🎙️Let's Get Unstuck x The Therapist Who Came Undone🎙️

🎙️Let's Get Unstuck x The Therapist Who Came Undone🎙️

What If Healing Isn’t a Fight? Tonight’s conversation with The Therapist Who Came Undone [https://substack.com/profile/349751534-the-therapist-who-came-undone] left me [http://www.Letsgetunstuck.blog] thinking about how much energy people spend managing themselves. The mental calculations and the second guessing. The constant pressure to stay in control. For our guest, that pressure lived inside an eating disorder for more than thirty years. Recovery felt like something that had to be earned through discipline, vigilance, and never letting her guard down. What struck me most was how differently she views that experience today. At some point, the focus shifted away from defeating the eating disorder and toward understanding it. That doesn’t mean the damage wasn’t real or the suffering disappeared. The consequences were significant, and she was incredibly honest about that throughout the conversation. What changed was the lens she was looking through. Instead of asking, “How do I beat this?” she began asking, “Why did this become necessary in the first place?” That question opened the door to a much deeper conversation about shame, anxiety, emotional survival, self compassion, identity, and the need for control. Listening to her story, I kept thinking about how many people are carrying their own version of that struggle. An eating disorder may not be part of their story. Anxiety might be. Perfectionism might be. For someone else, it could be the relentless voice that points out every mistake, every flaw, and every reason they are still not enough. Different struggles. The same exhaustion and desire to feel safe. The same hope that life might feel lighter if they could just figure out what is wrong with them. Tonight’s conversation challenged that idea. Perhaps healing begins when we spend less time trying to fix ourselves and more time understanding ourselves. Thank you to our guest for sharing such an honest and vulnerable story. If you missed the live conversation, the full episode is now available. One thought continues to stay with me: You do not have to hate yourself into healing. Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me next week with Simon Salt [https://substack.com/profile/103975123-simon-salt] Get full access to Let’s Get UnStuck at traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe [https://traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

🎙️Let’s Get UnStuck Live x Daniel Yee Psychology - Adult Life with ADHD

Last night’s conversation with Daniel Yee was one of the most honest and psychologically layered episodes we’ve had on Let’s Get Unstuck [http://www.letsgetunstuck.blog]. What started as a conversation about ADHD quickly unfolded into something much deeper. Daniel Yee Psychology [https://substack.com/profile/99604957-daniel-yee-psychology] read his story What ADHD Feels Like as an Adult [https://open.substack.com/pub/danielyeepsych/p/what-having-adhd-feels-like-as-an?r=exoqq&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer] We talked about shame. About growing up believing your struggles mean something is fundamentally wrong with you as a person. About knowing exactly what you should be doing while still feeling unable to consistently make yourself do it. Daniel spoke openly about executive dysfunction, emotional dysregulation, gambling addiction, limerence, loneliness, dopamine chasing, and the exhausting cycle of constantly searching for the next thing that might finally make life feel okay. One of the biggest takeaways from the conversation was this: A lot of what people call laziness is actually pain, overwhelm, avoidance, shame, and a nervous system struggling without the right map. There were also powerful moments about modern dating, rejection sensitivity, impulsivity, identity, and the pressure so many people carry to become someone else before they finally feel worthy of love, stability, or peace. But underneath all of it was something hopeful. The realization that understanding yourself changes everything. That maybe the answer is not becoming a completely different person.Maybe the answer is learning how to build a life around the brain, nervous system, and emotional reality you actually have. If you have ever struggled with self sabotage, addiction, procrastination, emotional overwhelm, feeling behind in life, or constantly questioning why things seem harder for you than everyone else around you, I think this episode will resonate deeply. The full episode is now live on Let’s Get Unstuck. Thank you Dido Torchi [https://substack.com/profile/357262444-dido-torchi], Chris Laible [https://substack.com/profile/73272868-chris-laible], Lynn J. Broderick [https://substack.com/profile/116644987-lynn-j-broderick] , Marlana aka Outtamydamnmind [https://substack.com/profile/327704097-marlana-aka-outtamydamnmind], Hannah Brown [https://substack.com/profile/310912020-hannah-brown] and many others for tuning into my live video with Daniel Yee Psychology [https://substack.com/profile/99604957-daniel-yee-psychology]! ~ I AM TAKING A WEEK OFF~ I WILL BE BACK JUNE 3rd~ Get full access to Let’s Get UnStuck at traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe [https://traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

🎙️Let’s Get UnStuck Live x Relationships Reimagined

Tonight’s conversation with Eric Bensoussan [https://substack.com/@erictherelationshipcoach] https://substack.com/@erictherelationshipcoachwent far beyond relationship advice. His story Why People Keep Choosing the Same Person [https://open.substack.com/pub/erictherelashionshipcoach/p/why-you-keep-choosing-the-same-person?r=exoqq&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer] took me through some deep reflections on parts of my life that definitely raised my eyebrows. What made this discussion powerful was the honesty inside it. The exhaustion of recognizing our own patterns while still feeling pulled toward them.The shame we carry when awareness alone does not create change and the realization that survival responses often shape relationships more than people realize. Eric spoke openly about attachment wounds, grief, emotional survival, nervous system conditioning, and the slow process of learning how to stop abandoning yourself inside relationships. One of the biggest takeaways from tonight was this:Understanding your patterns intellectually does not automatically mean your body feels safe enough to choose differently yet. That does not make someone broken. It makes them human. This conversation opened up honest dialogue around emotional safety, vulnerability, anxiety in relationships, trauma responses, and what healing actually looks like beyond self help language and surface level advice. The full conversation with Eric is now available on Let’s Get Unstuck and the blog. Thank you to everyone who joined us live tonight and shared pieces of themselves in the comments. Lynn J. Broderick [https://substack.com/profile/116644987-lynn-j-broderick], KaZ Akers-Wild About The Wild. [https://substack.com/profile/348270809-kaz-akers-wild-about-the-wild], John Rinaldo [https://substack.com/profile/23345777-john-rinaldo] , Ellen Scherr [https://substack.com/profile/363599366-ellen-scherr] , Marlana aka Outtamydamnmind [https://substack.com/profile/327704097-marlana-aka-outtamydamnmind], Albert Kivak [https://substack.com/profile/77643233-albert-kivak], and many others for tuning into my live video with Relationships Reimagined [https://substack.com/profile/128106078-relationships-reimagined]! Join me for my next live 5/20 5:30pm pst. with Daniel Yee Psychology [https://substack.com/profile/99604957-daniel-yee-psychology] and an in depth conversation about life with ADHD. Get full access to Let’s Get UnStuck at traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe [https://traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

🎙️Let’s Get UnStuck Live x Imi

Tonight’s conversation with Imi went much deeper than I expected. Not because of the diagnosis, but because of everything underneath it. We talked about anxiety in a way that felt real. It doesn’t just live in your thoughts. It shows up in your body. You try to manage it, push through it, stay ahead of it… until that stops working. Imi shared what it felt like to be stuck in that space. Constant tension. Overthinking. The need to control what’s coming next just to feel okay. Living in the future because sitting in the present feels uncomfortable. Then everything shifts. At 25 years old, she was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s disease. But her story didn’t begin there. It began in the self doubt.In the pressure to keep going and the internal voice that keeps questioning you. We talked about what it really means to feel stuck in anxiety. Not just experiencing it, but living inside it. Letting it shape how you move through your day, how you respond to yourself, how you make decisions. There comes a point where pushing through doesn’t work anymore. When that happens, you’re forced into something most people try to avoid. You’re forced into the present moment. That’s where our conversation shifted. From control to awareness. From trying to fix everything to starting to understand it. She talked about asking a different question. Not “how do I get rid of this,” but “what is this showing me?” That question changes how you see everything. It slows you down and pulls you out of autopilot. It can make you sit with what’s actually there instead of trying to move past it. We also talked about how uncomfortable that is at first. When you’ve built your identity around pushing through, being productive, and staying in control, slowing down feels wrong. There is something in that pause. Something that gives you clarity, even if it’s not the kind you were expecting. If you’ve ever felt stuck in anxiety, if self doubt has taken up more space than you’d like, or if you’ve been moving so fast you haven’t had time to check in with yourself, this conversation is one you’ll want to listen to. Imi shares her story, You Can’t Walk [https://substack.com/@traciedwards1/note/p-196456019?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=exoqq], and everything that comes with it. You can listen to the full episode now on Let’s Get Unstuck [http://www.letsgetunstuck.blog]. Thank you Roger Browne [https://substack.com/profile/462196607-roger-browne], Florence Acosta [https://substack.com/profile/31310064-florence-acosta], Nabanita [https://substack.com/profile/380544577-nabanita], Mack Devlin [https://substack.com/profile/369418191-mack-devlin], Sarah-SMR [https://substack.com/profile/382243666-sarah-smr], Jon Derek [https://substack.com/profile/45787831-jon-derek], Marlana aka Outtamydamnmind [https://substack.com/profile/327704097-marlana-aka-outtamydamnmind] , Hannah Brown [https://substack.com/profile/310912020-hannah-brown] , Lynn J. Broderick [https://substack.com/profile/116644987-lynn-j-broderick] and many others for tuning into my live video with imi [https://substack.com/profile/358382602-imi]! Get full access to Let’s Get UnStuck at traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe [https://traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

🎙️ Live SOLO - My Dad is a Superhero- A Fatherhood Story About Love and Sacrifice

A Fatherhood Story About the Kind of Love That Stays My Dad is a Superhero was not just a story I read. It was a story I lived, and finally understood. I shared what it looked like to grow up in a home where illness changed everything, and how, in the middle of that, my dad became more than a father. He became caregiver, provider, protector, and the person who kept our family moving when nothing about our situation felt stable. As a kid, I saw tasks getting done. Rides. Meals. Schedules. Presence. As an adult, I see what it actually was. Sacrifice. Pressure. Fear. Love in its most relentless form. What made tonight even more powerful was having Chris B. Writes [https://substack.com/profile/114735890-chris-b-writes] join us to read his poem, The Caregiver’s Lament. His words added another layer. It brought language to the emotional toll caregivers carry, often in silence, often without recognition. There was something about hearing that poem alongside this story that made everything land deeper. Caregiving is not one moment nor one decision. It is a life that shifts, often without warning, and asks people to keep showing up anyway. That is what tonight was about. It was about the father who stayed. The mother who kept fighting. The family that adjusted, adapted, and grew up inside something none of us chose. And the realization, years later, that what I witnessed was not just responsibility. It was love at a level most people never fully see. If you joined live tonight, thank you. If you are reading this and couldn’t make it, the full episode is now available on Let’s Get Unstuck. [http://www.letsgetunstuck.blog] If you are a caregiver, or love someone who is, I hope this story made you feel seen. And if you know someone who has carried more than the world ever acknowledged, tell them. Some people spend a lifetime showing up. They deserve to know it mattered. Thank you Nabanita [https://substack.com/profile/380544577-nabanita], Sarah-SMR [https://substack.com/profile/382243666-sarah-smr], Ellen Scherr [https://substack.com/profile/363599366-ellen-scherr] , Lynn J. Broderick [https://substack.com/profile/116644987-lynn-j-broderick] , Life On The Other Side [https://substack.com/profile/389337111-life-on-the-other-side] and many others for tuning into my live video with Chris B. Writes [https://substack.com/profile/114735890-chris-b-writes]! Join me for my next live episode with imi [https://substack.com/profile/358382602-imi] Weds, 5/6 5:30pm pst. Get full access to Let’s Get UnStuck at traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe [https://traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]