Worthy of Space Podcast

By Kati Kumpulainen

Worthy of Space Podcast is here to remind you to take up space in your own life. To express loudly, unapologetically and with pride. Forever curious learner, host Kati Kumpulainen, shares her own expe... more

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The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.

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December 29, 2024 #17 The Power of Solitude: Start to Enjoy Your Life NOW (Not Next Year)
Themes: Loneliness, Solitude, New Year, Happiness, Well-being, Self-love
Finish the year strong—there’s no better time to start living your life to the fullest than NOW! Learn how to enjoy your life more, whether you’re single or in a relationship. I’ll walk you through the key insights and lessons I’ve discovered this year that have helped me become happier, more present, and truly content in my own company.
Wishing you a wonderful end to 2024, filled with quality time for yourself—embracing the beauty of solitude.
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23min
October 29, 2024 #16 Food as Medicine – Healing Your Gut Heals YOU
Themes: Gut Health, Holistic Healing, Mental Health, Gut-Brain Connection, Parasites, Food, Nutrition, Candida Diet, Healing

Summary:
On today's episode, I’ll share my personal journey of how ongoing health issues led me to explore the depths of gut health and discover the healing power of food. You'll hear about the specific changes I made in my diet and lifestyle, and how these adjustments ended up curing my sickness and healing me from the inside out—literally! Enjoy the episode.

(00:00) Intro

(02:53) Impact of external stressors

(04:00) Holistic approach to healing

(06:36) Parasites

(09:05) Consequences of antibiotic use

(10:26) Connection between gut health and mental health

(11:39) Yeast overgrowth

(14:23) Dietary changes and candida diet

(21:29) Gut health, emotional well-being and stress

(24:10) How antibiotics affect the gut bacteria

(25:21) Nutrition and movement as a healing tool

(27:52) Nervous system's role

(29:01) Alcohol and caffeine

(30:10) Circadian rhythm and morning sun

(33:48) Fermented foods

(35:59) Probiotics and prebiotics

(38:28) Glucose management hacks

Find me on Instagram: @katikumpul
https://www.instagram.com/katikumpul
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44min
October 01, 2024 #15 Butterflies in Your Stomach: Sign of True Love or Just Biology?
Welcome back to Worthy of Space Podcast, Season 2! We're diving straight into a juicy topic—those butterfly feelings in your stomach when you're about to speak in front of a big audience or meet your crush. Is it normal to feel this way? What's the science behind it? Is it a sign of danger, or have you found the love of your life—or both? Let's find out!

Themes: Autonomic Nervous System, Butterfly Feeling in the Stomach, Dating, Love, Fight-or-Flight Response

Find me on Instagram: @katikumpul
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21min
June 09, 2024 #14 10 Signs You May Have a Father Wound and Ways to Heal
Themes: Father Wound, Self-Healing, Inner Child, Childhood Trauma, Emotional Neglect, Emotional Unavailability, Perfectionism, Boundaries, Trust Issues
Summary:
This episode will cover everything you need to know about a father wound, including what is a father wound, how to recognize if you have one and how to start healing it. I will discuss the origins of this wound and share my own personal experiences, as usual. This wound can significantly affect our romantic partnerships and how we attach to others, so it is crucial to understand it better. Feel free to show your love and share this episode with anyone who might benefit from this information!

(00:00) Introduction to the father wound

(03:07) Manifestations of the father wound

(05:54) Recognizing childhood dynamics

(09:18) Signs: boundaries & trust issues

(13:03) Self-sabotage

(16:49) Attachment styles

(18:05) Hyper-independence

(19:11) Self-worth + self-esteem issues and need for control

(21:33) Perfectionism and people-pleasing

(23:58) Connection between empathy and trauma

(25:11) Attraction to unavailable partners

(29:06) Healing through writing & community

(32:54) Inner child work

(35:30) Nervous system

Find me on Instagram: @katikumpul
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38min
May 18, 2024 #13 The Daughter Who Had to Grow Up Too Fast—Hyper-Independence Explained
Themes: Hyper-Independence Hypervigilance, Interdependency, Trauma, Childhood Wounds, Parentification, Emotional Neglect, Abandonment, Relationships, Inner Child, Healing.
Summary:
Were you described as the 'easy daughter'? Our 'independent child'? The one who 'always just takes care of herself so well'?
Yup, I've heard all of that hundreds of times too—and so may you! In today's episode, you and I will discuss how needing to grow up and become an adult way too early in your childhood can cause unwanted suffering in our lives—in other words, what hyper-independence is all about. We will explore where it originates, what it means, how it can negatively affect your life and how to release it. You will hear examples from my own life how it showed up for me, and my best tips on how to become healthily independent while also knowing how to count on others when needed.

(00:00) Intro

(01:22) What is hyper-independence

(02:51) The origins: emotional neglect and parentification

(05:25) The origins: abandonment wounds

(13:29) The connection between trauma, coping mechanisms & nervous system

(16:34) Challenges of hyper independence

(26:18) Negative effects of hyper independence

(30:49) The importance of learning to ask for help

(32:10) Inner child healing, play and reparenting

(37:03) Practicing vulnerability and self-compassion

Find me on Instagram: katikumpul
https://www.instagram.com/katikumpul

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43min
May 04, 2024 #12 Daily Habits to Create a Happier Life: Insights from the Longest Study on Happiness
Themes: Happiness, Human Connection, Relationships, Love, Mindfulness
Summary:
I'm so happy you found your way to this episode because this is something everyone needs to hear and know about. Today I will go through the key findings from the longest study of happiness ever been done. You will learn what are the key components to live more happy and healthy life, how to increase happiness in your own life and also what to avoid. I will of course bring up my own examples from my life, how I've experienced these findings to be true and how I've integrated them in my own life—Some of them before even knowing about this research and its findings!
Such an exciting and powerful topic, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did researching about it!
References:
Good genes are nice, but joy is better
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/
What Makes a Good Life? Lessons From the Longest Study on Happiness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jnEizYzQl0

Find me on Instagram: katikumpul
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23min
April 20, 2024 #11 'Wait! I Thought I'm Healed?!'—Sliding Back into Old Patterns + Tools to Bounce Forward
Themes: Self-reflection, Self-awareness, Codependency, Dating, Self-love, Attachment Styles, Inner Child Wounds, Fear of Abandonment, Healing.
Summary:
On this episode I truly get close up and personal! I'm reflecting on how non-linear healing is, how easy it is to slide back to old codependent patterns and how to avoid that—and make sure you stay YOU while dating new people! I will share my own tools that I created to keep you in check that you don't start to lose parts of ourselves when relating romantically to a new person! We all know dating can be challenging and I hope this episode will help you (and me!) to navigate through it with a bit more awareness and compassion towards ourselves.
Ps. I will practise vulnerability myself and share a very personal letter of mine at the end of the episode!
(00:00) Intro
(01:17) Summary of learnings so far
(02:28) Slipping into old codependent habits
(03:58) Losing parts of self
(06:33) Fear of abandonment and codependency
(10:12) Tools to overcome fear
(11:34) Moving forward with compassion
(14:16) Creating a self-accountability list
(20:14) Self-reflection and personal letter

Find me on Instagram: katikumpul
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23min
April 06, 2024 #10 Insecure & Secure Attachment Styles Explained + Tips How to Recognize Your Own Attachment Style
Themes: Attachment Theory, Attachment Styles, Insecure Attachment, Secure Attachment, Avoidant Attachment, Anxious Attachment, Disorganized Attachment, Childhood Trauma, Human Connection, Nervous System Regulation, Self-love, Relationships, Dating, Self-belief, Vulnerability, Trust, Healing
Summary:
Are you often worried your partner will leave you? Feeling anxious if they take longer to text back to you? Having a hard time opening up and sharing your vulnerable side with your friends? Does asking help feel extremely hard for you? Sounds familiar? Then you're in the right place and it all makes sense. Trust me. Today I'll share my recent learnings about the newest research of attachment theory and 4 different attachment styles. I will explore how the styles are developed and how they affect your way of connecting to other people, and finally, how to recognize your own style. I will reflect on my own experience and challenges and discuss the ways how to heal from insecure attachment and learn to become more securely attached - the goal being able to relate to other people with more ease and comfort.
Link to Mel Robbins podcast BONUS Meditation – Listen for 21 Days to Reprogram Your Subconscious: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iuQPR8NmdzWonuvHwsFA2?si=gxLKazZqRwWDcDOW-ZGvcA

Find me on Instagram: @katikumpul
https://www.instagram.com/katikumpul

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52min
March 23, 2024 #9 Autonomic Nervous System: How it Affects Your Daily Life & Tools to Regulate Yourself
Themes: Relationships, Healing, Autonomic Nervous System, Regulation, Dysregulation, Polyvagal Theory, Neural Exercise, Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System, Fight or Flight, Freeze, Dorsal, Ventral, Self-awareness, Triggers, Trauma, Disconfirming Experiences, Inner Co-Regulation, Regulating Tools
Summary:
On today's episode I share my recent learnings about the autonomic nervous system, how it affects our daily life and how to regulate your own nervous system. I will discuss some practical tools I've been using for a while + some new tools how to self-regulate and the potential benefits that come from spending more time in a regulated state. I will share my own life's examples of being in a dysregulated state, the struggles that arises and how to start learning to come back to regulation.

(00:00) Intro
(01:19) Understanding the autonomic nervous system
(03:07) Nervous system's role in behavioural patterns
(04:59) Sensory techniques to manage panic attacks
(06:06) How past experiences influence current reactions
(08:25) Different nervous system states
(10:45) Tools for regulating the nervous system
(13:35) Importance of being aware of different states
(16:16) Practical examples of regulation
(20:10) The importance of visualization
(22:10) Comprehensive list of regulation techniques
(37:15) Building capacity for positive experiences
(44:27) Conclusion and resources

Find me on Instagram: ⁠@katikumpul ⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/katikumpul
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46min
March 09, 2024 #8 Navigating Healing in a Romantic Partnership: the Challenges and Potential
Themes: Healing, Self-work, Partnership, Dating, Codependency, Healthy Relationship, Self-awareness, Insecurities, Triggers, Trauma, Nervous System, Disconfirming Experiences
Summary:
On today's episode, I'll be discussing what healing can look like in solitude and while dating another person. I'll explore the significant potential that a healthy relationship can bring to your healing journey and the importance of continuous self-discovery and mutual growth with the partner. Additionally, I'll discuss important considerations for choosing a partner to share your healing journey with.
(00:00) Intro
(01:15) How can healing look like when dating
(02:17) Triggers and reacting to them
(09:38) Powerful potential of healing together
(12:16) Challenges in dating
(13:23) Working on self & recognizing your triggers
(17:40) Codependency and insecurities
(21:35) Choosing the right partner
Find me on Instagram: ⁠⁠@katikumpul ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/katikumpul
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27min

FAQs about Worthy of Space Podcast:

How many episodes does Worthy of Space Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.