In this Wellish conversation, I'm sitting down with Erica Bonham — licensed professional counselor, somatic and attachment-focused EMDR trainer, and author of Always Enough, Never Done — to explore why healing can’t be thought into existence.

Together, we're dive into the messy, liberating truth that self-criticism and overthinking don’t create transformation. Instead, real healing asks us to trust the body’s wisdom, practice radical self-compassion, and make peace with imperfection.

This episode unpacks:

• Why your brain alone can’t heal trauma — and what the body knows that the mind can’t
• The neuroscience of emotional regulation and why self-criticism backfires
• The dance between self-reflection and self-compassion in personal growth
• Boundaries that connect vs. boundaries that isolat ...