Episode 80: The Healing Is in the Opening (part 1) with Kirby Criddle

discuss the difference between intellectual understanding and embodied understanding

talk about the concepts of opening and closing as it relates to trauma, healing, the nervous system, and embodiment

discuss the effect of energy and its existence prior to how it manifests, first in the nervous system, and then in physical form

share Kirby's word for 2022 — confluence — and what it means to her

discuss the traumatized nervous system's tendency to reject entire concepts and make them "wrong" out of a deep fear of not being able to do it "right"

share the idea of sitting with the discomfort that's present, being curious about what's there, and allowing the discomfort to dissolve and create softeness and openness

talk about why it's so difficult to discern intuition from fear, particularly if we're disembodied

discuss our culture's skewed perception of self-trust

discuss the concept of the nervous system being in charge of physiological processes and also being like a radio receiver that picks up the frequencies of our egos or pain bodies and Higher Selves or souls

elaborate on openness as being access to a full range of human experiences, sensations, and emotions — not just happiness

share some of the modalities, like Body Talk, that Kirby uses with her clients

bring the heart and heart energy into the discussion about the nervous system and coherence

talk about being closed and why it's not "bad"