Heal From the Ground Up

The Power of Vulnerability - Episode 69

Our society admires strength and looks down upon vulnerability thinking to be vulnerable is to be weak. We misuse "strength" to push away how we feel. It's actually much easier to avoid how we feel by being "strong" than it is to face our feelings with vulnerability and to feel what we feel at our core. Listen to this episode to learn more! Try the 7-day free trial into our membership community for lots MORE content: https://www.healfromthegroundup.com/join-community [https://www.healfromthegroundup.com/join-community]

Is Self-Care Selfish: The Trauma of Having Narcissistic Parents (Coaching Session)

Do you feel guilt and an immense responsibility for others? Do you put yourself last because you fear taking care of yourself will take away from your ability to take care of others? All of this can be due to having narcissistic parents who treat you as an extension of themselves. Listen to this coaching session with Dustin and learn how your resistance to self-care is rooted in your childhood trauma.

Trauma of a Family Murder (Coaching Session w/Tia Landers)

Tia feels lost as an entrepreneur, since recently leaving a steady job. She fears if she will fail or not, but the real issue is Tia not feeling in control. Tia gets angry with her daughter because she bought her enough clothes to wear a different outfit for three weeks in a row. Her daughter will wear one outfit Monday and wear the same exact outfit Wednesday, which makes Tia lose it. Where does Tia's feeling of powerlessness come from? Well when Tia was 1 year old, her mother's sister was murdered by her husband who also was a serial killer. Tia's pain of powerlessness was actually the trauma of the entire family who were completely blindsided by their loved one being killed by her very own husband. This summary will help understand how much of the session points to this underlying intergenerational trauma but Tia didn't know the connection which is why she felt so lost in both sadness and anger.

The Danger of Suppressing Our Emotions (Coaching Session w/Stacey Gross)

Suppressing our emotions and feelings is dangerous because our unresolved feelings are emotional wounds and if we suppress them by avoiding them, they only grow and eventually consume us without even us being conscious of it. Parents who suppress their emotions and feelings pass down their unresolved feelings to their children in a dangerous way because the child grows up completely oblivious to it all since the parent consciously suppresses their feelings but the child subconsciously feels every bit of it as if they are feeling it themselves. Listen to Michael coach Stacey Gross of the Two Moms Day Drinking Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1491786090] (a podcast about every parent's unique journey within parenting) and get to the root of her social and performance anxiety. For private sessions with Michael, online courses and our online YATFS (You are the F*cking Sh*t) community visit www.healfromthegroundup.com [http://www.healfromthegroundup.com] or contact michael@healfromthegroundup.com

What If I Lose My Job? (Coaching session w/Xavier Diaz)

With the economy crashing due to Covid-19, Xavier has the constant fear that he will be let go since he is only a new hiree. What's happening now in the world is bringing up our worst fears so we can uncover and heal our unresolved deep-seated feelings. As always, "Problems bring up feelings in us that existed before the problem ever happened." In this coaching session, we go to the core of the core and see what Xavier's fear of losing his job and thereby losing his ability to make money is all about, and where it all comes from. Xavier is the host of the Pretty Normal Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-pretty-normal-podcast/id1467838141], which is a podcast talking about the thought provoking moments that happen in our everyday lives, allowing us to re-imagine what society considers normal. Register for your free "Feeling is Healing" course, or arrange private sessions with Michael at www.healfromthegroundup.com [http://www.healfromthegroundup.com] If you want to learn more about our Heal From the Ground Up Support community which will be launched in two weeks (first two weeks are free) email michael@healfromthegroundup.com [michael@healfromthegroundup.com] .