323: Summer Series: Overcoming Trauma and Limiting Beliefs with Michael Unbroken
The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant
Michelle Chalfant
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
We all have limiting beliefs that hold us back in life. But what if you've experienced significant trauma as well? How do you distinguish between a trauma response and limiting or negative thinking? How do you find the power to heal when things have happened that were out of your control?
My guest today, Michael Unbroken, has an intense and powerful story of overcoming unspeakable trauma, growing up with abuse, addiction and homelessness. At one point, he wanted to end his own life. But he made a decision to live, and in doing so, discovered that the only path forward started within.
In this incredible conversation, Michael shares how he was able to break the cycle of trauma in his life and consciously choose a different path for himself. This is an inspiring and vulnerable conversation that will challenge you to take ownership of your life, treat yourself with grace and kindness and live life fully!
Listen to discover:
- Michael's incredible story of healing from trauma and turning his life around
- The steps for overcoming limiting beliefs
- How to get past fear and start living your life
- How to actually change your life (and why you have to get out of the way first)
- The power of vulnerability
- The importance of a mentor
Transforming limiting beliefs starts with taking ownership of the way we think about life, no matter what we've been through. What happened to us is not our fault, but it does become our job to take responsibility for it and make a choice to create the healthy, whole life we want to live. We all have the power to do this, and I hope this episode inspires you to find everything that's possible for you.
"It's never going to be one thing that changes your life." - Michael Unbroken
"What you think becomes what you speak. What you speak becomes your actions, and your actions become your reality." - Michael Unbroken
"If we're sitting waiting for someone to rescue us, we're in the seat of the victim." - Michelle Chalfant
"We have to create different. We have to create better. If we want a different life, we have to make different choices." - Michelle Chalfant
"It will change everything about the fabric of your experience of this life when you're willing to be real." - Michael Unbroken
LINKS & RESOURCES
Michael Unbroken Website
https://www.thinkunbroken.com/
Michael Unbroken Podcast
https://www.thinkunbrokenpodcast.com/
Michael Unbroken Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/michaelunbroken/
Michael Unbroken Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MichaelUnbroken/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Do you believe that if you are with the right person that your relationship should be easy |
| 0:07.5 | and you should not ever fight? |
| 0:10.9 | How about this one? |
| 0:11.9 | Have you ever heard that getting married or having a baby will mend a broken relationship? |
| 0:18.2 | Here's what's true. |
| 0:19.7 | These are relationship myths. |
| 0:22.5 | They're just not true. |
| 0:24.3 | And after years of working with clients that felt dissatisfied, frustrated, and even hopeless |
| 0:28.9 | in their relationship, I realized that their unhappiness was due to relationship myths that |
| 0:34.8 | they were believing in and measuring their relationship against. |
| 0:39.8 | This is why I created the top five relationship myths keeping you disconnected from your partner. |
| 0:46.4 | In this free guide, you will get not only the most common relationship myths, but also tips |
| 0:52.5 | on how to change your relationship today. |
| 0:56.1 | You can download the free guide at theadultchair.com-fordslash-miths. |
| 1:02.8 | That's theadultchair.com-fordslash-miths. |
| 1:06.0 | That's M-Y-T-H-S. |
| 1:13.2 | Hi, I'm Michelle Shelfand, psychotherapist, holistic life coach, and human, just like you, |
| 1:19.3 | learning to navigate life challenges. |
| 1:21.6 | So over 25 years experience, I teach people how to get healthy using theadultchair model. |
| 1:27.4 | Theadultchair model is where simple psychology meets grounded spirituality, and it teaches |
| 1:32.7 | us how to become healthy adults. |
| 1:36.0 | From anxiety and depression to codependency and relationship issues, you can use theadult |
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