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Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health

Sommer A. Seitz, LMHC

Podcast hosted by Licensed Professional Counselor, Sommer A. Seitz, LMHC.
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Episode 26: The Healing Power of Gratitude

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10/20/20 • 27 min

This new season is all about creating our best life in the face of challenge. I am excited for you to hear from Kamelia Britton, my October guest. October is both Breast Cancer and Mental Health Awareness month and Kamelia is an inspiration on both accounts. I met Kamelia in the middle of her chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer and was inspired by her courageous and inspirational response to her disease. I new her as the "Hackerette" who had built herself what most would consider a dream life of travel and wellness and was paid to inspire others online as she took pictures in new exotic locations monthly and shared her tips and photos via Instagram and blogs. What came next surprised all of us, but her most of all.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer and hew entire life shifted overnight. Kamelia tells us how there is life before, in the middle of, and after cancer and you are never the same. I appreciate her authenticity and vulnerability as she has shared with followers on social media her battle with cancer and how she used that struggle to help her find new purpose and passion from her pain. She tells us how she was able to start a "love ripple" that allowed her ease her pain by focusing on lifting others. These and other gratitude practices helped her find the strength-based mindset to beat her cancer and help others find their unique voice. Kamelia reminds us all there is much in life we cannot control and often our challenges come out of left field. We all have the choice to choose a purpose driven life in these moments and allow our pain to move us to new growth, but this is not easy road. Join me for an honest interview about her real journey and how it has shaped her. Learn how their truly is healing power that comes from gratitude practices, especially when life hands you a challenThis new season is all about creating our best life in the face of challenge. I am excited for you to hear from Kamelia Britton, my October guest. October is both Breast Cancer and Mental Health Awareness month and Kamelia is an inspiration on both accounts!

I met Kamelia in the middle of her chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer and was inspired by her courageous and inspirational response to her disease. She is known as the "Hackerette", and at one point had built herself what most would consider a dream life of travel and wellness. She was paid to inspire others online as she took pictures in new exotic locations monthly and shared her tips and photos via Instagram and blogs.

What came next surprised all of us, but her most of all. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and her entire life shifted overnight. Kamelia tells us how there is life before, in the middle of, and after cancer and you are never the same. I appreciate her authenticity and vulnerability as she has shared with followers on social media her battle with cancer and how she used that struggle to help find new purpose and passion. She tells us how she was able to start a "love ripple" that allowed her to ease her pain by focusing on lifting others. These and other gratitude practices helped her find the strength-based mindset to beat her cancer and help others find their unique voice.

Kamelia reminds us all that there is much in life we cannot control and often our challenges come out when we least expect them. We all have the choice to choose a purpose driven life and allow our pain to move us to new growth, but this is not an easy road. Join me for an honest interview about her journey and how it has shaped her life and personhood. Learn how their truly is healing power that comes from gratitude practices, especially when life hands you a challenge you did not expect or ask for.

ge you did not expect or ask for.

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Episode 25: We Rise Together

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09/22/20 • 45 min

It seems about time that I share the journey of my most important relationship with this community, my marriage. For many years, I wore a mask of perfectionism and "pretending to be", until I realized there is no joy in inauthentic living, especially in marriage. Relationship is a key component of our ability to heal, do our inner work, and move from shame to wholeness. However, our partners cannot heal us. Then what part does relationship play in our inner healing work?

In this Episode, I bring in my husband of nearly 20 years as a guest to discuss our journey as a couple in facing shame and woundedness as a team, and how our partners really show us the areas we most need to grow. We desired to heal and grow and if possible find ourselves on the other side united. We discuss how we did just that! Yes, like many of you we had some low points, even considered divorce for a time, but realized that the brokenness was inside each of us and our marriage was simplify a reflection of our own inner conflict. We will take you on a journey of 20 years of marriage and our evolution in thinking and relating that really helped us find both ourselves and our way to each other.

My husband brings a male perspective to the conversation of the healing journey and what it was like for him to co-journey with a partner overcoming Complex PTSD and trying to find her true self in the midst of parenting, marriage, and career development. We share how we went from disconnection to connection and the principles that allowed us to find that healing together.

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Episode 24: Born To Create (Part 2)

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08/26/20 • 27 min

Welcome to Part 2 of "Born To Create" Episode! If you haven't had a chance to listen to Part 1, start there as it will give you a great introduction to how to focus on what you desire start creating your life versus surviving it. Now you are ready to acknowledge that life's challenges are there to help you expand and be your greatest teachers. There is enough energy, wisdom, and love to help you get through your challenges and create the life you choose.

In this Episode I am getting real with you on what your specific blocks are to stepping into what I will call "The Empowerment Dynamic" coined by David Emerald's "Power of Ted." I will share with you a original meditation I created to teach my clients about the creation of our ego from fear and shame that is not "of you." I will help your reconnect to your true self that is safe, loved, good enough, and whole and complete and identify where you lost connection with that truth through false experience. We will then take that truth to create some "Dynamic Tension" to continual call you toward what can be in your life!

You will learn how about combing the skills of intention, or your desire outcome, with attention, keeping your focus where you desire it, to help you manifest your dreams. These are proven skills that I teach professionally and I will give you a taste of our Upcoming Conference, "Healed and Freed to Live From Joy" that you can attend from home to take that next step in your transformation journey (Coming September 2020 at WholeWomenLink.com). You are not here by accident. Our Soul's Purpose will never be quiet. This is your time to get clear on what you want, establish a community of support that can get you where you are going, and have the practices that lead to success! I am so happy you are here.

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Episode 23: Born to Create (Part 1)

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08/03/20 • 23 min

When did you decide you were too old to live your dreams? Many of us have listened to false messages about who we are allowed to be and given up on pursuing goals, activities, and environments that bring us joy. In this episode I will discuss how to move away from the "dreaded drama triangle" that keeps you stuck and into Your Creator self. You will learn the difference between living the life you choose and always feel victim to circumstance, emotions, and people is where you place your focus. I will acknowledge the real struggle we experience in letting go of old ways of being and ways we get trapped in our own drama and drama of others. When you discover a clear why and map toward your vision you can finally give yourself permission to live from passion and discover how to make your dreams a reality.

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Episode 22: Emotion Coaching

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05/21/20 • 26 min

Are you noticing that your own emotional regulation and that of your loved ones is off? In this episode I discuss the body/mind connection to stress and how to effectively move out of negative cycles of emotion yourself and then lending support to your loved ones using John Gottman's "Emotion Coaching" model. Learn how to anchor yourself and your loved ones in times of high stress. (Photo credit: Jordan Whitt)
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Episode 21: We are all Interdependent

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04/07/20 • 23 min

Celebrate with me the one year anniversary of Breaking Free Podcast and the journey of healing from the inside out in body, mind, and spirit we have been on together. In this episode we will see how all this growth leads you to the ability to live life interdependent with your abundant source and have the strength and capacity to reach your highest intentions. Yes, we are all weak is some areas of self and life circumstances can be difficult however that recognition leads to the ability to go deep and receive strength from higher sources. Join me in how you can move away from extreme living and come to the balanced middle of interdependence. Image credit: Tim-Marshall
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Episode 20: Swinging Into the Middle

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03/12/20 • 31 min

Do you have an internal voice that is constantly criticizing you or puffing your up in self defense? In order to break imbalances we have in our relationships with others, such as codependence, we must first address our internal voice that pushes out of balance. The hook to living at extremes is 100% in you. In this episode we will explore how self-compassion provides the ability to respond to our struggle, find the love and connection we crave, and find a way back to balance within ourselves and our relationships. Photo by Roberto Nickson on Unsplash
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Episode 19: Further Up and Further In!!

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02/13/20 • 27 min

Thank you beautiful community for joining us in 2019 to learn principles of healing that include a body, mind, spirit approach to your wounded places, learning how to develop greater awareness and go inside, and tools and principles that address the strength of your whole person.
This new season, we are going to dive deep together to apply this learning to the inner work that is still there for you to do to break free of that which holds you back. As your greatest work is done on the inside. This podcast will help your direct all your precious energy inside to the place and space where you have greatest influence skillfully and safely. We will also reach up to connect with your higher power to help you reveal your unique healing path and become a bridge to the new growth you seek. We all need partners in our healing.
We will also discuss the concept of sanctuary and how your body, home, and places of sanctuary can provide strength that you can take with you as you face your bigger wounds.
Lastly, we will put these principles into practice with a guided healing meditation that will allow you to practice developing that inner sanctuary and connect to your healing partners.

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Episode 18: Showing Up As Yourself this Year!!

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12/26/19 • 32 min

This time of year is full of advice as to what you need to "change" in order to improve yourself. Is it possible to navigate all this buzz and set goals that allow you to show up as your true self this New Year? Absolutely! In this podcast we will explore how to work with life's real challenges to see how life is showing up for you not against you and allow you to move into to the driver's seat as creator of your best life! You will learn how to love an accept yourself and set goals from self love that bring lasting change. Photo by Alan Emery on Unsplash
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Episode 27: The Courage to Heal

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11/17/20 • 39 min

This Episode is a beautiful healing conversation about how we must courageously move towards our own suffering with compassion in order to be free of it. We will discuss the life work of Dr. Edith Eva Edgar, a survivor of Auschwitz during the holocaust. I will describe how her book, "The Chosen," caused me to further reflect on the universal principles found both in her journey and what I have seen in my individual growth and professional healing work with clients.

We will discuss how when "we deliberately turn towards suffering rather than averting our gaze," we are able to finally witness our pain and process the stuck parts of our story. No healing journey is exactly the same, however, all require us to first take personal responsibility for own feelings. We must move out towards the process of avoiding those emotions, projecting our pain onto others, and to see our part in creating the dynamics that we create with our current relationships. We will talk about how we often re-enact our trauma or continuously repeat the past story of pain in current relationships until we move to accept our story and process both the beliefs and emotions we have stored in both our bodies and in our minds. We will go over the skill of "notice, accept, check, and stay" as taught by Dr. Edgar and use this skill to walk through a self compassion and self healing meditation at the end of this episode. I hope you will have the courage to join me for this conversation of how move toward your intention of healing and growth.

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How many episodes does Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health have?

Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health currently has 49 episodes available.

What topics does Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Counseling and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health?

The episode title 'Episode 26: The Healing Power of Gratitude' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health?

The average episode length on Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health is 35 minutes.

How often are episodes of Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health released?

Episodes of Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health are typically released every 25 days, 18 hours.

When was the first episode of Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health?

The first episode of Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health was released on Apr 6, 2019.

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