47. The Dangers of Suppressing Emotions

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This week on Healing CPTSD, we explore the foundations of healing from complex trauma and why the basics matter. We unpack sleep, movement, nourishment, connection, nature, and meaning, and how trauma can disconnect us from our body’s needs. We also look at why therapy is only on ...  Show more

How do you actually feel your emotions without being consumed by them? In this episode of Ask Kati Anything, licensed therapist Kati Morton shares practical strategies for processing feelings in a healthy way — and how to compartmentalize without suppressing what you’re going thr ...  Show more

Happy Throwback Thursday Heal Squad! Ever wonder how your emotions are affecting your mental and physical health? (We sure do!) So, continuing this week’s theme of mental health awareness, we wanted to bring back our episode with Dr. Gabor Maté, a renowned physician, speaker, and ...  Show more

In this episode of the Ancient Health Podcast, Dr. Motley explores the connection between trapped emotions and problems with intimacy. Drawing from Chinese medicine, Dr. Motley explains how our emotional state can impact our physiological functions and ultimately affect our abili ...  Show more

Emotions are messages, and we aren’t often open to listening to them- they feel too big, too much, or never ending. in the process of ignoring and suppressing these messages from our body, we may feel tension, pain, discomfort, illness or disease. In this episode we go over hypno ...  Show more