The Vitalist

Most of us were never taught that there’s an innate intelligence animating our bodies, a spark that builds us, heals us, and carries our stories. In this episode of The Vitalist Podcast, Keiko and Sera open up about their personal journeys from feeling broken and disconnected to discovering the life-changing philosophy of vitalism. Through stories of conception, embryology, and their first chiropractic experiences, they reveal how vitalism reframes pain, symptoms, and even grief, not as problems to be fixed, but as intelligence speaking through the body. They share how adjustments can help release buried emotions, why kids are natural vitalists, and how cultures and indigenous tribes intuitively relate to nature’s wisdom in ways modern society has forgotten. This conversation is a reminder that healing is less about fixing what’s “wrong” and more about reconnecting with what’s already right within us. If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your body, struggled with symptoms that don’t make sense, or wondered if there’s something more to healing than quick fixes and protocols, this episode will expand your perspective and invite you into a heart-based way of living. HIGHLIGHTS: Why people don’t know how to embody innate intelligence and how vitalism makes it practical. (1:27) The spark of life and why no one taught us this in school. (2:06) From broken to whole: how the story of conception shifted the belief “I’m broken” into “I’m inherently whole.” (4:19) Why studying embryology, and how one cell becomes 70 trillion, changes how you’ll see your body forever. (5:08) How vitalism changes the way we adjust, connect, and see people beyond the physical body. (6:37) How an adjustment helped Keiko release the buried longing for a mother. (8:20) Why healing is less about fixing and more about unlearning cultural conditioning. (9:48) Vitalism as a heart-based way of living: why it’s about experiencing life force, not just intellectualizing it. (13:11) Holism vs. Vitalism: the crucial difference between “everything is connected” and “everything is bio-intelligent.” (14:49) Kids as natural vitalists: curiosity, awe, and openness before culture puts us in boxes. (16:05) Why Amazonian tribes call plants “she” and what it teaches us about relating to nature’s intelligence. (20:05) Food as information: why food is more than calories. (26:43) Reframing symptoms: shifting from “my body is punishing me” to “my body is communicating with me.” (29:06) How we stopped burning out as chiropractors by realizing healing isn’t about “fixing.” (30:10) Root cause redefined: why it’s not just the “root cause”, but the soil it grew in. (32:56)   EPISODES WE REFERENCED: The Science of Flower Essences and What Nature Knows That We Don't with Katie Hess The Most Counterintuitive Healing Advice You’ll Ever Hear with Wes Kress Breath Is the Steering Wheel of Your Nervous System with Dr. Sachin Patel   Never miss an episode. Subscribe to get notified about what's coming next. Follow us @TheVitalistPodcast www.TheVitalistPodcast.com Visit us @KinfolkOptimalLiving www.KinfolkOptimalLiving.com  

Dr. Sera sits down with personal trainer and gym owner, Deanna Kane to explore how fitness becomes transformation when we learn to feel instead of force. From bodybuilding competitions and punishing workouts that left her in dorsal vagal shutdown, to discovering breathwork, somatic healing, and nervous system-based training, Deanna shares her powerful journey of shifting from “muscling through” to connecting in. Together, we unpack how to create safety in the body, why dissociation hides in intense workouts, and how mindful weight training can rewire trust, presence, and resilience. Whether you’re in the gym or navigating daily stress, this conversation invites you to stop overriding your body and start listening to it. HIGHLIGHTS: From Taco Bell to bodybuilding: Deanna’s first days in the gym and the pressure to look “always flexing.” (1:10) The moment Deanna discovered her nervous system had crashed; she was in dorsal vagal shutdown. (4:39) From “muscle through it” to “connect and be gentle”: how Deanna redefined training. (5:59) Forget your device; here’s how to know if it’s a push day or a mobility day. (7:57) Training vs. working out: the one shift that turns random sweat sessions into real progress. (10:08) Becoming one with the weight and how a Joe Dispenza meditation cracked Deanna open to her body’s voice. (14:12) Mind vs. body: the callout that taught Deanna to feel instead of think. (14:57) Movement reveals emotion: how she can tell if you’ll miss a lift before you touch the bar. (16:59) When the weight scares you: mantras and mindset to move beyond your limits. (17:59) Plugging energy leaks: how foot-to-head body scans generate more power in every lift. (20:46) Master your breath, master your strength: why shallow breathing robs your power. (22:25) The hidden reason most people stall in the gym and the simple fix that makes progressive overload work. (34:18) When to add weight vs. reps: the squat depth rule that prevents injury and builds real strength. (34:42) The king of all movements: the deadlift. (35:51) Recovery made simple: walk, don’t sit. (36:55) Mobility myth busted: why lifting should make you more mobile, not less. (37:10) Rethinking “tight muscles”: is it fascia, energy, or something else entirely? (40:01) RESOURCES: Follow @DeanneKane_Fitness Follow @TheCocoonGym_Scottsdale Train with Deanna: The Cocoon Training Facility in North Scottsdale BIO: Deanna Kane is a personal trainer, gym owner, and spiritual expansion guide whose work bridges the physical and energetic realms of healing. With over 15 years of experience in weightlifting and strength training, Deanna now blends movement, nervous system regulation, and frequency practices to support vitality from the inside out. Her approach honors the body as both biology and energy, expanding resilience, creative potential, and heart coherence. Through her own journey of transformation, she embodies the balance of discipline and surrender, offering a fresh perspective on what it means to live and thrive as a modern vitalist.    Never miss an episode. Subscribe to get notified about what's coming next. Follow us @TheVitalistPodcast www.TheVitalistPodcast.com Visit us @KinfolkOptimalLiving www.KinfolkOptimalLiving.com  

What if everything you thought you knew about your body, about muscles, joints, stretching, and even the brain, was wrong? In this groundbreaking episode of The Vitalist, Dr. Sera speaks with Paul Thornley, a leading voice in the fascia research movement, about why fascia is not just “connective tissue,” but the living fabric that shapes, protects, and communicates throughout your body. From the first Fascia Congress at Harvard to the myth of “tight” muscles, Paul unpacks how this mysterious tissue influences our emotions, movement, pain, trauma, and resilience. He shows us why the skeleton is misleading as a model of movement, how micro-movements rehydrate and heal, and why fascia is the fastest communication system in the body, even quicker than your central nervous system. This conversation will change the way you think about movement, pain, and healing, and may just inspire you to become a “fascial whisperer.” What You’ll Learn in This Episode What fascia really is – not connective tissue, but a living, intelligent web that sets the tone of your body Why words like “connective tissue” create a false picture of separation and how embryology reveals the truth Why muscles don’t contract (and what they actually do instead) The problem with stretching How fascia has its own neural network The hidden link between trauma, fascia, and stored experience in the body HIGHLIGHTS: Fascia decoded: not “connective tissue,” but the living spiderweb that sets tone and communicates across the whole body. (1:14) Harvard’s first Fascia Congress in 2007, where naturopathic and allopathic medicine finally came together to ask: what is fascia? (5:51) There are no joints in the body, there are areas that fold. (8:10) Fascia as soil: nourishing growth, guarding survival, and proving we are more emotional than mechanical. (8:26) The body’s fastest messenger: fascia’s neural network bypasses the brain, moving you instinctively before thought. (12:03) Your brain isn’t just in your head, it’s in your gut, skin, hands, and feet. Embryology explains why we feel the truth before we think it. (13:12) The skeleton myth: the most misleading teaching tool in medicine. (14:32) Why stiffness is systemic, not local: neck or back pain is the victim of whole-body movement patterns. (17:24) Humans were not designed to exercise. (20:16) No two bodies share the same anatomy. After 400 years of being told otherwise, fascia reveals our uniqueness. (22:52) Muscles don’t contract, they tension fascia to fold and shape the body. If biomechanics worked, you couldn’t even sign your name. (24:13) The stretch myth: living tissue resists stretching, creating defense instead of freedom. (25:45) The four F’s: fight, flight, freeze, fawn and how they relate to fascia. (30:24) Tightness as dehydration: fascia dries out not from lack of water, but from dysfunctional movement. (31:13) Healing through micro-movement: real change comes from the smallest, subtlest shifts. (36:28) Paul demonstrates the micro-movement of the shoulder; how small cues create big change. (37:58) From pelvis to toe: your big toe grows from the sacrum, proving ankle and pelvis dysfunction are one story. (39:09) Trauma lives in fascia. Paul shares his own release from claustrophobia. (44:01) BIO Paul Thornley, a certified STOTT PILATES® Lead Instructor Trainer and Advanced Neuromuscular Therapist, with over 20 years of experience. Based in Dubai, Paul is an international presenter specializing in Fascial Movement and Living Tensegrity in Motion, known for a teaching style that is both precise and clinical, yet full of humor and humanity. RESOURCES: Work with Paul Thornley Follow @Paul.S.Thornley Follow @Myofacial_Magic Paul’s course Myofascial Magic In Action Clinical Anatomist John Sharkey International Fascial Research Congress Follow @JoanneAvison Book: Myofascial Magic In Action by Dr. Joanne Avison   Never miss an episode. Subscribe to get notified about what's coming next. Follow us @TheVitalistPodcast www.TheVitalistPodcast.com Visit us @KinfolkOptimalLiving www.KinfolkOptimalLiving.com  

In this episode of The Vitalist, Dr. Sachin Patel, chiropractor, functional medicine practitioner, and breathwork facilitator, reveals why nothing heals the body better than itself. From the wisdom of a newborn’s nervous system to the hidden traumas stored in our diaphragm and fascia, Sachin uncovers the intelligence we’ve been trained to ignore. We talk about why crying is one of the fastest ways to regulate the nervous system, how mouth taping can transform your health, and why your breath is the steering wheel of your biology. You’ll hear stories of people releasing decades of pain in a single breathwork session, the science behind CO2 tolerance and the Bohr effect, and why the future of healthcare isn’t found in more hospitals, but in remembering the inner doctor already within. HIGHLIGHTS: The doctor of the future is you: why the solution isn’t more hospitals. (1:14) How modern medicine lost its way, vilifying natural healing, prescribing petroleum-based chemicals, and silencing the inner doctor within us. (5:03) The seed of vitalism: becoming a father revealed to Sachin that his son, and all of us, are born with the wisdom of the universe inside. (9:25) The nervous system as software: the master operator running every conscious and unconscious process in the body. (13:13) Breaking free from recycled thoughts: the default mode network, why 95% of our thinking is stuck on repeat, and how plant medicine or breathwork can rewrite the story. (15:56) Holographic Manipulation Therapy: how Dr. Gabe Roberts helps people rewrite the holograms of old stories stored in the brain. (18:06) Breath as the steering wheel of the nervous system: Sachin’s first Wim Hof experience showed him how to reprogram the subconscious. (24:20) Where trauma hides in the body: grief in the lungs, stress in the diaphragm, memory in the fascia and why the diaphragm is our “second heart.” (26:46) The truth about crying: why tears are one of the fastest ways to regulate the nervous system.  (30:07) The #1 breath practice you should be doing: mouth taping. Why 66% of people mouth-breathe at night and why it keeps the body stuck in fight-or-flight instead of healing. (35:17) Coherence breathing: a simple 6-second inhale and 6-second exhale boosts brain oxygenation by 20% and anchors calm on demand. (38:30) The Bohr effect: how breath holds build CO2 tolerance, shift body pH, and unlock deeper oxygenation for every cell. (44:13) The diaphragm as the lead domino: why regulating your breath cascades into regulating your heart, lymph, and nervous system. (50:56) What healthcare is missing: why your breath is a pharmacy, your body a surgeon, and your environment a nurse and how true healing begins with responsibility. (53:59) RESOURCES: Follow Sachin Patel DC  @thesachinpatel  Breathe With Sachin - BreathworkWithSachin.com Sachin’s Metabolic Program – mymetabolicreset.ca Holographic Manipulation Therapy with Dr. Gabe Roberts Celliant - clothing that reflects InfraRed Light back into the body. Mouthtape Dr. Joe Dispenza Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg   Never miss an episode. Subscribe to get notified about what's coming next. Follow us @TheVitalistPodcast www.TheVitalistPodcast.com Visit us @KinfolkOptimalLiving www.KinfolkOptimalLiving.com  

What if your brain fog, restless nights, and constant fatigue aren’t a normal part of aging, but the silent signal of mineral deficiency? In this episode of The Vitalist, Dr. Sera sits down with Caroline Alan, co-founder of BEAM Minerals, who went from corporate burnout, autoimmune struggles, and flatlined adrenals… to discovering the cellular fuel that changed her life. Caroline reveals how plant-based humic and fulvic complexes, ancient compounds from rainforest soil, may be the missing link to your energy, clarity, and resilience. You’ll learn: - Why 97% of Americans are mineral deficient (and how filtered water is part of the problem). - The truth about magnesium, zinc, and why isolated supplements could be sabotaging your health. - How fulvic and humic complexes deliver nutrients directly into your cells, where your mitochondria actually use them. - The everyday signs of deficiency, like brain fog, bloating, and poor sleep. - Why food alone can’t replenish what your body really needs anymore. - If you’re a woman in midlife navigating energy crashes, hormone shifts, or brain fog, this conversation offers not just the science, but a path to feeling truly replenished. HIGHLIGHTS: From corporate burnout to radical healing: Caroline’s personal story of autoimmune struggles, pill fatigue, and flatlined adrenals. (1:14) Every structure in your body depends on minerals, yet most women don’t realize it. (5:10) Why taking magnesium or zinc alone does not support long term health. (6:51) How decades of soil depletion left today’s foods shockingly low in minerals. (9:32) Rock-based minerals don’t work and why your body absorbs only 5% of that magnesium bottle. (12:36) Why dumping concentrated minerals in your gut is like wrecking your garden soil instead of feeding it. (14:03) The ancient wisdom of humic and fulvic complexes, decomposed rainforests, that unlock cellular absorption. (16:25) Why getting minerals out of the bloodstream and into your cells is the key to energy and mitochondria function. (19:01) Fulvic’s superpower: the only molecule that can change polarity, carry 70+ minerals, and pass through any cell wall. (20:56) The balancing intelligence of humic. (26:27) Why nearly everyone is mineral deficient and how your filtered water is making it worse. (29:05) Rethinking “dosage” and why BEAM Minerals are not medicine but foundational ecosystem support. (30:44) Are you overhydrating? Caroline’s surprising take on those giant water bottles. (34:22) Mineral deficiency symptoms hiding in plain sight like brain fog, cramps, and sleep struggles. (42:58) Simple solutions: how to use BEAM and HappyLytes for everyday support. (46:05)   RESOURCES: Follow Caroline @CarolineAlan.official Follow @BeamMinerals BEAM Minerals - Use code KINFOLK20 for 20% off   Never miss an episode. Subscribe to get notified about what's coming next. Follow us @TheVitalistPodcast www.TheVitalistPodcast.com Visit us @KinfolkOptimalLiving www.KinfolkOptimalLiving.com  

What if everything you’ve been taught about love is wrong?  In this conversation, Melissa Nanavati dismantles the myth that love is chemistry or luck and reveals how it’s actually a skill you can train, and improve the quality of your relationship. From the neuroscience of attraction to the unspoken fears that sabotage intimacy, Melissa opens up about her own anxious attachment, vulnerable moments with her husband Akshay, and the radical frameworks they’ve created to repair and thrive. This episode will make you question what you believe about your relationships and inspire you to re-imagine what love could look like when you bring science, structure, and raw courage into it.   HIGHLIGHTS: Love isn’t luck, it’s a skill. Melissa’s “four muscles of relational courage.” (1:07) Her personal confession of a decade of anxiety, people-pleasing, and believing her needs weren’t valid. (2:03) The fear behind not asking for what you need. (4:45) The chemistry of relationships requires dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin and why the honeymoon phase doesn’t have to end. (5:14) The paradox of structure allows scheduling to bring back spontaneity and desire. (7:12) A nightly ritual that may save your marriage. (8:32) The BRAVE framework for hard conversations. (10:34) One shocking stat: Couples who end tough talks with physical touch are 80% less likely to repeat the same fight. (16:27) She shares the toughest conversation when her husband asked to return to Antarctica just two days after nearly losing his life there. (19:47) Her true fear beyond abandonment; it was more about the future they planned together. (24:34) The mantra that healed her anxious attachment and patterns of abandonment (23:58) How she forgave every single person from her past in five days with neurofeedback at 40 Years of Zen. (25:27) Why triggers and discomfort point us to our deepest work. (27:45) When one partner isn’t growing like the other, be the example and watch your relationship transform. (35:20) When is it time to end a relationship? (37:10) Re-igniting intimacy after decades together with novelty. (38:43) The four core virtues of Peak Performance Love: curiosity, courage, play, and presence. (40:35) Her definition of love: “Love is accepting someone fully, exactly as they are… and realizing love is a choice.” (41:33)   RESOURCES: Connect with Melissa here.  Follow @melissananavati Watch Melissa on Youtube Connect on LinkedIn 40 Years of Zen   Never miss an episode. Subscribe to get notified about what's coming next. Follow us @TheVitalistPodcast www.TheVitalistPodcast.com Visit us @KinfolkOptimalLiving www.KinfolkOptimalLiving.com    

In this episode, Dr. Keiko sits down with Marina Ortega, founder of Scottsdale Hydrotherapy and Trust Your Gut, to explore the fascinating and often misunderstood world of colon hydrotherapy. Marina shares her personal journey from debilitating constipation and chronic illness to becoming a leading voice in gut health and detoxification. Together, we dive into the science, history, and surprising emotional layers of gut healing. You’ll learn why supporting your drainage pathways is essential, how the gut is directly tied to immunity and mood, and what you can expect if you’re curious about colonics. HIGHLIGHTS: Marina’s shocking history of going 7–10 days without pooping and losing 7 pounds in her first colonic. (00:53) Why Hippocrates believed all disease begins in the gut and how colonics were practiced as early as 500 BC until the rise of laxatives. (2:56) What happens in your large intestine if you’re not pooping after every meal. (5:11) How a contracted nervous system and an inability to “let go” emotionally keep us constipated. (6:20) The crucial difference between drainage and detox and why you should never cleanse without open detox pathways. (7:46) Why your lymphatic system depends on movement and breath to clear toxins. (8:36) The surprising truth that 80% of your immune system and serotonin live in the gut. (9:54) Why colonics benefit not just constipation, but athletes, cancer recovery, and anyone seeking longevity. (11:01) What to expect during your first colon hydrotherapy session. (14:46) What really comes out in a colonic, think parasites, gallbladder sludge, and more. (18:06) How coffee enemas supercharge liver detox by boosting glutathione, the body’s master antioxidant. (20:49) What is castor oil and how does it work? (24:12) The therapies Marina swears by: DermaShape and the HOCATT ozone sauna. (26:39) Why Marina created the Trust Your Gut product line. (36:26)   Resources: Follow Marina: @marinathepoopfairy Follow Scottsdale Hydrotherapy: @scottsdalehydrotherapy Scottsdale Hydrotherapy Trust Your Gut - shop enemas and castor oil packs  NuCalm – technology for nervous system relaxation and healing   Never miss an episode. Subscribe to get notified about what's coming next. Follow us @TheVitalistPodcast www.TheVitalistPodcast.com Visit us @KinfolkOptimalLiving www.KinfolkOptimalLiving.com  

From growing up in a cult religion to facing years of childhood trauma, autoimmune disease, and a body in constant distress, Wes Kress’s story is not one of defeat, but of radical transformation. In this episode, Wes opens up about the hidden feedback loops that keep us stuck, the biology of emotional pain, and why true healing has nothing to do with fixing yourself and everything to do with listening to the truth your body has been telling you all along. We explore the patterns that wire shame into survival, why most people unknowingly run from the very thing that could set them free, and how to build a relationship with your body based on connection, not control. This conversation is raw, human, and packed with insights. Whether you’re navigating physical symptoms, emotional wounds, or the relentless drive to “do more,” Wes will challenge what you believe about healing and show you what’s actually possible when you stop trying to think your way out of pain. HIGHLIGHTS:  Wes shares how growing up in a cult with years of sexual trauma shaped his nervous system for survival. (1:31) Wes reveals how 70+ symptoms and four autoimmune diagnoses weren’t signs his body was betraying him. (3:30) Why most attempts at change fail — and the shift that turns survival loops into virtuous healing cycles. (5:05) How shame, blame, guilt, and fear are wired into the nervous system to keep us alive, but also keep us stuck. (6:06) Why trying harder often backfires and how presence, not productivity, creates deep transformation. (6:47) Learn why the urge to “do something” comes from not wanting to feel powerless. (8:11) The difference between processing trauma mentally vs. metabolizing it in the body. (9:44) Non-resistance is the direct experience of trust, and it starts with recognizing the body isn’t the problem. (11:28) Walking into pain instead of running from it. The counterintuitive path to dissolving resistance and integrating all parts of yourself. (16:34) Depression is often anger turned inward. (17:27) Why psychology’s mental frameworks can only take you so far, and why connecting with the body is essential. (22:05) The ‘body buff’ reset. The simple at-home tool Wes uses with every patient to bring them back into their body. (23:40) How genome mapping reveals emotional and physical predispositions — and why methylation matters for emotional processing. (24:35) Ask yourself: am I controlling my body — or connecting to it? The hidden difference that determines whether exercise heals you or harms you. (25:54) When exercise becomes self-abuse. Why the same workout can create vitality or depletion depending on your relationship to it. (28:50) Why five minutes a day won’t rewire your nervous system, and how to use meditation as a return to wholeness rather than another escape.(32:15) The NeuBie technology. How this DC waveform device finds and dissolves resistance patterns your body has been holding for decades. (41:38) RESOURCES: Connect with Wes Kress @breakthroughperformance_rehab The Body Buff The Neubie by NeuFit   Never miss an episode. Subscribe to get notified about what's coming next. Follow us @TheVitalistPodcast www.TheVitalistPodcast.com Visit us @KinfolkOptimalLiving www.KinfolkOptimalLiving.com  

In this episode of The Vitalist, master life coach Micheline Green invites us into the complex terrain of true transformation. Drawing from over two decades of experience, including her early work investigating child abuse and her training in Integral Coaching, Micheline reveals what it really takes to shift deeply embedded patterns. Together, we explore: Why real change happens beneath the psychological immune system How fear shows up in disguise: as rage, anxiety, depression, or numbness The role of the “loving witness” in releasing trapped emotion Autonomic signatures beyond fight, flight, or freeze Micheline also shares her personal story of how her unprocessed childhood rage and belief that she “wasn’t smart enough” became a portal into her own healing, and how we each carry patterns we think we’re hiding (but aren’t). HIGHLIGHTS Micheline opens up about investigating generational abuse at 23 and how motherhood forced her to face her own inherited parenting patterns. (1:40) Micheline introduces Integral Theory and how subtle shifts, not grand gestures, spark deep transformation by meeting people where fear is stored. (6:10) Micheline shares where she begins when addressing the whole human: not with a goal, but with a topic. (8:06) Fear wears many masks: anxiety, rage, numbness. Micheline helps us decode its signature in our body and reframe it as a wise teacher. (10:09) Using Dr. Robert Kegan’s "competing commitments," Micheline shows how the very thing holding us back might hold the key to unlocking forward movement. (11:27) “Numb is a feeling too.” We explore why disconnection from the body is often protection and how Micheline uses her own somatic awareness to sense what clients can’t yet name. (13:21) From the "accomplished prairie dog" to the "devoted heart compass," Micheline shares how imagery become doorways unlocking deep unconscious patterning. (14:22) Micheline reflects on her belief of “I’m not smart enough” and how unprocessed childhood rage revealed itself during her coach training. (17:11) We talk about the shame of big emotions and what changes when a loving witness helps you stay present instead of suppress. (19:40) Beyond fight, flight, or freeze lies a more nuanced map. Micheline explores Gabriel Kram’s Neurobiology of Connection and states like appease, accommodate, and collapse. (25:19) Want to control your kids, your partner, politics, or the food system? Micheline guides us through a powerful hand exercise to soften that grip. (27:50)   RESOURCES Connect With Micheline Green LinkedIn Instagram www.michelinegreen.com  Integral Coaching Canada Dr. Robert Kegan  The Neurobiology of Connection by Gabriel Kram   Never miss an episode. Subscribe to get notified about what's coming next. Follow us @TheVitalistPodcast www.TheVitalistPodcast.com Visit us @KinfolkOptimalLiving www.KinfolkOptimalLiving.com  

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: Brittny King @BrittnyKing_ Positively Real Podcast Elemental Rhythm Breathwork Book: The One Thing by Gary Keller Book: Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo   Never miss an episode. Subscribe to get notified about what's coming next. Follow us @TheVitalistPodcast www.TheVitalistPodcast.com Visit us @KinfolkOptimalLiving www.KinfolkOptimalLiving.com