Thaw

This episode runs through Kris' first session with a grief tender and what happens when ambiguous grief like a narcissistic discard has no place to land. Also, Kris covers the basics of somatic therapy.The content of this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. While we discuss mental health, wellness, and personal growth, I am not a licensed therapist, counselor, or mental health professional, and this show is not a substitute for professional therapy, diagnosis, or treatment.If you are experiencing trauma, distress, or a mental health crisis, please reach out to a licensed professional or a local crisis hotline. By listening to this episode, you acknowledge that we do not have a therapist-client relationship. Thank you for listening, and take care of yourself.

Intersections of money issues, spiritual control and CPTSD are complex. Topics in the episode include why therapy might be failing you, the limitations of somatic therapy, why mapping the bigger picture is important, now Internal Family Systems can help and four things I recommend to get started on developing your autonomous self.The content of this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. While we discuss mental health, wellness, and personal growth, I am not a licensed therapist, counselor, or mental health professional, and this show is not a substitute for professional therapy, diagnosis, or treatment.If you are experiencing trauma, distress, or a mental health crisis, please reach out to a licensed professional or a local crisis hotline. By listening to this episode, you acknowledge that we do not have a therapist-client relationship. Thank you for listening, and take care of yourself.

As L.L. Cool J once said: Dreams don't have deadlines. But due to things like ADHD and CPTSD, the dream is remembering what my dream is, stressing that my dream is tangled up in generational trauma, inching toward that (maybe mine, mine not) dream only to battle things like nervous system freeze, social anxiety, migraines, and self-sabotage. What was my dream again?You with me? For people like you and me, the dream is finding a sense of relaxation in our bodies and relational stability in the world. So we can, you know, know what we want and then actually step toward it.Things like neurodivergence, betrayal, narcissistic parents, being around addiction, attachment stress, sensory processing disorder, medication sensitivity, living under the poverty line, emotional strain, autoimmune disease...these things are a lot on their own, but taken together many of the very useful tools offered in traditional models of health and wellness fall short.If you're not sure where to start, neither am I. Start with episode 1 like I did.Eras take time. Doesn't matter how long you've been frozen. You getting curious cracks the ice. Let's thaw this ice age together.