Epsidoe 32: The Bare Minimum

Epsidoe 32: The Bare Minimum

In this week’s episode, I talk about the bare minimum and how healing changes our ability to see it, and how what once felt normal can start to reveal itself as emotional manipulation, low effort, or a profound lack of emotional availability. I share examples from my own life and how, as I healed, certain friendships began to fall away because people could no longer meet me emotionally. What I once tolerated, explained away, or worked around became impossible to ignore. This episode is about what happens when healing raises the standard, sharpens discernment, and makes the bare minimum feel undeniable. A conversation about emotional manipulation, friendship, self-trust, and the grief that can come when healing changes who still fits in your life. Show Notes: Song of the Week: Bootstraps - Earned it [https://open.spotify.com/track/11NPQTlEw1CuEVucnQBF1l?si=3f396616d15847c7] MC Somatics Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BPVIr9CEwErAG54dJ5JIj?si=7ef8093a0ebd4bc1]

Episode 31: The Remnants of Narcissistic Abuse

In this episode, I talk about the remnants of narcissistic abuse—the ways it can linger long after the relationship or dynamic has ended. I explore what gets left behind: self-doubt, hypervigilance, confusion, internalized blame, difficulty trusting ourselves, and the exhausting habit of overexplaining, appeasing, or questioning what we know. I talk about how this kind of abuse does not just wound in the moment, but can reshape the nervous system, relationships, and sense of self. This episode is about what remains, what it costs, and what it means to begin naming those remnants for what they are. Show Notes: Song of the Week: Miles Hardt - Overthinking [https://open.spotify.com/track/5xg69ejKpfmkhRMUjf3rVU?si=86fcf6bdc62b4461] MC Somatics Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BPVIr9CEwErAG54dJ5JIj?si=73c5543337b445e5]

Episode 30: The trap of trying to heal away your humanity

In this episode, I talk about the years I spent trying to convince myself that if I just healed enough, certain things would stop bothering me. I explore how that mindset became its own form of self-gaslighting, how it created internal conflict, disconnected me from what I was actually feeling, and turned healing into a maladaptive coping mechanism. Instead of listening to my reactions, I kept assuming the problem was that I just was not healed enough yet. This episode is about the pressure to transcend what still hurts, the damage that comes from overriding our own truth, and what becomes possible when we stop using healing to invalidate ourselves. Show Notes: Song of the Week: Kellee Patterson - If it don't fit, don't force it [https://open.spotify.com/track/1oQo0TQoCLbWmkXEtNTfoA?si=d504a114e2214124] MC Somatics Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BPVIr9CEwErAG54dJ5JIj?si=a7a5e4857d154b65]

Episode 29: The symbolism of what we drive

In this episode, I explore the symbolism of what we drive and how our choices often reveal more than we realize. The cars we choose can reflect what we value, such as safety, status, freedom, comfort, reliability, adventure, or image, and those same values often show up in our relationships. I talk about how our preferences are rarely random, and how what carries us through the world can mirror what we look for in love, connection, and partnership. This episode is about values, symbolism, self-awareness, and the deeper patterns revealed through what we choose. Show Notes: Song of the Week: Maren Morris - 80s Mercedes [https://open.spotify.com/track/58spuRyMUsjKHQHEGwLC99?si=e9cd26c4f3744e96] MC Somatics Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BPVIr9CEwErAG54dJ5JIj?si=d0a5becdbfda48d9]

Episode 28: The High Art of Communication

In this episode, I explore communication as a high art form, something far deeper than simply saying words. I talk about how we come to connection from very different places: sometimes from defensiveness, and sometimes from a real desire to understand. That difference shapes everything. It shows up in our tone, our timing, our ability to listen, and whether our words create clarity or distance. This episode is about the power of language, the cost of defensiveness, and the kind of communication that makes a real connection possible. Show Notes: Son of the Week: Communicating - Bad Suns [https://open.spotify.com/track/75tYzpEnJY5Kp1Cen78ub5?si=ffb4cad5bd824c97] MC Somatics Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BPVIr9CEwErAG54dJ5JIj?si=273ab81a67f0471e]