Change, Trauma + Emotional Regulation

How comfortable are you feeling your emotions?

What if you remember you have always done the best you could based on what you knew at the time?

What if you had tools to support you in understanding + processing suppressed emotions so you feel better - more vibrant, free and at ease - now?

Today the amazing Jenn Kerr is back and we're discussing how change + traumatic events can lead to major emotional dysregulation and suppression. It’s a really powerful  conversation! You’re gonna love it.

These are the key takeaways:

• You are NOT your past. You have navigated life the best you could based on what you knew at the time. Self-compassion + curiosity is key as you take steps to process deeply suppressed emotions
• Emotions are energy in motion - they are fluid - and meant to move vs being suppressed. They carry deep wisdom that guides us into greatest alignment, health and ease
• You are the witness to your thoughts and your emotions. They are meant to flow through our awareness and activate us into action and / or to be processed out of our body at the moment they are felt (or as soon as it’s safe and appropriate)
• Cultivating safety + trust within yourself is KEY to processing deeply suppressed emotions
• Often the fear we feel about feeling an emotion is much more intense and painful than the actual emotional release
• Trauma can be explained as the wound imprinted on us as the result of a major life-altering event

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And if you’re seeking tools to process suppressed emotions from stressful or traumatic life experiences, I’m co-hosting a trauma-informed breathwork + movement workshop with Jenn Kerr from Healing Minds Counselling (my guest today), at The Schoolhouse Collingwood on Sunday, December 8th: https://ediegudaitiswellnessbookinglink.as.me/schedule/3fab735c/?appointmentTypeIds[]=68594284

If you’re not in the South Georgian Bay Area or the GTA, please check out my online programs for stress relief, grief and emotional regulation. They each include breathing practices and somatic release tools to help you navigate change with greater confidence and ease: https://ediegudaitiswellness.com/online-programs/

For 1-1 guidance, upcoming retreat info or other inquiries, please reach out: hello@ediegudaitiswellness.com

A bit more about Jenn Kerr:

Jenn is a qualifying registered psychotherapist who owns a small private practice called Healing Minds Counselling. Jenn specializes in trauma informed therapy, where she works with clients who struggle with their present day lives due to traumatic experiences from their past.

https://healing-mindscounselling.com/

IG: @healingmindscounselling

Disclaimer: I am NOT a doctor. This is my perspective on the topic, anchored in the work of various thought leaders + physicians (like Andrew Huberman, Irene Lyons, Peter Levine, Joe Dispenza + Dr. Gabor Mate to name a few) paired with my own life experiences and healing journey from burnout, grief, severe injury and other events. If you're curious for other resources on this topic, please reach out:
hello@ediegudaitiswellness.com


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