How We Heal with Ryan Pink
We’re holding space for authentic conversations about healing from the hard things in our past and building resilience for our future. We discuss everything from ancient healing practices, culture, and spirituality, to personal stories of healing, and the newest technological applications and wellness practices. We’re all on a path to healing. And we all want to feel better and be more resilient to pain and trauma. We want to feel free, connected, and whole. Our fundamental belief is that our path to healing is momentously enhanced through shared wisdom, intentional presence (witnessing), sharing stories, and the support of others. In our “Stories of Healing” segment, guests share their personal healing journies. We find the common humanity buried like diamonds within these deeply human stories. They demonstrate how we can all serve as guides for each other, providing both practical insights and inspiration for our community. To help expand our understanding, Ryan speaks with friends of the community and today’s top healing guides about the philosophies and practices of influencers such as Gabor Maté, Thomas Hübl, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Bessel van der Kolk, Richard Schwartz, Peter Levine, and more. Join HopeGuide community founder Ryan Pink as he invites expert practitioners, changemakers, and everyday people to share their stories and wisdom to inspire a trauma-resilient society, where everyone has the support they need to heal.
How We Heal with Ryan Pink
The Impact of Stuck Emotions (Janet Barrett)
In this conversation, Janet Barrett shares her journey of healing from childhood trauma and finding resilience. They discuss her experience as a management consultant and how it led her to focus on change management and helping people to embrace change.
Janet opens up about her personal struggles with the impact of infidelity, divorce on her mental and physical health. She emphasizes the importance of reconnecting the mind and body in the healing process and shares her own methods of processing emotions.
Societal expectations around emotional expression and the need for a more holistic approach to healing are addressed. Janet and Corban discuss her process of healing and finding resilience after experiencing trauma and Janet emphasizes the importance of expressing emotions and addressing stuck emotions that have been suppressed over time.
The conversation then shifts to the prevalence of PTSD, highlighting the need for a spectrum approach to mental health rather than relying solely on diagnosis. The impact of coping mechanisms in this context, such as numbing, is explored, along with the need for expanded nervous system capacity.
The conversation concludes with dialogue about understanding warning signs and maintaining awareness for self-care, as addressed in her book.
Janet Barrett is an organizational psychologist, proactive mental health advocate, speaker, author of Stop the Break, and the founder and CEO of Cerebral Health.
Learn more about Janet and her book here. Her book is Stop the Break; from Surviving to Thriving and Catching Fire in Life.
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