#16: Emily Harrell — Healing from Loss and Trauma: Tools and Practices

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Episode Summary:

In this conversation, a somatic performance mentor, Emily Harrell, first guides Ali, host of @TheAllyShowbyAli through a grounding and EFT tapping practice to help him reconnect with himself and manage his anxiety. Emily shares her personal journey of growing up with anxiety and the challenges she faced in supporting her family while neglecting her own needs. They discuss the importance of setting boundaries and recognizing when it's necessary to prioritize self-care. Emily emphasizes the need to fill your cup before helping others and offers advice on setting boundaries with friends. In this conversation, Emily Harrell discusses the importance of setting boundaries in relationships and navigating difficult conversations. She explains that our bodies often give us signals when something doesn't sit well with us and that these signals are based on past experiences and associations. Emily emphasizes that setting boundaries is a form of self-protection and that it's essential to communicate our needs directly. She also shares her personal journey of loss and trauma and how she found healing through various tools and practices, such as cold therapy, journaling, and writing gratitude.Key Takeaways:- Taking time to reconnect with ourselves and be present is essential for managing anxiety.- EFT tapping is a powerful tool for dissolving anxiety and other emotional experiences.- Setting boundaries is not selfish, but necessary for self-care and maintaining healthy relationships.- Recognizing the signals from our bodies and emotions can help us identify when to set boundaries.- Less is often more when setting boundaries. There is no need to overexplain or justify our decisions. Setting boundaries is essential for maintaining healthy relationships and protecting our own well-being.- Our bodies often give us signals when something doesn't sit well with us, and these signals are based on past experiences and associations.- Direct communication is essential when setting boundaries; we don't need to beat around the bush to please others.- Experiencing loss and trauma can have a profound impact on our mental health, but some tools and practices can help with healing, such as cold therapy, journaling, and gratitude.- Practicing gratitude can shift our perspective and help us appreciate what we have, even during challenging times.More About Emily: Emily is an EFT practitioner, somatic mentor, and trauma-informed professional with a bachelor's degree in family and human services. She mentors high-performing women who aim to master self-healing through transformative somatic practices. In 2021, she founded The Quantum Creator as a passion project to help others become their own self-healers. Her own experiences with grief, anxiety, and deep feelings of unfulfillment led her to this work.You can connect to Emily on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.quantum.creatorTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.quantum.creatorHer website: https://stan.store/quantumcreator

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