSD. Discover the powerful tools you need to overcome traumatic experiences and start your journey towards emotional healing. Learn more here about how to identify key signs of trauma and begin the healing process.

Feel free to reach out to me to see how we can work together and send your questions, feedback, and requests for future solo episodes here: 
Whitney Walker, LMFT
License # 107082
www.WomenWaken.com
https://www.psychologytoday.com/profi...
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IG: @Womenwaken

What does childhood trauma look like when you're an adult? When it's been buried deep within us, it doesn't just go away. And once you find it, how can you manage and treat it? These are the questions that my dear friend and fantastic guest, Ingrid Christine Abild-Pedersen, answers on the show this week as we dive into the murky waters of childhood trauma and how to begin the healing journey. Ingrid is the author of Unmasked:  A Triumphant Memoir of Recovery from Childhood Trauma, Eating Disorder, and PTSD where she tells her story of finding the courage to face her trauma and reach a level of joy and fulfillment in her life that she never knew was possible. 

On this episode, Ingrid and I discuss the nature of trauma and the connection between childhood trauma, physical symptoms, and mental health. Ingrid also shares insight into the phenomenon of delayed trauma release in later life and how she was able to use her intuition to identify and heal from it. 

Several take aways from this episode will help you to cope with the pain of childhood trauma and eating disorders. Listen in to learn how healing is possible.

• Hold and feel your trauma to release it
• Inner child meditation is key
• Give yourself grace 
• Growth mindset
• Be conscious of trauma patterns to change them and shift into confident self worth

Ingrid Christine Abild-Pedersen is the owner and founder of Abild-Pedersen Coaching and a speaker. She is a Certified Professional Coach and an Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner, trained by the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching. 

Ingrid is the author of "Unmasked - A Triumphant Memoir of Recovery from Childhood Trauma, Eating Disorder, and PTSD". She wrote her memoir with the hope to spread awareness of the connection between childhood trauma, physical symptoms, and mental health.

Ingrid, who has lived in Denmark, Germany, and England, now lives in California. She is working with both national and international clients on breaking patterns and building leadership in their own lives. Additionally, since 2017, she has served as a guest lecturer for California Northstate University, teaching medical students about the connection between trauma and physical symptoms. 

You can connect with Ingrid and order her book here:

Abild-Pedersen Coaching

Ingrid Christine Abild-Pedersen, CPC, ELI-MP

Certified Professional Coach

Email: [email protected]

Web: http://www.abildpedersencoaching.com

Unmasked:  A Triumphant Memoir of Recovery from Childhood Trauma, Eating Disorder, and PTSD

https://www.amazon.com/Unmasked-Triumphant-Recovery-Childhood-Disorder/dp/1954920385

Is it really possible for the body to heal itself? Could it be true that if we just listened to and trusted our bodies a little more we would find that they are constantly giving us messages and telling us what they need and what's wrong? My beautiful guest this week, Kinjal Shah, leads with the sentiment that at this time, the need to go inward is more important than ever. That we need to stop seeking outside ourselves and look within for the answers and our Sovereign truth. That if we do we can heal ourselves; Body, Mind, and Spirit. Kinjal is a yoga teacher and Wellness and Breathwork coach. She believes that yoga and its rich philosophy can help us heal or maintain our optimum health and offers ways to work with the Chakra system and crystals to do so. In her work, Kinjal shares how our relationship to food, pharmaceutical drugs, and digital devices impact or wellbeing and the importance of everyday mindfulness and self-care.

On this episode Kinjal and I dig into the concept of consumption and the many forms it takes beyond just what we eat and drink and how it effects us. We also discuss learning to trust rather than fear the conditions and ailments in our bodies. To see them as guidance and signposts as to what we're needing more or less of and to realize our bodies are not our to hurt or punish us, they rather want us to be healthy and vibrant always.

You can learn more about Kinjal here:

Motivated by her own journey of healing from an autoimmune disorder, Kinjal started teaching yoga and wellness with the intention of sharing the practical benefits of yoga and how food can be medicine. Her style of teaching is suitable for everyone, including beginners, dancers, seniors, as well as more advanced students. She focuses on alignment with the goal of helping each body be in a state of ease and optimum performance. She also teaches breathwork, meditation, and mindfulness for busy professionals and is a wellness coach. In addition to group classes, she offers 1:1 (private) yoga sessions, corporate classes, workshops, and wellness coaching. She is also a certified Reiki practitioner and offer 1:1 reiki sessions and chakra healing.

Links:
www.kinjalyoga.com
https://www.youtube.com/@kinjalyoga

There's nothing like a relationship to test your ability to maintain self love and acceptance. Dating and relationships are very fertile ground for growth because they can bring up our deepest insecurities and force us to face them. We might feel self-doubt creeping in; the old stories we tell ourselves about what other's actions must mean about what they think or feel about us, and further yet how we can feel about ourselves. Yet is this true? Is it fair or kind to ourselves to create negative correlations? Is that honoring ourselves? 

On this solo episode I offer a spin off of last week's episode on unconditional self love and acceptance to share some tips on how to face situations that challenge our feelings of self acceptance and love. It's amazingly freeing not to be tied to those chains of thinking and fearing the worst rather than always knowing our worth.

Join me in this video to learn about these tips to practice within dating situations to maintain self love and acceptance when assumptions come up based on the actions of others: 

1. Pause
2. Identify situation objectively
3. Acknowledge disconnect / facts
4. Identify self defeating thoughts
5. Ask is that true? 
6. Connect with your core self love

Feel free to reach out to me to see how we can work together and send your questions, feedback, and requests for future solo episodes here: 
Whitney Walker, LMFT
License # 107082
www.WomenWaken.com
https://www.psychologytoday.com/profi...
[email protected]
IG: @Womenwaken

We often ask throughout our lives, what is my Destiny? Is there even such a thing as Destiny? Is there something I'm truly meant for or is it up to me to decide? Guest Carrie Hart firmly believes that we each have a personal Destiny that we can follow to achieve the greatest state of happiness and fulfillment in our lives. Carrie is an Author and Spiritual Explorer who has experienced a very powerful connection with what she calls Ataquay; the energetic field beyond ordinary time and space, where everything that is, was and will be exists in a state of pregnant possibility, the place of shared expanded consciousness—the place where everything is connected and seeming “coincidences” are more than just happenstance. She believes that we can all tap into this expanded consciousness and walk the path of our Destiny if we follow our intuition and in turn be guided toward our truth. 

On this episode, Carrie offers some fantastic insights on how to activate your divine Feminine energy to heighten intuition and receive guidance toward your greatest gifts, Soul's purpose, and align with your Destiny. Carrie then shares the importance and benefits of being in our own Sovereign truth, enhancing our intuition, connecting with higher wisdom, and honoring the light within us. Remembering that as Women, we have access to that power, it is our Destiny. 

Carrie also shares 7 Ways to Activate your Divine Feminine Energy and the Light of Self Love:

1. Quiet your mind through Meditation
2. Tune into intuition
3. Ask for word of the day
4. Each have a golden chord attached to Source/ soul
5. Discover your Life’s purpose
6. Develop a Spiritual Morning Routine 
7. Choose to let go of your Voice of Fear & Speak up through courage

Carrie Hart wants to offer others a simple gateway to Ataquay and share the best of the tools that helped her deepen her understanding of how we walk a path of destiny through a universe that is actively weaving a web of connections, and how that can greatly enhance the journey. Accessing Ataquay is something anyone can do, but it’s like following a well-worn path—the more you do it, the easier it is—and the more expansive the experience. And Carrie Hart’s tools lay down the stepping stones. Over the past 25 years, Carrie has explored Ataquay to bring creative, healing wisdom to those seekers looking for answers and guidance. She calls it “the place I love most in the world.”

Learn more about Carrie and here work here:
www.carriehart.com

Unconditional self-acceptance is the practice of accepting yourself fully as you are, without judgment or shame. This can help to improve your mental health, reduce stress and anxiety, and allow you to make positive changes in your life. In this episode, we will look at how to develop unconditional self-acceptance and the benefits it may bring.

To truly understand unconditional self-acceptance, it’s important to appreciate that it is an intentional mindset shift away from feeling shame or disappointment over your own experiences, choices, or perceived mistakes and failures. It involves understanding that mistakes are a part of life and that accepting yourself for who you are with kindness and compassion is the key to inner peace and freedom. This measure of self-love can be difficult to achieve, but the process of developing unconditional self-acceptance has tremendous potential benefits.

Join me in this video to learn about these benefits and learn the 3 simple steps you can take to begin your development of Unconditional self love and acceptance. 

Feel free to reach out to me to see how we can work together and send your questions, feedback, and requests for future solo episodes here: 
Whitney Walker, LMFT
License # 107082
www.WomenWaken.com
https://www.psychologytoday.com/profi...
[email protected]
IG: @Womenwaken

What would happen if you removed any conditions you have for loving yourself? What would it be like to have a fully expressed love and acceptance of yourself regardless of any outside circumstances, events, or situations in your life? This is the idea of unconditionality. That something can exist purely and eternally no matter what happens. Another word for this state could be, Heaven. When we live conditionally it means that we hold a thought, feeling or belief (I love myself, I accept myself, I believe in myself) only when certain outside circumstances support that thought, feeling, or belief. Should anything change, so does our feelings of love, belief, regard, and acceptance. This state of being could be referred to as, Hell. As it means you are at the whim of what happens to you, how other people treat you, what you're able to achieve or look like to maintain positive regard for yourself. Do you see the distinction?

On this episode I go deeper into Conditional vs Unconditional love; how conditionality (fear) primarily governs our World in this current time and how moving into a state of unconditionality (love) will be the biggest game changer our World has ever seen. I explain some of the ways that conditional love show up within ourselves and in society, the repercussions of that, how to identify the difference between conditionality and unconditionality, and how to begin embody unconditionality which leads to true peace and freedom. 

Feel free to reach out to me to see how we can work together and send your questions, feedback, and requests for future solo episodes here: 
Whitney Walker, LMFT
License # 107082
www.WomenWaken.com
https://www.psychologytoday.com/profi...
[email protected]
IG: @Womenwaken

As we grow older we begin to notice and feel the changes in how our bodies respond to how we feed, move, and push them to varies limits. If we try to ignore what our bodies are telling us we may end up with injuries, chronic conditions, and frustration. The alternative is to shift our relationship with our bodies to one that is symbiotic. Considering it a partnership. No longer acting as a dominant master, rather being in a collaborative effort to do the thing we love while staying healthy and engaging in activities that are sustainable and allow for long-term health.

On this solo episode I get into these topics as I break down my guest episode from last week with the lovely Dr. Jen Sylvester and the incredible insights and knowledge she shared with us around the best means of prevention, consistency, and longevity.

Feel free to reach out to me to see how we can work together and send your questions, feedback, and requests for future solo episodes here: 
Whitney Walker, LMFT
License # 107082
www.WomenWaken.com
https://www.psychologytoday.com/profi...
[email protected]
IG: @Womenwaken

Taking care of your body is essential in order to feel your best and to have longevity in your health. However, taking care of your body may not always look like you think it does. Every single person's body, genetics, and internal systems are different meaning the best diet and exercise plan differs between individuals. It may seem easier to just jump on the latest fads or flashy offerings, yet taking the time to explore your own personal best fit has long-term benefits for the rest of your life. On the show this week I welcome Physical Therapist and dear friend, Dr. Jennifer Sylvester. Dr. Jen explains the importance of listening to your body, taking preventative action to reduce injury and damage to the body, and creating balance and healthy habits to enable improved aging.

On this episode, Jen and I talk about the temptation to push our bodies to a certain size and shape or to aim for extreme fitness goals when what matters most is what suits you best, mentally and physically, and what is sustainable. As well as focusing on body acceptance and embracing ourselves as we are without condition. Jen also shares about the power of consistency over intensity to form a more loving relationship with our bodies, how to develop your physical and mental health, and achieve long-term success.

Dr. Jennifer Sylvester, Doctor of Physical Therapy, started her private practice in 2014 providing concierge physical therapy, aquatic therapy, and wellness services in Silicon Valley and Santa Cruz. In the past 3 years she moved her business almost entirely online, teaching weekly virtual fitness classes, leading educational workshops and events, and providing telehealth physical therapy throughout California. While traveling, she has the opportunity to provide in-person physical therapy to patients throughout California, with concierge treatments in their homes or workplaces, and aquatic therapy at private or public pools. Dr. Jen focuses on customizing treatments to match each patient's unique lifestyle. She works with the patient to create a personalized whole-body plan for exercise, nutrition, sleep, and mindfulness that empowers the patient to take control of their own health and wellbeing. 

Learn more about Dr. Jen's classes and services at www.DrJenPT.com or email her at [email protected]

IG: @jennifersylvesterdpt