Mitch Webb's Path to Authentic Living: Overcoming Trauma and Building Emotional Capacity-Part 2
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Episode Overview: In this enlightening episode of the Transforming Lives Panel Podcast, hosts Sharmin and Mitzy welcome Mitch Webb, a coach specializing in helping individuals navigate their emotional and psychological journeys. Mitch shares his personal experiences and insights into emotional health, authenticity, and the importance of listening to one's intuition.
Key Topics Discussed:
- Grounding Exercise:
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- The episode begins with a calming breathing exercise led by Charmaine to help listeners ground themselves and let go of the day's stresses.
- Mitch Webb's Journey:
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- Mitch shares his personal story of growing up in an environment where emotional expression was not encouraged and how he learned to navigate his emotions as an adult.
- He discusses the impact of neuroplasticity and the importance of learning to observe and manage emotional responses.
- Emotional Health and Authenticity:
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- Mitch emphasizes the significance of authenticity and feeling safe in one's own skin.
- He shares his experiences with family dynamics and the difficult decision to go no contact with certain family members for his own well-being.
- Coaching Philosophy:
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- Mitch outlines his approach to coaching, which includes techniques like Feldenkrais, somatic experiencing, and polyvagal theory.
- He highlights the importance of building capacity and regulation through awareness and slow, safe exploration of emotions.
- Client Success Stories:
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- Mitch shares a powerful story of a client who learned to listen to his body and intuition, leading to significant personal and professional changes.
- The Importance of Intuition:
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- The discussion touches on how societal norms often suppress intuition and the journey to reconnect with one's inner voice.
- Practical Advice:
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- Mitch offers practical tips for listeners to start honoring their bodily responses and setting boundaries to foster emotional health.
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Key Quotes:
- "You can only meet someone emotionally where you've met yourself."
- "Our society is toxic because we burn the candle at both ends."
- "Follow your impulse and trust yourself, which leads to safety."
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Connect with Mitch Webb:
- Website: mitchwebb.com
- Instagram: @kmitchwebb
- LinkedIn: Mitch Webb
- Facebook: Mitch Webb
Socials:
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCvHpiH1ROjGb8qP9MqAAFVQ
Host: Sharmin Prince
Coach, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Trainer, Content Creator, SoulHealer.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SharminVanPrince
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Host: Mitzy Dadoun
Travel, Insurance, Seniors, Teens, Spirituality, Manifestation, Gratitude, Business, Real Estate, author of 6 books
http://www.wealthcreationconcepts.com/
http://www.smartseniorsrealty.com/
https://mdsocialsavvy.com/home
https://mitzydadoun.wearelegalshield.ca/
https://www.loveitreviews.com/
Conclusion: This episode is a deep dive into the journey of emotional healing and authenticity. Mitch Webb provides valuable insights and practical advice for anyone looking to transform their lives by reconnecting with their true selves. Tune in to learn more about how to navigate your emotional landscape and live your best life.
Call to Action: If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review the Transforming Lives Panel Podcast. Share this episode with friends and family who might benefit from Mitch's insights. Join us next time for more inspiring conversations!
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**Disclaimer:**
- The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast.
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Episode Overview: In this enlightening episode of the Transforming Lives Panel Podcast, hosts Sharmin and Mitzy welcome Mitch Webb, a coach specializing in helping individuals navigate their emotional and psychological journeys. Mitch shares his personal experiences and insights into emotional health, authenticity, and the importance of listening to one's intuition.
Key Topics Discussed:
- Grounding Exercise:
-
- The episode begins with a calming breathing exercise led by Charmaine to help listeners ground themselves and let go of the day's stresses.
- Mitch Webb's Journey:
-
- Mitch shares his personal story of growing up in an environment where emotional expression was not encouraged and how he learned to navigate his emotions as an adult.
- He discusses the impact of neuroplasticity and the importance of learning to observe and manage emotional responses.
- Emotional Health and Authenticity:
-
- Mitch emphasizes the significance of authenticity and feeling safe in one's own skin.
- He shares his experiences with family dynamics and the difficult decision to go no contact with certain family members for his own well-being.
- Coaching Philosophy:
-
- Mitch outlines his approach to coaching, which includes techniques like Feldenkrais, somatic experiencing, and polyvagal theory.
- He highlights the importance of building capacity and regulation through awareness and slow, safe exploration of emotions.
- Client Success Stories:
-
- Mitch shares a powerful story of a client who learned to listen to his body and intuition, leading to significant personal and professional changes.
- The Importance of Intuition:
-
- The discussion touches on how societal norms often suppress intuition and the journey to reconnect with one's inner voice.
- Practical Advice:
-
- Mitch offers practical tips for listeners to start honoring their bodily responses and setting boundaries to foster emotional health.
-
Key Quotes:
- "You can only meet someone emotionally where you've met yourself."
- "Our society is toxic because we burn the candle at both ends."
- "Follow your impulse and trust yourself, which leads to safety."
-
Connect with Mitch Webb:
- Website: mitchwebb.com
- Instagram: @kmitchwebb
- LinkedIn: Mitch Webb
- Facebook: Mitch Webb
Socials:
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCvHpiH1ROjGb8qP9MqAAFVQ
Host: Sharmin Prince
Coach, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Trainer, Content Creator, SoulHealer.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SharminVanPrince
https://www.facebook.com/eaglessoarN413805Y
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088212
X: https://twitter.com/SharminPrince
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharminprince/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/eagles-empowered-to-soar-inc-eets
Website: https://www.sharminprince.utobo.com
https://www.sharminprince.com
https:www.eaglessoar.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eagles_soar_inc/
https://www.instagram.com/sharmin_vp/
Host: Mitzy Dadoun
Travel, Insurance, Seniors, Teens, Spirituality, Manifestation, Gratitude, Business, Real Estate, author of 6 books
http://www.wealthcreationconcepts.com/
http://www.smartseniorsrealty.com/
https://mdsocialsavvy.com/home
https://mitzydadoun.wearelegalshield.ca/
https://www.loveitreviews.com/
Conclusion: This episode is a deep dive into the journey of emotional healing and authenticity. Mitch Webb provides valuable insights and practical advice for anyone looking to transform their lives by reconnecting with their true selves. Tune in to learn more about how to navigate your emotional landscape and live your best life.
Call to Action: If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review the Transforming Lives Panel Podcast. Share this episode with friends and family who might benefit from Mitch's insights. Join us next time for more inspiring conversations!
Connect with Us:**
- Follow the Transforming Lives panel podcast for more episodes featuring inspiring guests and transformative stories.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvHpiH1ROjGb8qP9MqAAFVQ
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578282042447
**Disclaimer:**
- The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast.
Welcome to the Transforming Lives panel podcast, where hosts Sharmin and Mitzy invite you to embark on a journey of self-discovery and healing. In this episode, we are thrilled to welcome Mitch Webb, a transformative coach who shares his personal journey of overcoming emotional challenges and the profound impact of authenticity and self-awareness. Mitch delves into the importance of understanding our emotional responses, the role of neuroplasticity in healing, and the significance of creating a safe space for personal growth. Through engaging stories and insightful discussions, Mitch reveals how reconnecting with our intuition and addressing past traumas can lead to a more fulfilling and authentic life. Join us as we explore the power of somatic awareness, the importance of setting boundaries, and the journey towards emotional freedom. Whether you're seeking to understand your own emotional landscape or looking for inspiration to transform your life, this episode offers valuable insights and practical advice for anyone on the path to self-discovery. Tune in and discover how to live your best life with Mitch Webb on the Transforming Lives panel podcast.
Welcome to the Transforming Lives panel podcast. I'm one of your hosts, Sharmin
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00:10 - 00:11
And I'm your other host, Mitzy
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Daddum. And before we continue, just join us in a brief breathing exercise so that we can be grounded together. Take a deep breath in through your nose. Hold it at the top. Exhale through your mouth. In through your nose. And out through your mouth. Again, take a deep inhale. And as you exhale, let go of everything that happened today that did not serve you. Take another deep breath in and hold it. And think about the things that serve you. And relax into the energy of those things. One last deep breath. Hold that. And then let it go.
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Thank you for joining us in that brief grounding exercise. I hope that it served you as it did for me. I was able to let go of the things that didn't serve me today, and I'm sure that you did too. Thank you for joining us today. We have a special guest, Mitch Webb. Join me in welcoming Mitch. the Transforming Lives panel podcast. And would you introduce yourself to us?
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02:14 - 02:32
Absolutely, my pleasure. And thank you for the introduction. And thank you for having me. It's my pleasure to join you ladies. And I love I was listening to a podcast you guys did before hopping on and I was hoping we were gonna do some breathing and some centering. So yeah, thanks for having me. I'm stoked to be here.
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02:32 - 02:41
Okay, me. So I'll just jump right into it.
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02:44 - 03:18
So for me, as almost a 40 year old man, realizing this and learning about this, I didn't have any of those. In my family, and it's not to say my family and my parents were bad. They're great people. It's their own upbringing, their own conditioning. And they did the best that they could. It just didn't include those things that I needed. You know, my emotions were really big. You can only meet someone emotionally where you've met yourself. And if you don't have the capacity to that, and you've got a child that's very emotional. Well, that can be overwhelming for the parent.
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03:18 - 03:53
And so that can shut them down. And instead of meeting them there, they're going to punish you. They're going to send you to your room to be with your emotions. They're going to maybe make fun of you. That certainly is what happened to me. And that was their way of coping. And so now at 40 years old and In learning these things, it's like learning a new language. And it's because of neuroplasticity, it's absolutely possible that the education, so it's that higher brain that can sit back and can observe these things that are going on, these reactions, responses, emotions in the body.
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03:54 - 04:29
and know that we're okay and we're safe. And as we relax into that and we bring ourself into our environment and we're able to hold to contain the intensity of that experience, eventually our brain and our nervous system starts to make that less of a priority. And maybe one of those implicit memories is going to float up and we're going to co-regulated experience therapy session. We're going to put that and we're going to have the capacity to do that, to move it out into completion. And that may like involve some things like crying and shaking.
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04:29 - 04:55
And, um, you know, maybe there's a flight response and you want to run out the door. Those are all things that level trust to follow that impulse. That's the capacity that we're building in the beginning so that when those big sensations come through. we have the capacity to handle that instead of going to our shutdown or our people, please, or our perfection or coming, that kind of thing.
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04:57 - 05:49
Thank you so much, Mitch. As you're talking, it's like, I am thinking of the person who avoids, and it's because our parents were unable, I'm going to quote you, to handle our big emotions. So they sent us to the room and now we're adults. When we're supposed to be assertive, we're avoiding and there's so much conflict. So you took me there while you're speaking. I can't thank you enough for your authenticity because it comes through while you're speaking. You know, you're not faking it here. And I must say that because there are people there tell stories, but
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05:49 - 05:50
you're
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05:50 - 05:58
not telling a story. You're sharing life experiences because I can feel it. And go ahead, Mitzi. Thank
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05:59 - 06:38
you. Definitely the same as, you know, you can feel, um, what you've gone through and how you've worked to process it and how you're using that knowledge now to help others going through the process. One of the other things that sort of came to my mind as you were going through that is when we come to, and I had this myself, when we come to this sort of realization of, as you say, a parent does the best they can with the skills that they have, but none of us get a manual and every kid's different and they do the best they can, but that's not always what the child needs.
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06:39 - 07:10
So when you sort of go through this realization and then you're now meeting with those same parents and having the discussions and stuff, how did you find or did you find at all that it affected how you interacted with and related to your parents, to your siblings, if you had siblings, once you kind of went through that self-exploration and processing and dealing with those traumas?
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07:11 - 07:45
Great question. I'm going to come right back to that. First, I want to say, Sharman, thank you so much for the compliment about the authenticity. And I think this is important to highlight because people out there that are thinking about going on this journey, You know, I didn't know what authenticity was. And, uh, when I first was with my therapist, the first therapist I worked with, she's like, you know, what do you, what do you want out of this? What's the outcome you're looking for? And I'm like, You know, I want to get rid of this anxiety, you know, and she's like, that's not going to work.
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07:45 - 08:12
Anxiety. I learned is that, you know, anxiety is a good thing. It's information for our body. It's our body trying to speak to us and we haven't heard the whispers. And so now it's screaming at us and ultimately I decided. I wanted to be authentic and I wanted to feel safe because I realized that I never had felt safe in my life. And so this goes right into the parents thing. And I haven't really shared this a whole lot. It's a little bit vulnerable, but I feel like this is a safe space. So we're going to go there.
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So when it came to my parents and sharing this with them and being myself and being authentic and feeling safe, it worked with everybody that I knew. Everybody that I knew was in full support of me being authentic. And I was already doing that. And when I got around my dad, I couldn't do that. I would walk on eggshells. I would make myself small to belong. I would get all of my symptoms after I left. I would shut down. Different autoimmune symptoms and fatigue and gut issues would happen. And it happened so frequently that my therapist encouraged me to share that.
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08:49 - 09:27
And when I did, it wasn't met, it wasn't seen. And there was gaslighting and dismissing and, um, what's it called? Uh, silent treatment for months. And that's when I got the book, uh, from my therapist, uh, the adult children were mostly immature parents. And I started to see really clearly, you know, the narcissism, the emotional immaturity in my family. And I could see that I had been writing letters for years, that I had been trying to connect and trying to feel like I could be myself. And that hadn't worked. And ultimately, I made the decision to go no contact.
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09:27 - 10:01
And that's a really tough situation and what that means. My family and I don't have a relationship right now. There are certain people that I feel safe with and that I um spend time with and right now um even knowing they did the best they could and um i see how it affected me it's too it's such a thing that the emotional intelligence i don't like the word intelligence but like how to treat a human you know is so foreign to the family that You know, I used to think that I had to rush in to fix and to save everyone.
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10:01 - 10:32
And I'd been doing that for years and you can't help anybody until they're ready. And for me, I can't put myself in an environment that doesn't feel safe. And I don't think it's my responsibility to fix or heal or to save everyone or to explain what it means to be emotionally healthy. And so right now I'm focusing on me. It's really freaking hard to do that. And the more I spend time working on me, the better I feel. And I'm hopeful that maybe one day we can have a relationship and I can be okay with who they are.
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10:35 - 10:51
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for sharing. And thank you for being vulnerable. So let's run out of that space that you're in. Let's talk about your approaches in your coaching. Sure.
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What would you like to know?
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What is your go-to approach for a client? I know you said earlier, You meet the clients where they are, right? So what philosophy do you use with all of your clients?
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You know, so this past year I've been in a mentorship with Irene Lyon and have really been using what she's teaching. And that's going to be combining things like Feldenkrais, which is a very slow form of movement that gives us an entry point or an access point to get into the nervous system. And it really helps reveal early movement patterns and ways of relating to ourself. that come from early developmental trauma and then we're also combining somatic experiencing. We look at Peter Levine's research paper here recently and seeing how that has evolved and learning. Some of the stuff I do with my clients now would be like somatic tracking.
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11:59 - 12:36
I'm not really going into the deep end of the pool. and doing full blown what we would call on the spot. Certainly things come up, but that would be someone that I would have them work with a therapist for that. And then we also are very fluent in polyvagal theory. So really understanding how the nervous system works and how that can contribute to different illnesses and symptoms that we're seeing. And so the way that I do that is I take the basics of orienting, following breath, feeling your butt in your chair, working with the kidneys and adrenals.
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12:36 - 13:03
So a little bit of touch work. And then just building capacity and regulation through awareness. And so that eventually teaching them to listen to their body again, when we have trauma, we tend to push it away and not listen. And it's amazing the results that I've seen when the men and women that I work with start paying attention to themselves. And if it's okay, I got a really cool example that I can share.
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That would have been my next question. So go ahead.
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13:07 - 13:40
Yeah. So I was working with this like hedge fund guy. Right. He made a lot of money. He's a good old boy. Came from nothing and was around a bunch of sharks. Let's say a lot of people that want to get a piece. And the first day he came over to my house and we were just kind of working out and he keeps telling me about this thing in his shoulder. And I'm like, how long has this thing in your neck shoulder been going on? And he's five years. I'm like, what? And so also this is someone who is not willing to go to therapy.
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And when I brought that up, which is a lot of guys and it's understandable. And so send him to the chiropractor, send him to the massage therapist. They worked on him for six months and I see him six months later and he's like, man, this thing is still going on. All it's done is made it worse. It's not working. And so we're talking about his day and he's telling me, I'm trying to get him to do some walks, walking after dinner kind of thing. And he tells me when I get home, I got all this stress that I'm carrying and I'm so tired and I just don't have the energy to go do that.
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14:15 - 14:40
And I was like, how long has this neck thing been going on? How long have those shoulders and traps been hiked up on your ears like that? And he's like, I don't know. I didn't even know I was doing that. And so I was like, okay, can you feel that you're doing it? And he's like, yeah, now that you mentioned it. And I was like, what would it be like to relax that? And so he let him down and I was like, awesome. So first thing I told him is this week, I want to get to know it's these shoulders and they're going up your ears.
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14:40 - 15:05
I want you to tell me everything you can about it. Tell me, create a name for it. Let me know when it happens. When do you avoid it? When do you notice it? How long do you do it? And he comes back and he's like, man, I'm doing it all the time. I'm doing it in these meetings with all these people that I'm meeting with. And I'm like, okay, that's interesting. And he's like, and I've been letting it go and it feels good. And I said, okay, cool. I was like, now what in those meetings are, what are these meetings like?
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And he's like, they suck. They're stressful. I hate them. And so I do this because I want to get through it. I said, all right, this week, you're going to feel your butt in your chair. And when I do that, I take a deep breath. I want, I was like, I want you to feel the four walls and the people listening, they can do this with us. You know, feel your butt in the chair, feel the four walls that are around us, feel the roof over your head. If you can feel your feet on the ground, do that.
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Maybe you notice the back of your chair. And I was like, you know, what's going on with your breath? We don't want to change it. Don't want to do anything different. Is it in your chest? Is it in your stomach? Is it both? Can you just notice that and be with that? And I want you to really hear what's going on. And if you lose that awareness, just come back to it. No judgment, just be aware. I drifted there for a minute. And come back here, feel your feet in the ground, use your senses, listen, be in this environment, be here now.
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16:07 - 16:46
And he comes, I'm like, I don't know if he's gonna get this or not. And he comes back after two more weeks. And I'm like, how was it? He's like, man, I fired these three people. These guys are no longer my friends. They all wanted a piece of me. He's like, my neck feels so much better. And I was like, wow, you were carrying a lot, huh? And that's just a simple somatic awareness of what's going in the body to reconnect with our own intuition because it is there all the time. But if we're in survival mode, And we're hypervigilant to the environment around us.
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16:46 - 17:22
The world's a scary place and it's out to get me. Well, and these people were actually out to get you. And your intuition, because now you're trusting it and you're in your body and you're feeling it, well, now you can respond in a way and get what you need. And he did. And it was amazing to watch. And I see little examples like that all the time that just lets me know I'm in the right place at the right time. and this work is so needed. Now I also want to say I believe that most people and definitely myself safety is such an important part of this and going really slow is a big part of this as well.
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17:23 - 18:08
So if you're new to this I'm your perfect fit because I'm gonna go real slow we're gonna do the basics We're also going to focus on circadian rhythm by, you know, getting adequate sunlight and getting clean water and blocking blue light at nighttime so that we're really optimizing our circadian rhythm. We're eating a healthy diet. We're, we're moving our bodies. We're, we're getting sleep at nighttime and then building the education of what this world is all about and how can we feel more safe in it and how can we slowly build capacity with these basic principles of breath and orienting and following your impulse and trusting yourself, which leads to safety.
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18:08 - 18:41
You know, even me, I've been doing this for three years. I've done some big releases. I've let go of some big traumas. And it's like ripping out the ground floor of your home and the foundation's got to settle. And that's an overwhelming experience if you don't have the capacity for it. I've had weeks at a time where I'm laid out and tired and that scared the crap out of me. And really what works for me is the basics and really slow and safety until I've got enough on board. And then we can start to work on some of those bigger memories and experiences.
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18:41 - 18:49
So right now for me, it's the basics and it's learning to build that capacity very slowly in a co-regulated safe environment.
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18:51 - 19:31
That's really fabulous, fabulous advice for people. And I think as you were talking about this, the gentleman, it was in some ways very similar to the experience with your parents, right? It's like your gut was telling you, was telling him that these people were a challenge for him and he was holding that in his body. And when he opened up and started paying attention and he got those particular people out of his life, how all of a sudden, you know, it's like that snowball going down the hill. It's like, okay, you get rid of that big load and now there's more freedom and it can grow and grow.
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19:31 - 20:05
And that's what, you know, sort of popped into my mind as you were talking. And I think that that probably so many people are in that situation where there are people around them that are creating this overwhelming stress. but they're burying it rather than letting themselves feel it and experience it and process it and listen to their own body and spirit in that regard. So
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20:05 - 20:06
that's kind
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of frightening.
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20:07 - 20:45
The crazy thing for me to learn through this journey is that we treat ourselves like we were treated. Right? And so the reason that we don't listen to that intuition is because we had to abandon ourself to stay in connection with other people. And so it's like the little kid that says, mom says, you know, go say hey to this person. And you say, I don't want to. And you say, get your butt over there and be nice to him. You know? And so, all right, I'm going to do what mom says. I'm going to abandon myself.
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20:45 - 21:20
Or we learn that I've got to perform, or I've got to be perfect. You've got to get straight A's. I've got to be the best kid on the team. And I was talking to a client today who, that's him. That's me too, you know, and that's why I'm able to see it. But he's burnt out. He's overcommitted. He's overwhelmed. He can't stop. He can't rest because that means he's not good enough. That means he's not going to get love and attention. And so those protective patterns, like you said, we talked about this earlier, we start to identify with it.
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21:20 - 22:00
And we say, I am a people pleaser. And I am a perfectionist. And I am an intellectualizer. And those things can certainly get in the way. And the work is getting underneath and meeting ourself and seeing them for what they are. They're just protected parts. And it starts with the education and the awareness. I don't know about you ladies, but for me, Seeing that stuff is overwhelming. And again, to circle back and highlight how important it is to titrate, to pendulate. That means like, if you got a difficult experience, it's been overwhelming. I used to just hold my beer.
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22:01 - 22:45
Right? Have you ever heard that saying? It's like, here, I'm going to do something crazy. Hey, y'all watch this. And that energy of jumping into the unknown, that can be a trauma response. And so now it's more like, let me watch this a little bit. Let me get clear on the response I want and let me dip my toe in to that scary place. And then let me come right back to these internal or external resourcing, something that makes me feel good. Like, uh, you know, the orienting response we were talking about earlier. So let me touch into this real scary thing in a safe environment with someone who's safe in a co-regulated place, and let me pop right out and feel that I'm okay.
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22:46 - 22:48
And so over time, we do more and more of that.
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22:49 - 23:37
Thank you. I just wanted to mention earlier about our intuition and We're not, some of us may not be in touch with it, we don't follow it. And as you said that, I thought of that and I said, you know, because especially for trauma survivors, we were told to do the opposite to what our intuition And you give the perfect example. And I had a flashback immediately when your parents say, go tell Mitzi hello. And I don't want to do that. I said, go tell Mitzi. I'm not doing that. And you were taught, or let me personalize it.
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Speaker 2
23:37 - 24:31
I was told that I was so rude and I was out of order. And I grew up thinking all my life that I was rude. No, I was assertive. And so intuitively before all of the work that I've done, I was afraid to follow my intuition because it's not what society expects and what it's not acceptable societal behavior. You know, so, but now I don't care. And I'm happy to raise that because I never made the link between the example you gave when my mom said, hello, no, I'm not saying hello. And I don't care if I was beaten most of the time when I rebelled for not doing what I'm told to do.
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Speaker 2
24:32 - 24:35
So thank you. Thank you. This was so great.
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Speaker 0
24:36 - 25:29
Well, like, let me add to that a little bit too. Think how deeply ingrained the need to stay in connection is for us. Think back to hunter gatherers and what happened if they're ostracized from the community. They die, you know, so that fear still lives in our DNA. We're ain't that far away from it. We got computers and cell phones and we're talking in different places here and we think we're so technological and sophisticated and we still have that same DNA in us that says I better stay with the group or I'm going to be ostracized and that was a real threat and it takes one hell of a journey and strength and to stand up to that and to say, no, I'm going to go with what feels right.
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Speaker 0
25:29 - 26:13
And society is often is going to say that's wrong and discourage that. Our society is toxic because of that. We burn the candle at both ends. We sleep when we die. We be nice to these people that don't feel good. And eventually, We lose that connection with that intuition because we're trying to stay in connection by responding to all this and that is follow your impulse when I say that the way that someone can start doing that now. you know, like Charmin has demonstrated, is to just honor your bodily responses. Meaning, if I need to go to the bathroom, I'm going to go to the bathroom.
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Speaker 0
26:13 - 26:55
You know how many people hold it until they can't wait? That's my wife. She runs in the door every time, boom, D-lines to the bathroom because it's an emergency, right? Or I don't eat. I can't tell you how many clients I have that say, yeah, I got really busy and I didn't eat today. so you're meaning to tell me and I'm cranky and I don't feel good so you're meaning to tell me you didn't know you had to eat two or three times a day and so and then we learn to say no and set boundaries and kind of like Missy was saying earlier when we respond to what our body needs and give it what it needs and we say no we set the boundary we do the thing we want Our body goes, oh my God, this dude is finally doing what I've been trying to get him to do for decades.
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Speaker 0
26:56 - 27:31
And guess what it does? Do you think it shuts down more? Do you think it cowers in more? No, it goes, here's some more, and here's some more, and here's some more. And so that's where, that's the other side of this is. Sometimes the healing response is getting, unpacking that whole bag of baggage that you've been repressing. And so a lot of times we can get worse before we get better. And that's where my clients, I say, you know, that's a good thing. We want that. And if your body is giving you more, you're experiencing more anxiety, more shutdown, you're more aware of these things because you're following your impulse.
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Speaker 0
27:32 - 27:53
you're on the right path. And on the other side of that is regulation and capacity. And what we said earlier, that's freedom, baby. That's being a human again. That's the great unwinding back to yourself and the laying down of these protective patterns. And thank you God for them because they kept us safe when we didn't have safety.
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Speaker 1
27:55 - 28:33
That was a great way to summarize it up for our listeners that sort of what the process is like as you're going through the journey of unpacking the various traumas. And when you were talking earlier, there was one thing that sort of like popped into my mind, which is when I was in grade like seven or eight, and one of the things we had to do was we studied songs, which was kind of fun. But one of them was the logical song. I don't know if you remember that one. And it sort of talks about the fact that kids have all this imagination and everything, but then In the school, you're taught to be logical and conform and do this.
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Speaker 1
28:33 - 29:17
And so like all that creativity is like suffocated out from you. Yet we have to learn how to free that part of ourselves again, because children innately do that, but it gets suffocated out of them and not listening to intuition. And that's what it was like racing through my mind as you were talking that sort of, um, that whole process. This has been really, really enlightening. And I'm sure our listeners are probably going to go back and listen to this several times because there's so many different things to unpack here. And thank you so much for spending time with us and helping people make that inner transformation so they can live their best life.
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Speaker 0
29:18 - 29:23
Absolutely. Thank you for giving me a platform and opportunity to share. It's been wonderful chatting with you ladies.
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Speaker 1
29:24 - 29:25
And how do our listeners find
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Speaker 0
29:25 - 29:37
you? People can find me at mitchwebb.com and I'm on Instagram at kmitchwebb. I'm also on LinkedIn and Facebook at Mitch Webb. So I'd love to see you guys there.
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Speaker 2
29:40 - 29:43
Thank you so much, Mitch. It's been a pleasure.
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Speaker 0
29:44 - 29:50
Absolutely. I always tell my friends I'm two inches wide and 10 miles deep. Thank you for the opportunity.