The Vitalist Healing Isn’t in Your Head: Why You Can’t Bypass What Lives in Your Body with Brittny King (012)
What if the stories you’ve been telling yourself—about your worth, your happiness, your healing, aren’t the truth? In this raw and revelatory episode, Brittny shares her journey from high-performing “happy girl” to a deeply embodied woman rewriting generational patterns. From hiking Mont Blanc on her honeymoon to navigating postpartum anxiety and uncovering childhood trauma through motherhood, Brittny holds nothing back.
She’ll show you how a single belief like “everything is figureoutable” can become a lifeline, why you can’t outthink a dysregulated nervous system, and how breathwork became the tool that helped her, and her clients, finally feel safe in their own bodies.
If you’ve ever felt like you were too emotional, not emotional enough, or stuck in a cycle of “doing the work” but still repeating old patterns, this conversation is for you.
We talk about:
The grief that cracked her wide open Why emotional triggers are clues, not problems Raising resilient kids (and reparenting yourself in the process) What happens when we finally feel what’s been buried The power of somatic therapy and breathwork to create real, lasting change
By the end of this episode, you’ll feel less alone, more seen, and more equipped to meet yourself where you truly are.
This is the one you listen to with your journal nearby and your heart wide open.
HIGHLIGHTS:
The book, The One Thing made her realize she was spreading herself thin, and it changed everything. (3:30)
Her miscarriage opened a floodgate of unprocessed trauma she didn’t even know was buried. (4:42)
If your emotional reactions feel way bigger than the moment, you’ve got unhealed stories still running the show. (6:12)
She used her “happy girl” mask to conceal childhood trauma until she went into motherhood. (7:00)
Her experience with postpartum anxiety until breathwork gave her a way back into her body. (8:08)
No one warned her that becoming a mom meant losing herself and finding someone entirely new. (9:10)
“You are not your thoughts,” and believing otherwise is what’s been holding you back. (11:06)
Her favorite belief? “Everything is figureoutable.” It’s gotten her through some of the hardest chapters of her life. (12:00)
You can’t outthink a dysregulated nervous system. Period. You’ve got to go into the body to actually change. (16:00)
Your emotions are like a check engine light and if you keep ignoring them, something will break. (18:49)
Healing doesn’t happen alone, it happens with someone safe enough to hold space for your truth. (20:00)
Her daughter triggered patterns she thought she’d healed and gave her permission to finally break them. (22:20)
She stopped trying to raise a happy child, and started raising a resilient one instead. (25:20)
She’s not the coach with the answers, she’s the one who helps you remember you’ve had them all along. (30:15)
RESOURCES:
Book: The One Thing by Gary Keller
Book: Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
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