In this episode of NeuroAlchemy, Dr. Sarah Young sits down with Ela Szilvassy for a grounded and compassionate conversation about safety, embodiment, emotional healing, and reconnecting with the body after trauma, disconnection, or chronic self-abandonment.

Together, Sarah and Ela explore how many people learn to stay small, overgive, or constantly “read the room” in order to feel safe — and how those patterns often begin as intelligent survival responses rather than personal failures.

Ela shares her own healing journey and explains how creating safety within the nervous system allows the body to reconnect with authenticity, emotional honesty, self-worth, and deeper self-awareness.

This conversation also introduces Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and explores why healing is not about forcing change, but about creating enough  ...