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EPISODE · Apr 13, 2026 · 11 MIN

Why I Don't Do Talk Therapy (And What I Do Instead)

from The Balanced Nest · host Anna Marie Madai

This one might ruffle some feathers. I don't do talk therapy. I'm not a fan of it. I don't think it works well for most people and I definitely don't think it gets to the root of most things — and I say that after years of doing it myself and years of working with clients who came to me after exhausting it.Here's my issue: you can talk about a wound forever. You can understand exactly where it came from, what it connected to, how it shaped you. You can have profound insight into your own psychology — and still react the same way in trigger moments. Still feel the same way. Still not be able to change it.Insight lives in your head. The pattern lives in your body. And until you give the body a different experience, until that stuck energy actually moves, the pattern stays.In this episode I break down why I think talk therapy hits a ceiling, what stagnant energy actually is (and why I'm still a skeptic who can't fully explain it), how I work intuitively across multiple modalities, and why the people who find their way to this work are usually the ones who already know something else is possible.I also talk about how your own energetic work directly affects your kids — because they're always feeling the state of your nervous system, whether you're aware of it or not.Come find us in the Balanced Nest community on Skool — comment CONNECT and I'll send you the link. Run your free Human Design chart at balancednest.com.Your family is worth the work.

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