In this episode, Sarah breaks down the science of Parts Work and how trauma shapes the different “selves” we embody. You’ll learn why these parts develop, how to begin differentiating between the truth of a part and the truth of your adult self, and the steps necessary to finally resolve old wounds. This episode will empower you to find clarity within, build trust with your younger parts, and come home to the authentic you you’ve always been.

Episode Highlights:

[01:19 ] Why we feel like different versions of ourselves in different settings

[03:40] What “Parts Work” means and how parts develop

[06:00] How your nervous system reverts to old protective patterns

[09:50] The difference between vulnerable and protective parts

[11:10] Examples of protectors: achiever, fawner, caretaker, perfectionist

[16:35] Somatic exercise: embodying your adult self

[20:30] Recognizing truths from adult self vs. your parts

[23:40] How romantic relationships trigger childhood parts

[26:30] Why protectors often sabotage love and purpose

[30:00] The beauty of becoming your own “internal archeologist”

[33:30] How to identify your truth and stop oscillating between versions of self

[40:00] The importance of marinating in your truth

[43:012] Q&A - How can I learn to trust myself and know my truth?

[49:157] Q&A - How do I overcoming abuse and self doubt?

[55:501] Q&A - How can I know what is the “real me” and what is the traumatized me?

[1:00:008] Q&A - How can I create deep and genuine conversations?

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Quotes:

“Anything you think or feel at any given moment is the truth to a part of you, it just might not be the truth to your adult self.” - Sarah Baldwin [0:40:40]

“We end up living lives that our protective parts decided are safe for us, not the lives that are actually meant for us.” - Sarah Baldwin [0:47:21]

“The life you are here to live is not meant to feel comfortable. It will stretch you, grow you, and invite you into healing.” - Sarah Baldwin [0:48:26]

Your nervous system creates your entire experience. Everything from your thoughts and feelings to your behaviors and perception of self, others, and the world around you are all determined by what’s happening in this self-protective system. In this episode, Sarah will guide you through the fundamentals of nervous system regulation and equip you with tangible somatic tools to help you gain control over your experience.

Many traditional models of healing focus only on treating the “symptoms” — like anxiety, depression, stress, fear, burnout, or panic — rather than addressing the root cause. But much of our pain and stuckness is actually a result of unresolved trauma or chronic dysregulation. When you learn how to befriend your nervous system and gently walk it toward safety, it’s possible to feel better, move through the world with more ease, and step toward all that you desire.

Episode Highlights:

• [00:25] Nervous system regulation is the foundation of all healing
• [02:00] Understanding your Autonomic Nervous System
• [07:44] What makes regulation so powerful and freeing
• [10:30] The symptoms of dysregulation
• [24:28] How we can regulate our nervous systems
• [29:04] What to expect as you come into regulation
• [34:35] Question 1: How to resolve anxiety through nervous system regulation
• [39:37] Question 2: The “expand and contract” experience of healing
• [42:25] Question 3: Why you might “freeze” or have a startle response
• [46:33] Question 4: Staying regulated in difficult work environments

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So many of us use food as a strategy to numb, disconnect from our emotions, or even as a companion. So how do we heal this unhealthy relationship with food? Today on You Make Sense, Sarah breaks down how unresolved trauma and a dysregulated nervous system can impact the way you eat, your biological functions, and your overall sense of well-being.

You’ll learn why you might have developed a difficult relationship with food, the role diets or restriction play in maintaining control, how intuitive eating can be inhibited by trauma, and more. If you’re ready to reconnect with your body and find more ease around eating, this episode will give you tangible science-backed tools to help you to transform your relationship to food and with yourself.

• [00:24] Today’s topic: how to have a healthy relationship with food
• [01:27] Why we develop unhealthy relationships with food
• [06:09] Food restriction and how it’s used for control
• [10:53] How being disembodied affects your food intuition
• [14:41] What food habits create a dysregulated nervous system
• [18:31] Fueling regulation and building a healthy relationship with food
• [35:00] Question 1: How blood sugar spikes affect your nervous system
• [36:45] Question 2: Combatting emotional eating by reparenting your young parts
• [41:01] Question 3: Anchoring in your adult self when working with younger parts

Get on the Waitlist for Sarah’s 10-Week Program:

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Download Sarah’s FREE Workbook:
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What if the key to living more fully isn’t “fixing” yourself, but learning to meet every part of you with compassion? In this episode of You Make Sense, Sarah explores how reparenting our younger parts helps us move from fragmentation back into wholeness. She explains the role of vulnerable parts, protective parts, and the adult self, and how trauma can leave those younger parts stuck in the perpetual pain of the past.

Sarah shares practical steps for recognizing, differentiating, and building trust with these parts so they no longer run our lives from the shadows. From learning to anchor in your adult self, to showing up consistently for your inner child, to offering both softness and fierce protection, she outlines a tangible process of reparenting that paves the way for more freedom, safety, and authentic self-expression.

Episode Highlights:

• [00:24] The importance of reparenting your younger parts
• [01:23] How trauma fragments us into vulnerable parts
• [05:38] The role of protectors in guarding against pain
• [08:14] Self vs. Self-like parts
• [11:55] Signs protectors are limiting your life
• [14:05] Reparenting your parts to end suffering and live fully
• [17:10] Anchoring in adult you through regulation
• [20:22] Differentiating Self from younger parts
• [22:30] Meeting, introducing, and building a relationship with your parts
• [27:26] Becoming the internal parent and safe home for your parts
• [31:05] Question 1: What you need to know about the age of your parts
• [38:12] Question 2: Overcoming resentment and anger after childhood trauma
• [52:53] Question 3: Why we might struggle with basic self-care

Get on the Waitlist for Sarah’s 10-Week Program:

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Take Sarah’s FREE Quiz:

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Sexuality is a completely normal and inherent part of the human experience. However, many of us have learned to disconnect from our bodies, hide from our sexuality, or become oversexualized as a result of trauma or societal messaging. If you’ve struggled to feel fully alive in your sexuality, this episode will give you a tangible, step-by-step guide to help you come back into this embodied experience.

You’ll learn two predominant reasons why we struggle with sexual intimacy, how culture and conditioning affect how we show up with others, and how childhood trauma impacts our adult romantic partnerships. Join Sarah for a conversation on pleasure, connection, and safety, and how qualities like embodiment, presence, and openness play a vital role in our sexuality, both with ourselves and with another person.

Episode Highlight:

• [00:25] Human beings are inherently sexual beings
• [01:25] Sexuality has very little to do with the act of sex itself
• [02:50] 2 reasons we struggle to have the sexual aliveness we want
• [04:12] How society affects how we show up in our sexual life
• [09:10] Why it’s important to resolve trauma
• [10:50] How childhood trauma impacts adult sexual dynamics
• [18:00] What healthy sexuality requires of us
• [24:40] Parenting our parts to connect to our internal value
• [26:10] How we can begin stepping toward healthy sexuality
• [31:06] The importance of having agency
• [32:55] Being present in the natural unfolding
• [33:30] Ridding ourselves of the idea of it being a performative act
• [34:50] Sexuality should have an element of play
• [35:37] Question 1: How to fully explore yourself in moments of intimacy
• [40:40] Question 2: How to deal with past trauma that comes up during intimate moments
• [46:43] Question 3: Why we might use our sexuality to gain love

Get on the Waitlist for Sarah’s 10-Week Program:

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FREE Workbook: How to Gain Control Over How You Feel

Enjoying what you’ve heard so far and want to go deeper into somatic healing? “How to Gain Control Over How You Feel” is a free workbook packed with trauma-informed tools to help you get in the driver's seat of your experience and step toward your desires with more ease.

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We are all created with the ability to access both our inner masculine and feminine energies. These energies shape how we move through the world, but are not confined to gender or societal expectations. In this episode of You Make Sense, Sarah breaks down the science behind these polarities, how nature reveals that they’re universal and designed for survival, and why we all carry both within us.

You’ll learn about what causes us to disconnect from one of these energies, how society distorts them from the moment you’re born, and why you might identify with one more than the other depending on the area of life. Sarah also unpacks how each of these energies plays out in romantic relationships and steps to begin leaning more into your true self. Finally, Rachel joins Sarah to answer questions from listeners that touch on healing protective parts, staying in the present, and joining instead of merging.

Episode Highlights:

• [00:25] The science behind masculine and feminine energy
• [01:57] How nature teaches us that masculine and feminine energy are not gender specific
• [08:36] Why we all have both energetic qualities and how we oscillate between them
• [09:27] What causes us to disconnect from one of these energies
• [23:00] How to access both of these energetic qualities within ourselves
• [26:05] Leaning into feminine energy within a romantic relationship
• [29:17] Leaning into masculine energy within a romantic relationship
• [38:47] Question 1: Healing protective parts that refuse to let you receive help
• [52:23] Question 2: The power of orienting yourself to the present moment
• [1:01:47] Question 3: The concept of joining rather than merging

Get on the Waitlist for Sarah’s 10-Week Program:

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Take Sarah’s FREE Quiz:

Feeling stuck in your life? Not sure where to start with somatic healing? Sarah’s free quiz, “What’s Keeping You Stuck,” will equip you with free tools and personalized guide to better understand your nervous system specific to you.

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What if your chronic illness, pain, or fatigue is not random but a reflection of unresolved trauma stored in your body? In this episode, Sarah unpacks the powerful link between trauma, the nervous system, and physical health. Drawing on her own lived experience with autoimmune disease and chronic illness, she explains why time alone does not heal all, how unresolved experiences live on in our bodies, and why nervous system regulation is the most effective medicine.

You’ll get tangible somatic tools for how to process unresolved trauma and emotions by doing what’s called “completing the incomplete experience,” along with steps for reconnecting with your body, validating your pain, and restoring safety and resilience to your system. Later in the episode, Sarah is joined by Rachel to answer listener questions about menstrual cycles, fertility struggles, and navigating chronic pain. Tune in for clarity, reassurance, and hope that healing is always possible.

Episode Highlights:

• [0:00:00] The physical symptoms of trauma, chronic illness, and pain
• [0:01:25] An overview of trauma and how it overwhelms the nervous system
• [0:03:31] Learn about the process of ‘completing the incomplete experience’
• [0:08:41] How chronic dysregulation can lead to long-term illness
• [0:14:40] Sarah shares her story of autoimmune disease
• [0:18:52] Moment-to-moment psychosomatic symptoms and how they manifest
• [0:22:52] Anticipatory anxiety, its impacts, and the drivers behind burnout
• [0:27:16] Find out how recovery time is affected by chronic dysregulation
• [0:31:01] Practical steps to overcoming chronic pain and illness
• [0:39:32] Question 1: Why women tend to suffer more from autoimmune conditions
• [0:53:06] Question 2: How we become disconnected from our bodies and how to fix it
• [1:05:20] Question 3: Ways to overcome physical pain and discomfort

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Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

How to Gain Control Over How You Feel

Understanding Healthy Aggression and How Unprocessed Anger Becomes Internalized

Have you struggled with where to begin when looking for a therapist? Or maybe you’ve started working with a mental health professional, but you’re worried they might not be the best fit? Finding support is a vital part of healing, but it can often be a confusing or even daunting process. This episode of You Make Sense was created as a trauma-informed guide to help you know what to look for in a therapist or practitioner.

Sarah explains the two most important qualities a professional needs to embody in order to support others. You’ll learn what truly sets a practitioner apart, the red flags that signal caution, and the qualities you should look for when selecting someone. Sarah reminds us how deeply complex healing work is and the importance of finding a practitioner who is trauma-trained. If you’re feeling lost when it comes to seeking support, this episode will empower you with the tools and knowledge to find the right person for you.

Episode Highlights: keep them short and to the point

• [00:00] Healing starts with finding the right support
• [02:08] 2 things that make a practitioner good at what they do
• [07:33] Red flags to look out for in practitioners
• [21:23] The concept of energy wells and what it means
• [23:43] What to look for in a therapist or practitioner
• [36:55] Question 1: Knowing when you’ve hit your trauma vortex
• [42:58] Question 2: Tending to your nervous system in parts
• [47:07] Question 3: Plant medicine in therapeutic work

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Romantic love has a way of poking at our deepest wounding. Even when life feels steady elsewhere, intimacy can trigger reactions that don’t feel like our true selves. Sarah explains that this is often the work of our parts — younger versions of ourselves that carry past trauma and coping strategies — and that these parts can show up most strongly in our closest relationships.

In this episode of You Make Sense, Sarah explores how vulnerable, protective, and self-like parts shape the roles we play with partners, from caretaking to perfectionism. She shares how these patterns are often rooted in childhood experiences and why they can make intimacy feel both desirable and threatening. With somatic insights and practical tools, Sarah shows how to reparent younger parts, anchor into the adult self, and create relationships that feel authentic and safe.

Episode Highlights:

• [00:00] Identifying the parts of us that show up in romantic relationships
• [01:41] How parts form through overwhelming or traumatic experiences
• [06:08] Why parts show up most strongly in romantic partnerships
• [09:51] Three categories of parts: vulnerable, protective, and self-like
• [10:48] How protective parts protect vulnerable parts
• [14:23] Self-like parts: how they mimic adult selves and feel rational
• [17:25] Learning to distinguish your adult self from younger parts
• [28:19] Tools to anchor into your adult self in relationships
• [29:50] Exercises to see your partner clearly and take in the good
• [34:21] The importance of reparenting your parts
• [34:51] How to repair after conflict and name adult vs. younger needs
• [37:48] Question 1: Working with caretaker protector parts in relationships
• [53:15] Question 2: Attraction challenges when seeing your partner’s child parts
• [01:08:07] Question 3: The role of your nervous system in letting go of long relationships

RSVP to Sarah’s FREE Live Training + Q&A Series:

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Navigating Your Nervous System is NOW ENROLLING:

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Have you ever been told you're "too nice" or found yourself saying "I'm fine" even when you're really not? For so many of us, anger can feel scary or wrong, like something we should push down or avoid entirely. But Sarah explains that there's a difference between healthy and unhealthy expressions of anger, and that healthy aggression—your natural ability to protect yourself and speak up when something isn't right—is actually essential for feeling safe and alive in your body.

In this episode, Sarah explores why so many of us learned to inhibit this vital, life-force energy, often as a way to survive difficult experiences. If you've ever found yourself being chronically agreeable, struggling to set boundaries, or getting angry about small things while staying silent about the big ones, this episode is for you. You’ll learn gentle, somatic tools to reconnect with this protective energy so that you can access the full spectrum of who you are.

Episode Highlights:

00:30 Healthy Aggression

10:45 Unhealthy Aggression

17:23 Different Versions of Unhealthy Aggression

21:19 What Happens When We Inhibit Healthy Aggression?

24:58 How to Access Healthy Aggression

38:06 Question #1 - How Do You Overcome Self-Hatred?

47:15 Question #2 - Tending to a Younger Part’s Anger and Resentment

56:36 Question #3 - Why Do I Get So Irritated with My Children?

01:02:47 Question #4 - Releasing Stored Anger From the Jaw

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Understanding how your nervous system works is the foundation for everything you want in life. If you're ready to start learning how to work with this incredible system inside you, I'm hosting a free live training series to help you expand your capacity for joy and step toward your purpose.

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