Podcast

Turkey Day is upon us once again, which means food, weight, and diet talk is about to become rife. This is a time when people feel they have free rein to comment on how we look and what we’re eating or not eating, which can be particularly challenging for those of us with emotional outsourcing…

Functional freeze is a very painful nervous system experience familiar to those of us living in emotional outsourcing. In the first two episodes of this series, we’ve looked at the how and why of functional freeze, as well as real-life experiences that can lead to functional freeze. Even though the mixed nervous system state of…

Last week, we began a vital conversation about the mixed nervous system state of functional freeze. We defined it, talked about what it looks like in practice, and learned that it’s a super common experience for those of us prone to emotional outsourcing. This week in part two, we’re asking the question: how did it…

This week, we’re taking a deep dive into a topic I can’t believe I haven’t already discussed on the show! The nervous system state of functional freeze, which I also like to call somatic self-disconnection, is what I’m most passionate about in my work. It’s part and parcel of the emotional outsourcing experience. So what…

The main driver of my work is to help those of us who identify with codependent, perfectionist, and people-pleasing tendencies move past blame, shame, guilt, and the stigma of having these ways of being in the world. It’s normal and natural to beat ourselves up for having these thought habits. However, it’s a painful path…

This week, we are reviewing one of my absolute favorite topics to geek out on: polyvagal theory. Polyvagal theory is an incredibly helpful way to better understand our lived experiences and nervous systems, which is why it’s one of the main tenets of all the work I do across my various programs. There is often…

Do you struggle to set boundaries with the people in your life? Are you prone to prioritizing everyone else’s well-being first, often not even realizing you have needs of your own? Are you in constant hyperdrive mode, striving to do more and more, only to eventually burn yourself out? This week’s topic is one I…

Last week, we talked all about feeling our feelings somatically and the myriad of reasons doing so can help us live richer, more fulfilling lives with more connection to ourselves and our loved ones. You heard in detail why we don’t feel our feelings, and in part two today, we’re exploring the how-to of feeling…

This week, we’re talking about feeling our feelings somatically. “Feeling your feelings” is a term you may have seen all over social media, and it can be an incredibly supportive and loving thing to do. However, as we do here on Feminist Wellness, we also need to proceed with caution and care when it comes…

This week, we’re exploring that super-cringe feeling of explaining ourselves, or rather, overexplaining ourselves. Whether you know full well that this is a pattern you find yourself in, or you haven’t quite identified it yet, this tends to be the chronic experience of life for those of us with emotional outsourcing tendencies. How do we…