Your Body Holds The Story

<p>What happens when you understand your trauma intellectually, but your body still doesn’t feel safe?</p><p>In this episode of <strong>Goddess Rising</strong>, I sit down with trauma-informed yoga teacher, somatic therapist, nervous system educator, and sexual assault survivor <a href="http://www.halliloufaulkner.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Lou Faulkner</strong></a> for a deeply honest conversation about the connection between trauma and the body. Lou shares her own experience of dissociation after childhood sexual trauma and how yoga, meditation, trauma therapy, and EMDR became part of reconnecting with herself and eventually supporting other survivors. </p><p>We explore why so many trauma survivors can explain exactly <em>why</em> they feel the way they do yet still struggle to feel connected to themselves. We talk about dissociation, perfectionism, shame, anxiety, hypervigilance, and the ways we may stay busy, overthink, or disconnect when emotions feel too overwhelming to experience. </p><ul><li>How trauma can contribute to feeling disconnected from your body</li></ul><ul><li>Dissociation as a response to overwhelming experiences</li><li>The connection Lou sees between anxiety and difficult underlying emotions</li><li>Why anger, grief, sadness, guilt, and shame can be so difficult to feel</li><li>How perfectionism, staying busy, and hyper-independence can become ways of coping</li><li>Why being witnessed and supported can matter when processing difficult emotions</li><li>How to begin noticing the signals of nervous-system activation</li><li>A simple <strong>“Shake It Out” somatic practice</strong> Lou shares for moments of overwhelm</li></ul><p>This conversation is especially for the woman who has done the talking, read the books, understands her patterns, and is still wondering:</p><p><strong>Why do I know I’m safe, but I still don’t </strong><em><strong>feel</strong></em><strong> safe?</strong></p><p>Your body is not something you have to fight your way out of. Healing can also become an invitation to slowly reconnect with yourself, become curious about what you feel, and learn what safety, boundaries, connection, and joy mean for <em>you</em>. </p><p><strong>Press play for a compassionate conversation about coming out of survival and finding your way back into relationship with yourself.</strong></p><p>Connect with your host, <a href="https://www.brookedeanne.com/">⁠Brooke Deanne here⁠</a></p><p>Take the <a href="http://l