Holistic Life Navigation

In this episode, we are joined by Eileen Knott. Eileen offers individual healing sessions for a variety of health concerns such as pain-both physical and emotional, nightmares, obsessive thoughts, grieving, feeling stuck, and addictions. Eileen was also a student of the Holistic Life Navigation course last year.
Eileen and Luis explore why healing in an ongoing, iterative process. Both share how and why "bad habits" persisted after having a magical or healing experience. They discuss how catharsis can actually be overwhelming for our bodies; however, time and embodiment practices allow our bodies to integrate that experience and learning.
For more information on Eileen's work, visit: https://relaxandexpand.com/.
For more information on Luis' work, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

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On today's episode, I welcome back Brigitt Thompson.
We speak about money through the lens of somatics & trauma. How we value it, what we have overcoupled with it, and pieces of wisdom & personal experiences from Brigitt's book Trust Yourself With Money.
Take your time through this episode. Notice what comes up in your body to speak to you about your relationship to money and what you inherited through your family & culture.
These values may not be yours.
For more information, visit Brigitt's website: https://www.trustyourselfwithmoney.com/

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Today's episode is SO good.
I welcome past students and current members of my membership to talk about the topic of the sovereign body.
It's a strange idea at first: the body not being us. However, the more we practice it and notice it, the more obvious it becomes and the more helpful it becomes.
Why? Because we're able to actually relate to it as its own being, instead of a thing that's supposed to work for us or that we own.
Enjoy this episode with these gorgeous people who I can honestly call my teachers now.
For more info on my upcoming courses & membership visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
You can learn more about some of the guests and their work below:

• Jeana Brown: www.gypsyroot.com; Instagram - @gypsy.root
• Leena Chauhan: Instagram - @leenacharm
• Colleen Duffy: Devil-Doll.com; Instagram - @DevilDoll_Official
• Ixchel Lunar: https://ixchel.love/; Instagram - https://instagram.com/ixchel.love
• Karen White: Instagram - @k.arenwhite

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In this episode, I am joined by licensed psychotherapist & racism specialist April Harter. She is the founder of the Racism Recovery Center in Colorado. April is a black woman who provides services to white people who want to explore & heal their covert or overt racism. Yes, you read that right. April sees racism as a trauma response and, through healing her own racialized trauma, she's able to hold space for individuals & groups so that a major cause of racial trauma can be identified & healed: racism itself.
Our interview was so deep and juicy (2.5 hours) that I broke it up into two parts. In this first part, we talk about everything from lineage traumas, white supremacy, poverty trauma, and the cultural traumas that all of our ancestors (of every ethnicity) experienced when leaving their lives for a new life in America.
The takeaway for me? Work on your own capacity to hold your own trauma and you can be an authentic ally for anyone in need. In this case, white people exploring their own unresolved trauma so that they can physically & mentally show up to people of color, hear their stories, and provide an open heart vs. one of guilt, defense, or performative allyship. Through this, we heal our racist defense mechanisms and thinking. One by one, we can heal the racist systems as well.
For more information on April's work, visit https://www.racismrecoverycenter.com, or follow her on Instagram @racismrecoverycenter.

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This episode is about Fawning - what I call "The Fourth F" after fight, flight & freeze in response to threat, yet often the first one we use. Fawning is mistaken for "politeness" and "having manners", but it's actually a learned threat response. We fawn so that we can dissolve the physical discomfort held in our own bodies when we disappoint someone with our truth. This episode explains why we do it, what happens, and how to begin healing this body mechanism.

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Embodied Practitioner
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