Shame

You were not failing at your diet. Your nervous system was doing exactly what it learned to do to survive. In this episode, Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristof go deep on one of the most personal and most pervasive patterns they have both lived through: the disordered relation ...  Show more

Food is not just fuel. It is one of the most powerful ways your nervous system regulates stress, emotion, and survival. In this episode of Trauma Rewired, Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristof are joined by somatic practitioner and author Luis Mojica to explore the hidden relati ...  Show more

Chances are, there’s something in your life you feel deeply ashamed about—something you’ve never told anyone, something you can’t even admit to yourself. In this episode, we go deep into the emotion we all experience but almost no one wants to talk about: shame. Where it comes fr ...  Show more

In today’s episode we dive deep into shame, guilt, and the DBT skill of Opposite Action—a powerful tool to help us break free from the emotional traps that keep us stuck. Many of us struggle with feelings of self-blame and unworthiness, but understanding the d ...

Having gone through a couple of months of therapy already, I mention to Dr Helene that I wonder if this session may be more structured and controlled. She queries what the need for control and structure means to me? We explore my biggest regret and how trauma can cause lasting e ...  Show more

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