Ep 10: Beyond Control: A Different Relationship with Anxiety

Ep 10: Beyond Control: A Different Relationship with Anxiety

In this episode, Erica explores a different way of relating to anxiety—one that moves beyond trying to fix, control, or eliminate uncomfortable feelings. As mothers and caregivers, it's easy to assume that anxiety means something is wrong or that immediate action is required. Yet many of the situations that stir anxiety are not problems to solve, but natural responses to change, uncertainty, growth, and caring deeply. Together, we'll explore the difference between anxiety and intuition, the hidden cost of resisting our emotions, and how creating space to be with ourselves can help us respond more consciously instead of reacting from fear. This conversation is an invitation to soften, to listen inwardly, and to discover the steadiness that can emerge when we stop fighting what we're feeling. If you've been caught in cycles of overthinking, planning, researching, or trying to make life feel certain, this episode offers a gentle reminder: not every feeling requires fixing. Sometimes anxiety is simply part of being alive. In This Episode * Why anxiety isn't always a sign that something is wrong * The difference between responding and reacting * How resistance can create more suffering than the emotion itself * Anxiety versus intuition: learning to discern the difference * Creating an inner sense of safety through presence and self-compassion * The practice of allowing emotions without letting them take the wheel Gentle Reflection * What if the feeling you're trying so hard to get rid of is simply asking to be acknowledged?   * What if the feeling of anxiety that you're experience is not signaling that something needs to change, be controlled, or figured out -- but that something needs to be acknowledged and felt? Let's Continue the Discussion... I encourage you to reach out, ask questions, challenge the notions, and share your experience.  You can email me: Erica@TheRediscoveredSelf.com [Erica@TheRediscoveredSelf.com] Instagram: @TheRediscoveredSelf  Thanks so much for being here! With love, Erica

Ep 9: The Layers of Self: Returning to Coherence, Alignment & Wholeness

What if the fatigue, overwhelm, burnout, anxiety, or sense of disconnection you’re experiencing isn’t a sign that something is wrong with you—but an invitation to come back into alignment? In this episode, Erica explores the concept of the Layers of Self and how many of the challenges we experience physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually may arise when these layers begin to fall out of coherence with one another. Together, we’ll explore: * The physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual layers of self • Why burnout often signals more than exhaustion • The hidden cost of living primarily from the mind while neglecting the body and soul • How nervous system states influence creativity, problem-solving, and perspective • The difference between survival mode and living from your deeper inner wisdom • Practical ways to begin checking in with yourself and returning to wholeness This episode is a gentle invitation to pause, listen, and remember the parts of yourself that may have been overlooked along the way.   Because healing isn’t becoming someone new. It’s remembering who you’ve always been and the parts of you that are always present. Until next time, friend, don’t forget: healing is remembering. Your light isn’t lost— it’s waiting to be rediscovered.   If you are interested in receiving the Layers of Self Meditation, please send me an email: Erica@therediscoveredself.com [Erica@therediscoveredself.com] of find me over on Instagram @TheRediscoveredSelf and send me a DM!  I'd love to send it your way!  (Website: Coming Soon)   Thanks for being here, friend. With love, Erica

Ep 8: Remembering the Body: Returning to Safety, Sensation, and Aliveness

In this deeply grounding and experiential episode of The Rediscovered Self, Erica explores the journey so many of us experience of disconnecting from the body — and the gentle path of returning home to ourselves again. Together, we explore how stress, trauma, overwhelm, cultural conditioning, survival responses, and painful life experiences can slowly pull us away from the felt sense of being alive and embodied. Erica reflects on the ways many of us learn to fear sensation, suppress emotion, or disconnect from the wisdom of the body in order to survive. This episode includes a guided embodied reflection and gentle nervous system supportive practice to help listeners reconnect with safety, sensation, awe, gratitude, and the experience of simply being present within the body again. Inside this episode: * The connection between embodiment, nervous system states, and aliveness * How disconnection from the body develops over time * Why many people feel numb, exhausted, disconnected, or “not fully here” * A compassionate guided embodiment and grounding practice * Relearning safety within the body * Moving from disconnection toward presence, softness, and self-inhabitation * The relationship between spirituality, healing, and embodiment This episode is an invitation to slow down, soften, and remember: Your body is not the enemy. Your body is an important part of your path and purpose. If this episode resonates, Erica would love to hear from you. Feel free to share your reflections, experiences, or the parts of the practice that felt most supportive for you. You can send Erica a DM on Instagram @TheRediscoveredSelf. Website and email address coming soon. Don't forget to follow and rate the show on Apple Podcast and to share this episode with a friend!

Ep 7: From Survival Mode to Sacred Connection: Understanding Motherhood Overwhelm

*** This episode has a companion guided practice to help you gently connect with a felt sense of safety and support in your body. Click the link below to join my email list and the link to the practice will be sent your way***  https://the-rediscovered-self.kit.com In this episode of The Rediscovered Self, Erica explores motherhood overwhelm through the lens of the nervous system — not as a personal weakness, failure, or character flaw, but as an intelligent response from a body carrying too much for too long. If you have been feeling reactive, overstimulated, exhausted, touched out, emotionally stretched thin, or quietly wondering why you “can’t just get it together,” this conversation is an invitation to see yourself with more compassion. Together, we explore the invisible load so many mothers carry — emotional labor, decision fatigue, mental tabs, sensory overload, constant planning, and the pressure to hold everything together — and how this chronic demand can shape the way the autonomic nervous system responds. Through a grounded and accessible introduction to the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, Erica shares how fight, flight, fawn, and shutdown can show up in motherhood, parenting, relationships, creativity, and daily life. This episode offers a reframe: your overwhelm may not be proof that you are failing. It may be your nervous system asking for more safety, support, restoration, and reconnection. This is a conversation about moving from self-blame to self-understanding, from survival mode to sacred safety, and from inner criticism to a more compassionate relationship with your body, mind, and heart. Because healing is not about becoming someone new. Healing is remembering how to come home to yourself. This coming home to self will foster safety, connection, and healing within that will ripple out to your loved ones around you.     *** This episode has a companion guided practice to help you gently connect with a felt sense of safety and support in your body. Click the link below to join my email list and the link to the practice will be sent your way***  https://the-rediscovered-self.kit.com   Thanks for being here! With love, Erica

Ep 6: Staying With Yourself When Everything Feels Too Heavy

There are moments in life when everything just feels… heavy. When everything feels overwhelming in a quiet, yet consuming way that makes even the smallest steps feel impossible. In this episode of The Rediscovered Self, we explore what’s really happening in those moments—not from a place of judgment, but through the lens of the nervous system, mindful awareness, and self-compassion. If you’ve ever found yourself shutting down, losing motivation, craving comfort, or feeling like all of your progress disappears when things get hard… this episode is for you. You’ll learn: * Why your nervous system moves into shutdown or collapse * How your responses are not failures—but protective patterns * The difference between trying to “fix” yourself and actually supporting yourself * A simple, gentle 3-part practice to help you move through overwhelm Most importantly, this episode introduces a powerful shift: Learning how to stay with yourself… instead of abandoning yourself in the moments you need support the most. This is not about pushing through. It’s about meeting yourself differently.