Healing Anxiety, Building Resilience, and Leading Yourself Guest: Stacey Brake – Coach, Trauma & Anxiety Specialist

In this powerful and deeply insightful episode, Bobby welcomes the very first guest to the Easy Hard vs. Hard Hard Podcast, Stacey Brake. Stacey is a seasoned coach specializing in helping people heal from trauma and anxiety, guiding them toward joy, presence, and peace. Together, Bobby and Stacey dive into: - Understanding Trauma – How it’s not what happened to you, but how your body responds. - The Anxiety “Set Point” – Why many live at a constant 6 or 7 on the anxiety scale, and how to lower it. - Healing Approaches – How EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) works to reprocess traumatic memories. - Short-Term Wins & Long-Term Healing – The neuroscience-backed strategies that bring immediate relief while working toward deep healing. - Self-Leadership & Permission to Heal – Why leading yourself means prioritizing your own healing without guilt. - Discomfort vs. Suffering – How to grow without punishing yourself, and reframing discomfort as a sign of progress. - Emotional Leadership – Practical tips to control what you can, shift your physiology, and stop letting anxiety run the show. Key Quotes: "It’s not about what happened to you, it’s about how your body responds to what happened to you." – Stacey Brake "Give yourself permission to heal, it all starts there." – Bobby Shelton "Comparison keeps us stuck; small commitments prove you can trust yourself." – Stacey Brake Resources & Links: - Learn more and connect with Stacey: • Website: www.staceybrake.com • Free Guide: 4 Steps to Freedom from High-Functioning Anxiety https://www.staceybrake.com/pl/2147675301 • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-brake-806078157/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StaceyBrakeCoaching Learn more and connect with Bobby: • Website: www.battlecatcoaching.com • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-bobby-shelton-dsl-pmp-acc-124502b • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/easy-hard-vs-hard-hard/id1820794207 • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/02KH2GGhlEUY6gPSnbBCfZ?si=99c8499a3ca649d0 • Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/2f522489-6543-4719-9040-9422de3e81af/easy-hard-vs-hard-hard • YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@EasyHardvsHardHard • Substack: https://bobbyshelton.substack.com/