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Connect The Dots B*tch
by Amy Fiedler
A podcast that delivers you an honest and alternative look inside your mental and emotional struggles. Expect Amy to deep dive on topics such as mainstream mental health, toxic relationships, communication faux pas, pop culture and social norms. Amy is a Certified Trauma Support Specialist, Holistic Life Coach and Reiki Master Practitioner. If you are searching for understanding of yourself and others in your life, this podcast is for you.
Episodes
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Amy’s Back + Has a Baby!
Amy’s back behind the mic and she’s 5 months post partum, here to give you a life and baby update!
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Why People Project, Deflect + Attack Others
In this final episode of 2023 and the last episode of season 7, Amy digs into the behaviors of projection, deflection, blame and attack. Why do people behave like that? Amy shares her insights into these behavior patterns and explains what YOU can do when face to face with them. Tune in to hear…
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PART 2: Why You Tolerate Too Much Disrespect
Amy digs deeper into the topic of disrespect and what many of the reasons are for your high tolerance of it. Last week she covered several submitted responses to the question, "Why do YOU think you tolerate too much?" And this week she's tackling even more from over-empathizing, not communicating…
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Why You Tolerate Too Much Disrespect
Amy responds to your submissions about why you believe you tolerate too much and over-communicate your boundaries. She provides you with further guidance for introspection, deeper understanding into your fears and patterns as well as what your next steps are towards changing it! THIS EPISODE...
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Ways We're Taught Not to Have Boundaries
This week Amy shares the top 3 ways you're shown and taught to not have boundaries growing up. She provides insight and understanding into the fears, unhealthy coping mechanisms and survival strategies adapted from being exposed to this type of caregiver modeling. Amy leaves you with a list of...
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When They Complain But Resist Changing
Amy discusses what is happening inside an individual who is unloading their pain but resistant to making any changes in their life. She digs into the different scenarios you may have encountered with friends, family or even partners and the distinctions between someone seeking validation, wanting...
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Extreme Thinking
Amy discusses the concept of "extreme thinking" and what fuels the behavior pattern. She offers her insights into how this binary way of thinking can show up in mental health social media content and perpetuate victimhood. By the end of the episode, you're left with more knowledge on this topic…
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Here's Why You're Not Healing
In this episode, Amy highlights what is hindering you from healing. She emphasizes the tangible steps that MUST happen in order to move from having experienced trauma and emotional pain to processing, releasing and changing your adapted survival and coping strategies. THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES:...
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Stop Your Attachment to Potential
Amy returns after a brief break to dig into why you're attaching to potential in your relationships. What happens when you attach? What's the underlying root problem that keeps you stuck and wanting to fix, save and rescue others? And most importantly, what tangible steps can you take today to...
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The One About Anxiety + Trusting Others
Amy discusses why we experience anxiety especially in relationships. She talks about why anxiety is a symptom of 1 of 3 root problems and shares how to take steps to improve all of them. You'll hear about her personal struggles with an Anxiety Disorder in her teens and what helped her most in...
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Confidence Comes from Self-Trust
Amy is back from her babymoon European adventure and sharing updates about her trip, insights and reflections before she dives into the topics of self-acceptance, self-confidence and self-trust! THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES: Amy's babymoon recap Personal growth reflections + insights from Amy herself...
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Secure Relationship Secrets
Amy gives you a look inside a secure relationship from the perspective of someone who has experienced trauma from past abusive relationship. She offers you (5) insider tips to help you become aware of and normalize what you can expect to occur within a secure attachment. She also shares solutions...
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The One About Ghosting
Amy provides you a full rundown of what 'ghosting' is, what people commonly confuse it to be, why people ghost and how to cope with being ghosted! She offers you real-life examples of being ghosting, deconstructs what is happening for the ghost-er and ghost-ee and her expertise on how harmful and...
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A New Phase of Life
Amy announces some big changes in her life, answers a few FAQs and shares how she's navigating it all, what she's prioritizing and how she's finding a healthy balance. She offers you key points and takeaways that not only pertain to what she's going through, but how they may connect to you and…
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Do You Need to Have an Honest Conversation?
Amy shares a quick life update about her recent travels and the "adventure" (re: disaster) that occurred on the way back home. She discusses how to approach having an honest conversation with someone, even if that individual is incapable or unwilling. You'll hear her deconstruct why sometimes we...
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The One About Healthy Conflict Resolution
Amy breaks down the necessary steps of navigating conflict in a healthy and supportive way. She discusses in depth the challenges many face, the steps most skip and how a history of trauma can impact your willingness and awareness to take these steps. THIS EPISODE WILL DISCUSS: The tangible steps...
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What Does Healing Look Like?
In this episode, Amy answers the question, 'what does healing really look like?' With so much misinformation online, Amy discusses the nuances on the topic of trauma healing. Tune in to hear her debunk myths, identify misconceptions and educate you further on what works, what doesn't, what is...
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Kute Blackson: Self-Trust, Freedom + The Magic of Surrender
Kute Blackson is a beloved inspirational speaker and transformational teacher. He speaks at countless events he organizes around the world as well as at outside events including A-Fest, YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization), and EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization). He is a member of the...
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Being “The Mature One”
Amy discusses the feelings that arise when you feel you always have to be the bigger person and what to do when you start feeling resentment, anger, annoyance with others. She offers real life examples and gives key steps to take to support yourself when you’re constantly growing but others…
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Triangulation
Amy discusses what triangulation is, how challenging it can be to navigate and real-life examples of how she does it! She deconstructs this form of abuse and manipulation to make it digestible and help you understand how it presents itself in relationships. THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES: - What...
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Are Triggers Caused By Others?
Amy sits down to discuss how trauma and triggers are created and if it is in fact by other people! She deconstructs how to tell the difference between if your trauma is being triggered or if the person and the behavior is actually harmful to you. THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES: - how trauma and triggers...
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Parental Modeling
Amy discusses the impact a parent or guardian’s modeling has on their children. How we aren’t just influenced by how we’re treated, but also by how those adults treat themselves and others. This episode discusses: - Emotional neglect, immaturity, abuse - Parental modeling - Generational trauma -...
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Post Traumatic Growth
Amy shares about her personal growth after reflecting on her recent vacation. She tells stories about what she’s previously struggled with, offers insights into enhancing your communication and self-awareness and discusses extending others grace!
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Shiadanni: A Fusion of Pain, Growth and Healing Through Creative Expression
Shiadanni has become an online Icon for the Latin community, where she represents something that we never see; A powerful, glamorous, confident Mexican woman. She has made latinos proudly embrace their accent, their nationality and roots, which if everyone can agree, that is the true definition…
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Seek To Understand, Not Attack
Amy gets curious about people's reactions, judgments and attacks on others and offers her insights, observations and thoughts as to what drives that behavior. She discusses the importance of managing your own thoughts, behaviors and feelings and being responsible for what you put out into the...
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The Challenge of Mental + Emotional Boundaries
Amy discusses the challenges of setting and upholding those silent parameters you adhere to in your own mind and heart. The difficulties of working with thoughts and feelings versus tangible feedback when setting boundaries can be a huge challenge for highly sensitive individuals, empaths and...
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Deison Afualo: Body Neutrality, Having Supportive Family, Breakups + Her 'Thank You Next' Era
Deison Afualo is a talented and entertaining LGBTQ+ influencer who has made a name for herself on both Instagram and TikTok with her comedic rants and daily vlogs. Along with her sister Drew Afualo, she hosts a comedy podcast called "Two Idiot Girls," where they react to hilarious and…
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Rebuilding Self-Trust
In this week's episode, Amy deconstructs self-trust. She asks you to reflect on if you ever really had trust in yourself to begin with? Were you truly connected to the choices you were making in life and understanding of their value or were you disconnected and choosing what was modeled and…
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Noble Gibbens: Emotionally Clueless to EQ Gangster
Amy invites her first-ever guest to the podcast! Noble is the person you'd least expect to be talking about feelings & emotions! An uncharacteristic fight with his wife a few years ago revealed a glaring issue: he was clueless when it came to handling his emotions.This West Point grad & former…
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Trauma Triggers While In The Healthy Relationship
In this final episode of season 6, Amy discusses what isn’t often talked about, navigating the trauma triggers while IN the healthy relationship. She riffs on her own dating and relationship journey, how triggers suddenly emerge and shares how her and her partner tackle them together. Tune in and...
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Small Problems to Big Problems
Amy discusses the importance of actions and words aligning, what happens when they don’t and how that can feel and what that can ultimately turn into for a trauma survivor. She shares Mexico updates, her new hobby, mental/emotional boundaries when you’re a highly sensitive person and more!
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Your Brain is Hardwired For The Negative
In this episode, Amy is chats about her nervous system and what still activates it. The value of having new experiences, the importance of not placing a timeline on feeling safe or how far along you are in your healing. And she offers up a huge communication hack right at the end of the episode!...
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What Growth Looks Like
Amy celebrates her own growth and shares some life updates. She discusses the importance of celebrating yourself, validating your own growth and how to not be dependent on others to compensate for your deficits. To join Amy for a live webinar on Boundaries and Trauma Healing, March 3, reserve…
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Be Kind To Your Nervous System
Amy shares the importance of understanding your nervous system and why it’s feeling dysregulated. She offers you valuable advice to enhance your self-awareness and somatic connection on healing, balance, reconnecting to your body, and her personal thoughts on copying what works for others. If you...
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Whose Voice Is That?
Amy shares her new realizations with you from her own personal growth journey and, did someone say tattoo?! They just might have! She also talks about why trauma survivors struggle with self-trust and feel disconnected from their own inner voice while offering you the steps to take to tap into...
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The Foundation of a Safe Relationship
Amy discusses what needs to be mutually desired within a relationship for a foundation of safety to be built. She shares her real life examples from safe and unsafe relationships, the emotions we attach to safety and what action steps you can take today to begin cultivating safety within your...
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Identifying Your Trauma Triggers
In this episode, Amy helps you learn how to identify your trauma triggers so life stops feeling like a minefield for you. She shares about how she manages some of her biggest triggers, what’s unfair to expect from others in dealing with your triggers and the steps you can take today to feel more…
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The Stigma of Anger
Amy discusses the stigmatization of anger and why this emotion makes so many people uncomfortable. She shares her struggles with anger over the years, and offers guidance on how to not mismanage it!
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Trauma Triggers I Healed After Entering a Safe Relationship
Amy expands on a recent Instagram post (@amythelifecoach) and shares more about how she didn’t plan or prepare for the future, trust herself or know she feared abandonment until AFTER she entered a safe, supportive relationship. She discusses how not everything can be healed BEFORE having new…
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The Boundaries My Partner Sets with Me, a Trauma Survivor
Amy shares about the boundaries her partner sets with her in their relationship and how they not only support (him) but also her in moving through her emotional trauma. Episode includes discussion of Personal Accountability, Supportive Communication, Co-Regulation, Safe Relationships, Upholding...
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Moving Through The Triggers + Healing The Wounds
Amy shares her real life triggers from the holiday weekend and how she regulated, responded and moved through them. She discusses the importance of your Input and Output of energy and it’s impact on your nervous system. She closes this final episode of the year by sharing a HUGE full circle…
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Cultivating An Honest Relationship
Amy discusses what goes into creating an honest relationship with others and with yourself. She offers you reflective exercises and action steps you can start taking today! Episode includes these additional topics: boundary setting, identifying behaviors you value, self-honesty and what that...
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Setting Realistic Expectations Around Emotional Healing
In this episode, Amy answers the questions “How long will this take,” “When will I feel better,” and “Why does it keep coming up for me?” She gives you a real, raw, honest look at what the emotional healing process looks like for different people! Episode discusses realistic timelines…
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Turning Your Pain Into Power
In this episode, Amy tells you how she mentally, emotionally and physically moves through the situations and events that trigger her, hurt her and anger her. She walks you through her personal mindset and why it’s gifted her freedom from many abusive and traumatic situations in her life.
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Family Obligations + Holiday Challenges
Amy dishes on her holiday celebrations and educates you on the tips and mindset shifts she uses to navigate the challenging environments and relationships during them. Episode discusses: Trauma, Staying Balanced, Input/Output of Energy, Self-Care, Difficult People, Family, Challenging...
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Peaceful Influences + Overstepped Boundaries
Amy has subscribed to a new mindset in life but is also not immune to the struggles that exist in boundary setting with difficult people. She shares some (recent) personal stories about making excuses for certain people we love and how to stop! Episode includes topics on Boundaries with family,...
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Lessons I Learned After Trauma
Amy expands on a recent social media post she shared about the lessons she has learned in life and her relationships after trauma and abuse. She digs into more context, nuance and the ‘meat’ of these experiences! Episode discusses Friendship, Accountability, Nervous System Regulation, Childhood...
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Are You Doing To Others What You Don’t Want Done To You?
Amy has a bone to pick with hypocrites this week and she let’s you in on how to self-examine and make sure your actions and words are aligned with what you say you value do you’re not being one too! Episode discusses Social Media & Mental Health, Boundary Setting, Hypocritical Behavior, Emotional...
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The Formula For Finding Balance
Amy is back from her birthday trip to Disney World with profound insights about finding balance in her life. What is the formula for it? She discusses that and more in this weeks episode! Episode discusses the Impact of your Environment on your Emotional Health, Boundaries, Overcoming Fear…
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Examining The Environmental Triggers
Amy shares how your environments, television shows, the ways you connect with others, what you follow on social media can trigger your trauma and ripple out into your relationships. Boundaries go beyond your relationships and this episode tackles how, where and what to do about it! Episode...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast that delivers you an honest and alternative look inside your mental and emotional struggles. Expect Amy to deep dive on topics such as mainstream mental health, toxic relationships, communication faux pas, pop culture and social norms. Amy is a Certified Trauma Support Specialist, Holistic Life Coach and Reiki Master Practitioner. If you are searching for understanding of yourself and others in your life, this podcast is for you.
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Amy Fiedler
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A podcast that delivers you an honest and alternative look inside your mental and emotional struggles. Expect Amy to deep dive on topics such as mainstream mental health, toxic relationships, communication faux pas, pop culture and social norms. Amy is a Certified Trauma Support Specialist,...
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