Rewired & Desired Podcast: Where Intimacy, Mindset and Disability Intersect

Self-Talk Is Programming Your Life (95% Subconscious Mind)

Rewired & Desired Season 1 Episode 4

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Your self-talk isn’t “just thoughts.” It’s programming. In this episode of Rewired and Desired (where intimacy, mindset, and disability intersect), Nicole Richards and Trina Ricketts unpack how subconscious beliefs shape confidence, relationships, healing, and the way we handle hard seasons.

We talk about the spiral, the reframe, and the real-life tools that help you stop living in the same painful loop, especially when medical trauma, disability, or past relationships trained your brain to expect the worst.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • Why your inner dialogue runs in the background (and how to catch it)
  • How to reframe “Why me?” into something that actually helps
  • Why “fake it till you make it” isn’t fake, it’s practice

-Mirror work for confidence in a disabled body (scars, ostomy, stretch marks, all of it)


-Two starter tools: catch-and-switch + daily “I am” affirmations

Want support? Each of us offers a free foundational call. No pressure, just clarity and tools.

Trina Ricketts (The Intimate Ostomate)
Website: intimateostomate.com
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Nicole Richards (Ostomy Innovations)
Website: ostomyinnovations222.com
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YouTube:    / @ostomyinnovations222 

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Trina Ricketts – The Intimate Ostomate
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Nicole Richards - Ostomy Innovations
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Coaching • Wellness • Disability advocacy • Ostomy Clothing