Episode notes
Ever been in so much emotional pain that nothing anyone says helps—your friends, your therapist, even your own logic? This episode is for you.
Today I’m talking to Betsy Kudlinski, a Freedom Guide and and nervous system healing practitioner, about why you can’t outthink trauma—because when your nervous system doesn’t feel safe, your brain can’t “mindset” you out of survival mode.
We break down somatic healing in a way that actually makes sense, including:
- why advice feels useless when you’re activated
- the animal “threat response cycle” (and the deer story that explains your anxiety perfectly)
- what “capacity” is, why it shrinks, and how to expand it safely
- the difference between being regulated vs. being in functional freeze
- why settling takes longer than activation (and why you’re not failing ...
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