WholeHearted Living
A space to root back into your wholeness and remember who you truly are. Each episode blends ancient wisdom and modern science, soulful conversation and grounded practice, to guide you home to yourself.
Here, we dismantle outdated paradigms of hustle, perfection, and “not enough”, and instead explore what it means to live, lead, and create from worthiness, belonging, and alignment with nature’s rhythms.
From embodied self-worth to nervous system healing, from identity work to soul-led leadership, The Wholehearted Living Podcast invites you to pause, breathe, and return to the ground beneath all growth: you are already whole.
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Debs
WholeHearted Living
S02 EP03 | The Myth of Brokenness: You Were Never Meant to Be Fixed
Feeling stuck in endless self-improvement cycles? In this episode, trauma therapist Debs Thorpe dismantles the "broken" narrative that keeps you chasing fixes instead of embracing wholeness. Discover why your trauma responses are adaptive (not defective), the crucial difference between healing and fixing, and how to reconnect with the wholeness that's been there all along.
What You'll Learn:
- Why the self-help industry profits from the "broken" narrative
- The difference between healing and fixing
- How trauma responses are intelligent adaptations, not disorders
- You're not broken, you're responding to what broke around you
- The seed metaphor: wholeness buried under layers of survival patterns
- Kintsugi wisdom: your cracks are part of your beauty
- Guided meditation to reconnect with inherent wholeness
Perfect for: High-achievers stuck in self-improvement loops, anyone who feels "broken" or "damaged," people tired of trying to fix themselves
Key Topics: trauma healing, self-compassion, wholeness, healing vs fixing, trauma responses, self-help addiction, nervous system regulation, embodiment, Kintsugi, adaptive responses
Practice This Week:
- Notice your "broken" language
- Reframe one thought daily with curiosity
- Thank your survival responses for keeping you safe
- Practice the wholeness meditation
- Write daily evidence of your wholeness
Resources: Free "Rooted in Wholeness" companion guide at whlinstitute.com
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