Holistic Trauma Healing with Lindsey Lockett

In this jam-packed episode, Lindsey and The Holistic Psychologist, Dr. Nicole LePera... discuss the new release of Dr. Nicole's new book, How to Do the Work discuss inner child work and how to re-parent ourselves disclose the part of the brain that only allows us to "see" confirmatory evidence of our limiting beliefs reveal a question that, if answered with radical honesty, will bring us back to awareness every time share why people, particularly with anxiety, struggle to chill, remain calm, and just "be" even though they truly want to talk about emotional addiction — becoming so used to a dysregulated nervous system state that a non-activated state is unbearably uncomfortable and agitating discuss the spectrum of nervous system dysregulation and how to create safety for ourselves talk about early childhood development and attachment share why it’s important to slowly expand our windows of tolerance discuss the fawn trauma response, conflict avoidance, and dysfunctional family dynamics talk about Dr. Nicole’s 2-step process for change discuss boundaries, people-pleasing, and creating healthier relationships by showing up authentically Subscribe! Follow @iamlindseylockett Support the show Join the Trauma Healers Circle

In this episode, author of Ancestral Medicine Daniel Foor and I... discuss how Daniel honored his calling as a ritualist without having his own ancestral framework discuss "whiteness" and settler colonialism, occupation of land, and the resulting loss of cultural identity and tradition for both colonizer and colonized share the need to grieve the loss of a continued lineage of ritual share the need to grieve how many of our ancestors traded their lineages for the construct of whiteness talk about the intersection of identity, ancestry, and culture talk about communing and communicating with our ancestors discuss the ancestral repair process discuss how engaging with our ancestors relates to cultural healing talk about the collective trauma caused by the pain of misogyny, exploitative capitalism, white supremacy, and dislocation from land Subscribe! Follow @iamlindseylockett Support the show Join the Trauma Healers Circle

In this episode, hypnotherapist and coach Priya Lahki and I... share Priya's story of growing up as an Indian immigrant in Columbus, Ohio share how Priya had built a very outwardly successful life as a criminal defense attorney but was inwardly falling apart discuss the resemblance of her former career as a defense attorney to her role now as a spiritual teacher and coach talk about awareness of the identities we create for ourselves, especially the identities based on the worst things that have ever happened to us talk about the importance of language in how we tell our stories discuss shifting out of identifying as a victim or survivor and into acceptance of our stories as a path to healing discuss the brain science of hidden programming (aka "autopilot) and how by age 35 we live 95% of our existence on autopilot discuss creating a hypnosis of success rather than a hypnosis of victimhood share why personal development without spiritual awareness and teaching won't bring peace and isn't fulfilling challenge the negative connotations of the word trauma", especially in the English language discuss self-love as self-discipline discuss understanding cosmic and spiritual law talk about soul contracts, karma, and why each of us chose this time and these bodies and this planet for this time and a purpose Subscribe! Follow @iamlindseylockett Support the show Join the Trauma Healers Circle

In this episode, my former high school pal Tristi Weston and I... discuss Tristi's journey as the mother of a chronically ill child and starting a massive social media community and organization called Humanizing the Badge discuss how cancel culture and social media call-outs = someone showing up in your comments or DMs, taking a shit, and leaving you to clean up the mess share how social media is full of people living in a perpetual state of offense and how nervous system dysregulation shows up online discuss the harmful effects of harassment and dehumanization on social media talk about Tristi's work to facilitate real-life conversations in communities and why that work is so much more important than social media "activism" share the importance of having real-life, trusted communities for learning, growing, responsibility, and accountability consider both the intention and impact. of what we post on social media and how we engage (or don't engage) discuss the cost our nervous systems pay when we engage in and/or are targeted by internet call-outs, smear campaigns, and debates share why we keep doing what we do online even though social media is a cess pool give our best insights for navigating social media while trying to be a good human discuss nervous system literacy and why we need to listen to our bodies when we're engaging on social media Subscribe! Follow @iamlindseylockett Support the show Join the Trauma Healers Circle

In this insightful, breakthrough episode, Sorina and I... share Sorina's story of growing up in Romanian culture with a prevalent scarcity mindset, how that affected her family, and how she recognized and began healing financial trauma share why it's vital to question our beliefs about money share how our relationship with money often resembles our relationships with people discuss trauma-informed business for entrepreneurs share why typical business "goals" (like "how to have a $10K month" or "how to get 100k followers") are not only unrealistic and not sustainable, they assume there is something wrong with us or our business when we don't meet those goals talk about the adaptations of the nervous system related to money and financial trauma share how to work with the body to identify and release financial trauma emphasize that  beliefs about money, being in your purpose, and feeling safe to receive money are actually more important than sales and marketing talk about procrastination and perfectionism in entrepreneurs share why we need to stop focusing on sales and growth and start excavating money trauma share why it's not enough to want money; we have to actually become familiar with it and with receiving it or we will push it away Subscribe! Follow @iamlindseylockett Support the show Join the Trauma Healers Circle

In this episode with Poplar Rose, we... discuss various plant medicines both physically and energetically protective and how to use these plant allies in setting boundaries discuss boundary-setting as a spiritual practice and how plants, nature, and ancestors can guide and support us discuss how our ancestors established intuitive and sacred relationships with plants that is the foundation of all plant medicine past, present, and future talk about the sacredness and practicality of our relationships with plants share how our lineages come with unhealthy patterns and traumas, but also with strength, resilience, and health share why we need to gain insights about our ancestry, whether through family stories, intuition, or imagination discuss the ritual of boundary-setting and the importance of self-responsibility in ritual talk about the freedom found in letting go of others' expectations and how the moon, plants, and water can assist in the letting go discuss non-attachment and emotional neutrality in general and about boundaries discuss neuroception and humans' sensitivity to attempted control Subscribe! Follow @iamlindseylockett Support the show Join the Trauma Healers Circle

In this episode, Poplar Rose and I... discuss boundaries as self-awareness and prioritizing time, energy, and resources in a way that is grounded in integrity share that part of the boundary-setting process is making peace with the fact that our boundaries will disappoint others talk about people-pleasing, fawning, and over-explaining discuss choosing discomfort as a reality of boundary-setting hold space for the many feelings, including loss and grief, that naturally arise as we set, stick to, and respect boundaries talk about boundaries with bosses, co-workers, in-laws, and other relationships discuss the importance of emotional neutrality validate anger as a sacred feeling answer the boundaries questions that came from Instagram Subscribe! Follow @iamlindseylockett Support the show Join the Trauma Healers Circle

In this episode, Diana Tayan and I... share what birth trauma and how common it is (1 in 3 births) discuss obstetric violence as a large contributor to birth trauma speculate on postpartum depression as a symptom of birth trauma discuss the lack of education about birth trauma discuss the many ways in which women respond to birth trauma and the emotional, physical, and mental consequences birth trauma can have share the importance of somatic healing of birth trauma discuss secondary trauma experienced by dads, non-male partners, midwives, and doulas who attend births  share resources for processing and healing birth trauma Subscribe! Follow @iamlindseylockett Support the show Join the Trauma Healers Circle

Clementine Morrigan, a writer and co-host of "Fucking Cancelled," dives deep into trauma-informed polyamory. She highlights how traditional resources often neglect mental health, stressing the need for a focus on the nervous system's response in relationships. Discussion touches on attachment theory, explaining how past traumas can influence dynamics. Clementine shares her unique approach that integrates nervous system literacy with polyamory, and the transformative healing that can occur through this lifestyle. Her top advice? Start with trauma-informed practices for lasting growth!

Dance and movement therapist Erica Hornthal and I... discuss dance and movement therapy as a powerful trauma healing tool dispel any doubts or myths that you need dance classes or training to practice and benefit from dance and movement therapy share how anyone can benefit from dance/movement therapy, even folx with disabilities discuss why dance isn't only something to consume and watch for entertainment share how Erica meets her clients wherever they are to reconnect with their bodies explain how exercise differs from conscious, intentional movement that embodies emotions discuss why. movement in the body is essential to getting "unstuck" validate folks who feel awkward in or disconnected from their bodies and give small ways to overcome that awkwardness and disconnection share how you can tune into your body, check how your movement (or lack of) impacts your mental health, and how to use your agency to shift yourself Subscribe! Follow @iamlindseylockett Support the show Join the Trauma Healers Circle Get 15% of Erica's resources with the code HOLISTIC