Grace + Boundaries: Navigating Intergenerational Trauma with Erin Hearts
Erin Hearts
Grace + Boundaries is a weekly memoir in a podcast! Follow host, Erin Hearts, as she shares how she navigates trauma while setting boundaries from her higher self. Traumas, big or small, can add up to broken relationships within a family. These traumas continue being passed down until we take steps to repair and mend our broken hearts with self-care and psychological education. Gaining emotional maturity is also a large part of the path towards grace and boundaries. Erin has walked the path of trauma recovery for the past decade, and is learning day by day how to evolve from the hurt she feels in order to become the graceful, loving woman she has always intended to be. Erin has a Master's degree in Education, creatively teaches middle school, is a musician, and loves being a single mom to her tweenaged boy. Grace + Boundaries has been the name of this podcast since July 2023. From November 2021- June 2023, this podcast was called "Self-Care for Survivors of Trauma." This podcast is a community of honest, open-minded survivors of all types of trauma, big and small. Each week, host Erin Hearts will discuss an aspect of self-care- emotional, physical, spiritual, etc.- and share how she navigates life's challenges by doing special things for herself and making time for herself each day. Erin believes that learning how to take care of ourselves is the key to healthy relationships with others, and she's devoted the past six years to studying and practicing how to better love and support herself and her loved ones. Erin is a single mom, teacher, musician, and highly sensitive person. Instagram: @iheartserin
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Jan 17, 2023 • 21min
Episode 60: The Artist's Journey
“The moment that you feel, just possibly, you are walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind, and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself...That is the moment, you might be starting to get it right.” -- Neil GaimanToday I share about creating art and the sobering truth it takes to do so. I mention a movie I saw this weekend and loved, "The Fabelman's" https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_fabelmansand The War of Art https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1319.The_War_of_ArtHappy creating!! Thank you for listening. Healing is possible! I'd love to hear from you! https://www.instagram.com/iheartserin/Please rate and review the podcast to let me know you're listening! Thank you!
Jan 9, 2023 • 22min
Episode 59: Learning How to be a Good Friend
I start the episode sharing my tribulations about my son not wanting to go to bed. He had a "bad" day today, according to him, and I am learning to accept that his emotions are different from mine. I can't change his world view from pessimism to optimism, but I can listen, validate, and try to understand. I talk about my two best friends and how they have taught me, through their beautiful and loving actions, how to love and support a friend. It's been a slow process becoming close to new friends and letting go of others. But I've learned that friendship has an ebb and a flow, and now I know how to show up for those ones that mean the world to me. Healing is possible! I'd love to hear from you! https://www.instagram.com/iheartserin/Please rate and review the podcast to let me know you're listening! Thank you!
Jan 2, 2023 • 15min
Episode 58: Processing, Reflecting, and Celebrating 2022
Survivors, get out your journals! I lead you through a reflection exercise to process and celebrate your big and little wins in 2022. I mention The Inner Child Podcast and the host, Gloria Zhang: https://bygloriazhang.com/Happy New Year! Healing is possible! I'd love to hear from you! https://www.instagram.com/iheartserin/Please rate and review the podcast to let me know you're listening! Thank you!
Dec 25, 2022 • 10min
Episode 57: Non-Traditional Christmas = Self-Care Christmas!
I've had a wacky Christmas this year! None of my normal family traditions have been followed and I even ended up alone on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! I did get invited a couple places, and I chose to say no to those invitations. I actually like spending time with myself in place of just having SOMEWHERE to go. I share what I did to turn my non-traditional Christmas this year into a Self-Care Christmas for my health. Happy Holidays! Thank you for listening! Healing is possible! I'd love to hear from you! https://www.instagram.com/iheartserin/Please rate and review the podcast to let me know you're listening! Thank you!
Dec 19, 2022 • 20min
Episode 56: Gratitude for Our Parents
Being able to share my feelilngs of gratitude for my parents has been a long process for me. I was 36 years old when I lifted the veil of denial and realized that my childhood wasn't as perfect as my parents had told me it was. After realizing I'd suffered a lot of emotional neglect that led to other abuse, I had a lot of anger towards my parents, especially my mom. It's taken seven years of consistent work for me to come to this place of acceptance, fortiveness, and now, gratitude. I mention the Rich Roll Podcast with Whitney Cummings: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whitney-cummings-is-doing-the-work/id582272991?i=1000586920278Take Care, Survivors! Thank you for listening! Healing is possible! I'd love to hear from you! https://www.instagram.com/iheartserin/Please rate and review the podcast to let me know you're listening! Thank you!
Dec 11, 2022 • 23min
Episode 55: 3 Questions to Ask Before Giving a Gift
Do you monitor your expectations before buying and giving gifts? I do, and I think it's definitely part of my personal self-care. I discuss gift giving and the strings that can be attached when it comes to the family gift exchange and even gifts for coworkers. Thank you for listening! Healing is possible! I'd love to hear from you! https://www.instagram.com/iheartserin/Please rate and review the podcast to let me know you're listening! Thank you!
Dec 7, 2022 • 26min
Episode 54: Am I Desperate? Or Simply Yearning for Love?
I've felt rejected a couple times recently in the dating world. This lead me yesterday, on a sad morning, to questioning, am I desperate? Is that why these men have not shown interest in me? I share my feelings and the answer to the question above that I came to after a day of self-care. I discuss what exactly I did to get myself out of my depressed mood. What tools do you use to get you back to center? Thank you for listening! Healing is possible! I'd love to hear from you! https://www.instagram.com/iheartserin/Please rate and review the podcast to let me know you're listening! Thank you!
Nov 29, 2022 • 10min
Episode 53: Are you Using Substances to fill the Void?
What types of substances do you use to fill that void inside your soul? Some call it our God-shaped hole. Or maybe it just feels to you like an aching or a yearning, tugging you towards that glass of wine or the bag of Hershey's Kisses. For many years, I unconsciously used alcohol, compulsive exercise, sugar, and romantic crushes to fill that need inside of me. Luckily I've now learned where that impulse to use substances comes from. For me, it comes from lack of connection. How do we gain connection? I do it through connecting with others who love and care about me, calling them, spending time with them, sharing detatils about our days. I connect with the universe/God through my morning prayers and meditation. I also connect to source through gratitude. There's something about listing items I'm grateful for that pulls me closer to contentedness. Thank you for listening! Healing is possible! I'd love to hear from you! https://www.instagram.com/iheartserin/Please rate and review the podcast to let me know you're listening! Thank you!
Nov 21, 2022 • 20min
Episode 52: Dating Deathtrap #6: Dating with the Wrong Intentions
How are your intentions surrounding dating? Are you aware of the reasons that you're seeking companionship? If it's to sooth your emotions or fill in that existential "hole" in your soul, then you probably aren't going to find something healthy nor lasting. I share a story about how I dated someone with some subconscious wrong intentions. Now with my 20/20 hindsight, I can see clearly that I wanted this man to be there for me to help cover up some other dysfunctional behaviors I was experiencing. Thanks for listening! Healing is possible! I'd love to hear from you! https://www.instagram.com/iheartserin/Please rate and review the podcast to let me know you're listening! Thank you!
Nov 15, 2022 • 15min
Episode 51: Traveling for the Holidays
Do you enjoy traveling? How about traveling to relative's houses for the holidays? Does it bring up some challenges for you? It sure does for me. Traveling is a time I have to focus on my own self-care because it's ultra-stimulating! I get very anxious before taking trips as a single parent and as a single person because it's a lot of responsibility to take on. I discuss how to relax the fear of traveling and how to cope when you're "stuck" at someone else's house for a longer period of time than you feel comfortable being there. Thank you for listening! Healing is possible! I'd love to hear from you! https://www.instagram.com/iheartserin/Please rate and review the podcast to let me know you're listening! Thank you!
