In this insightful episode of The Mindful Movement, host Les Raymond sits down with Anna Runkle, also known as "The Crappy Childhood Fairy." to explore how trauma, often rooted in childhood, shapes the nervous system and impacts both mental and physical health. Together, they unpack practical techniques for healing, including Anna’s twice-daily writing practice and emergency regulation strategies. Learn how to re-regulate your emotions, address emotional flashbacks, and take ownership of your healing journey. Whether you’re dealing with complex PTSD or simply looking to improve emotional resilience, this conversation is filled with valuable tools and wisdom.

Key Takeaways:

The Mind-Body Connection: Trauma deeply impacts both mind and body, often manifesting as chronic stress or illness. Healing requires addressing the nervous system and emotional well-being in tandem.

Dysregulation from Trauma: Childhood trauma can leave lasting imprints on the nervous system, leading to emotional dysregulation and patterns of behavior that persist into adulthood.

Understanding Emotional Flashbacks: Emotional flashbacks are overwhelming feelings tied to early trauma. Recognizing them is key to re-regulating and moving past them.

The Healing Power of Writing: Anna emphasizes the importance of a daily writing practice, done twice a day. This practice helps clear out mental clutter, process emotional flashbacks, and reset the nervous system.

Emergency Regulation Techniques: In moments of intense emotional stress, simple techniques like immersing your hands in hot or cold water or taking a quick walk outside can help reset and re-regulate your nervous system.

Taking Ownership of Your Healing: True healing requires personal responsibility. By recognizing and managing emotional flashbacks, you can take control of your responses and maintain healthier relationships.

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In this episode of the Mindful Movement podcast, host Les Raymond speaks with Jillian Acosta, who shares her transformative journey from battling trauma and disordered eating to empowering others through her functional nutrition practice. Jillian emphasizes the vital role of community in healing, discussing how group support can foster deep connections and shared understanding. She introduces concepts like the mother wound and explores how weight can serve as emotional protection. Through her program, "Wildflower," she guides individuals toward self-exploration, helping them confront their emotions and reclaim their narratives. Listeners will gain practical tools for healing and insights into the power of vulnerability.

Key Takeaways:

1. The Importance of Safety: Jillian explains how cultivating a safe inner environment allows individuals to feel and process their emotions without resorting to harmful coping mechanisms.
2. Community as Catalyst: Explore the unique benefits of group work, where shared experiences can lead to deeper connections and a greater understanding of personal struggles.
3. Understanding the Mother Wound: Jillian introduces Kelly McDaniel’s concept of the mother wound, exploring how unmet childhood needs can manifest in adulthood and affect relationships with food and self-worth.
4. Weight as a Protective Mechanism: The discussion delves into how weight can serve as emotional armor, protecting individuals from vulnerability and deeper emotional pain.
5. Integrative Healing Modalities: Jillian shares her experiences with various healing modalities, including somatic experiencing and psychedelics, and how they can facilitate profound emotional release and transformation.
6. Empowerment Through Self-Exploration: Learn how guiding clients to confront their emotions and past traumas empowers them to reclaim their narrative and navigate discomfort more effectively.
7. Shame and Its Impact: Jillian addresses the role of shame in the healing journey, emphasizing the need to confront and transform shame into empowerment and self-acceptance.
8. Practical Tools for Healing: Jillian provides listeners with actionable steps to begin their healing journey, highlighting the importance of mindfulness and community support.
9. The Healing Power of Vulnerability: Discover how embracing vulnerability can lead to authentic connections and deeper healing for oneself and others.

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Instagram: jillianacosta_rd.

Website: A4M Medicine Redefined.

Linkedin:Jillian Acosta, RD, LDN.

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In this episode, Robert Breedlove and Les Raymond explore the concept of time preference, which affects how individuals prioritize immediate versus future rewards. They discuss how a lower time preference, such as that observed in parents, leads to more responsible financial planning. Conversely, high inflation diminishes the value of money, compresses long-term financial planning, and incentivizes short-term political gains over productive endeavors.

The conversation shifts to Bitcoin as a solution to the problems posed by fiat currency systems. Bitcoin's fixed supply offers a stable store of value that resists inflation and secures wealth over time. Breedlove and Raymond highlight the critical importance of secure custody practices for Bitcoin, emphasizing that loss of private keys results in permanent loss of assets. They envision Bitcoin as a potential catalyst for a more stable and morally sound society.

Key Takeaways:

1. Time Preference Theory: Time preference impacts how individuals prioritize immediate versus future rewards, influencing their saving and spending habits.

2. Influence of Parenthood: Having children lowers time preference, prompting individuals to adopt more responsible financial behaviors.

3. Effects of Inflation: Inflation erodes savings, compressing time horizons and undermining long-term financial planning.

4. Inflation as Legal Counterfeiting: Inflation is compared to legal counterfeiting, diminishing the value of money and disrupting economic stability.

5. Moral Implications of Inflation: Inflation distorts incentives, rewarding political maneuvering over productive efforts and leading to moral decay in society.

6. Bitcoin’s Role: Bitcoin offers a solution to inflation by providing a fixed supply asset that preserves value and resists dilution.

7. Importance of Custody: Securing Bitcoin requires protecting private keys, as loss of keys equates to loss of assets.

8. Bitcoin vs. Traditional Assets: Bitcoin’s decentralized and fixed supply nature makes it a robust alternative to traditional, inflation-prone assets.

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In this episode, Les Raymond sits down with Daniel Rosenberg to explore the transformative power of somatic healing and its role in trauma recovery. Daniel shares his deep understanding of somatic experiencing, a practice that helps individuals release trauma stored in the body, and his personal journey toward healing. Les also shares a profound personal experience during a solo camping trip, highlighting the body’s wisdom in releasing tension. I hope you enjoy the conversation!

This episode dives into the importance of integrating emotional experiences for long-term healing and the role of daily practices, mentorship, and nature in maintaining mental and emotional well-being.

Key Takeaways:

1. Trauma Patterns in the Body: How trauma creates unconscious patterns that trigger automatic reactions in the body, often in response to specific situations or relationships.
2. Somatic Experiencing as a Healing Tool: Daniel explains somatic experiencing and its effectiveness in releasing trauma stored in the body through listening and surrendering to the body’s natural wisdom.
3. Les's Camping Revelation: A powerful personal story of release, where Les used a solo camping trip and an overconsumption of cannabis oil to release physical tension built up over decades.
4. The Importance of Integration: Releasing emotions is not enough—true healing comes from integrating those experiences into daily life, allowing the body and mind to align.
5. Trusting the Body's Wisdom: Healing requires trusting the body and letting go of the need to control the process. Allowing the body to release trauma in its own time is key.
6. Daily Grounding Practices: Daniel shares his personal rituals, including writing down dreams, solitary time in nature, and meditation at his altar, which help him stay grounded and connected.
7. Mentorship in Healing: Daniel emphasizes the importance of having a mentor who tracks your healing journey, offering guidance and reflection on forgotten parts of your personal story.
8. Wild Soul Counseling Services: Daniel offers one-on-one counseling for those seeking deeper personal growth. He also provides bi-monthly "Journeys to the Deep Imaginal," a donation-based offering for those curious about exploring the deeper layers of self.

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