#117 Choose Yourself: Healing Love & Core Wounds with Megan Sherer

Welcome to the Power & Purpose PodcastVanessa Soul → https://vanessasoul.com/Sacredsoulenergetics🎧 Power & Purpose Podcast (All Apps): https://pod.link/1713095352📺 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWorkLove isn’t something you earn, it’s who you are. In this conversation with somatic therapist, author, and speaker Megan Sherer, we unpack self-sourced love, the limits of talk therapy, attachment styles, core wounds, and practical somatic tools to ground, heal, and choose yourself.Why love must start within before it’s mirrored by othersHow trauma and unhealthy relationships catalyze awakeningThe ceiling of talk therapy & why the body is required for changeAttachment styles vs. earned secure attachmentSomatic + grounding practices (including Havening) you can use todayTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro02:14 Guest intro (Somatic therapist, author, speaker)02:26 Signature Q: “Who are you and who are you not?”05:34 Self-sourced love & early attachment07:24 Back-to-back traumas as a catalyst for healing12:27 Why talk therapy isn’t enough on its own16:59 Breakups, PTSD, and retraining the brain/nervous system22:31 Attachment styles, labels, and earned secure attachment25:13 Core wounds (abandonment, betrayal & more)30:19 The many forms of love: romantic, platonic, familial, communal, higher, self36:12 Somatic work: feeling to heal39:10 Grounding practices + Havening41:35 Journal + somatic “sandwich” for integration43:28 Megan’s book: Choose Yourself46:06 Closing wisdom: “Love is who you are”Website: megansherer.comInstagram: @meganshererBook: Choose Yourself: How to Embrace Being Single, Heal Core Wounds, and Build a Life You Love🌕 Connect with Vanessa SoulWebsite: https://sacredsoulenergetics.com/Instagram: @vanessaasoulFacebook: Vanessa SpivaThreads: @vanessaasoul🎧 Power & Purpose PodcastTap Follow so you never miss an episodeLeave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review if you love the showShare this with someone learning to choose themselves again✨ If this episode spoke to youHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.