Rachel Kaplan, MA, MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and author of the book Feel, Heal, and Let That Sh*t Go. Kaplan has studied yoga, meditation, and hands-on healing practices in India and Nepal, earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and trained in cutting-edge trauma modalities such as EMDR. She divides her time between Oakland and Joshua Tree, California.
Here she and Dawson discuss:
Rachel's story
How human relationships inherently involve loss and challenges
When decades of emotional numbness isn’t easy to overcome
When people don’t allow themselves a physical based feeling
The lurking sense of impostor syndrome
The inability to slow down because of all the distractions
First Step... ask a key question: What qualities of me do I not accept?
Emotional release work
Letting the energy of emotions move through you
Moving anger is high energy release
Emotional resilience
Why EMDR is one of the most powerful forms of trauma healing
Brave into the unknown... face your fears and you’ll build self-trust