trauma, whether it's big T trauma or little T trauma, causes you to disconnect from parts of yourself

and suppress parts of yourself to keep yourself safe, right?

So if, for example, you were bullied a lot, maybe you wore glasses, right?

And you got bullied a lot as a kid for wearing glasses.

You might not feel as comfortable like expressing yourself out

loud, being your full self at school. And even though that's not considered big T trauma,

it's still this suppressing of who you are authentically. And that still has the same

physiological effects as big T trauma does, especially when it happens over a prolonged

period of time. Okay, here's the deal. I'm not going to say the E word. I say it in the episode,

but I'm not going to say it here. Welcome, financial feminists. Today is a calming, soothing episode with some trigger warnings. The trigger warnings,

sexual abuse, financial abuse, but it ends so happily. It ends so fucking happily. And the reason we're

releasing this episode on a super random day that has nothing to do with anything going on in the world right now,

is that I imagine you need to get some rage out and you need to be soothed.

So we're talking about somatic exercises today and how we can release tension and trauma and

fear and shame and rage from our bodies in a healthy way.

And I'm really excited for today's guest, who is also a fan and follower of her first 100K,

and who has said many times to me privately and also on this episode, which is so sweet,

that our work has changed and impacted her life, which is very kind.

So let's talk about

today's guest. Liz Tenuto, aka the workout witch, specializes in healing the physical effects

of trauma and stress and is on a mission to make somatic healing popular and accessible. As a narcissistic

abuse survivor, Liz learned what rage was at an unusually young age. She experienced chronic

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