Healing Past Trauma and Taming Your Inner Critic

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One of the most important ways we can clarify our purpose and maximize our potential is by understanding our brains and neurochemistry, and my guest today is here to help us do just that. A certified trainer and neuroscience educator, Sarah Peyton integrates brain science and the use of resonant language to heal both physical and emotional trauma. She teaches and lectures internationally, and she joins the show to share her passion for weaving together neuroscience knowledge and experiences of healing to unify people with their brains and bodies.

In this episode, Sarah explains the science behind our emotions and unconscious drivers, as well as key insights from her book, Your Resonant Self: Guided Meditations and Exercises to Engage Your Brain’s Capacity for Healing. Listen in to learn her tips for calming anxious minds, why taking time to be present is so important, and how to tame your inner critic.

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

Why it’s so important to allow ourselves time to be within our own minds.
What makes meditation difficult for some people.
How using the right hemisphere of the brain helps us deal with stress.
The kinds of language that awaken and engage the right hemisphere.
Our two different areas of memory.
How to overcome your inner critic.
What a healthy stress response looks like—and what keeps us caught in an anxiety hamster wheel.
Books Sarah would recommend.
Tips to help workaholics calm their minds.
The surprising unconscious motivators that often drive us.
How the trauma of past generations affects us—and what we can do to mitigate the impact.
Which emotional circuit offers the antidote to stress.
The easiest way to get started with meditating and mindfulness.