How to Use Guided Meditation to Heal Childhood Trauma and Strengthen Mind-Body Connection

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Have you ever felt disconnected from your body due to childhood trauma? This episode reveals how guided meditation can heal childhood trauma and strengthen the mind-body connection, offering valuable insights for highly sensitive people (HSP) and those on a mental health journey. Through personal experiences and practical techniques, you'll learn how trauma impacts the mind-body connection and discover effective strategies to reconnect with your body. Understand the significance of breathwork and mindfulness in releasing stored emotions, and gain tools to improve your emotional resilience and mental health. Perfect for HSPs and anyone seeking to heal from childhood trauma, this episode provides a supportive and enlightening path to recovery. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get bonus content and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Brain.FM: CODE: Emotionalbadass for 20% off and a free month Join our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadass Thank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Advertising: Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.0	At a time when change is constant and we are pulled in far too many directions, we need a way to stay present to life and to increase our ability to remain calm, think clearly, and maintain our well-being. Many studies indicate mindfulness improves our mental, emotional, and physical health.
0:22.0	On a mindful moment with Theresa McKee, you can learn
0:25.6	how to practice mindfulness and enjoy its many benefits. Tune in for guided
0:30.3	meditations and to hear tips and advice from some of the most respected
0:34.8	experts in the fields of mental health and mindfulness. The world truly can be a
0:40.5	better place. It all starts with a mindful moment.
0:45.2	Welcome to Emotional Badass where Moxie meets Mindful.
0:49.3	I'm Nicky Eisenhower, your host, life coach, and psychotherapist, and on today's show we are breathing into
0:57.0	the body. I'm going to I didn't grow up dancing as a teenager. I did a little bit of gymnastics but when I was a little bitty girl at about five years old and I always missed it growing up
1:28.5	But I didn't do dance. I didn't do cheerleading. I didn't get into my body as a young woman.
1:38.6	And if you grew up in a home with a lot of dysfunction,
1:42.3	if you were healing childhood sexual abuse from a family
1:46.4	member or from another trusted adult, you may find that you have sort of a
1:52.0	disconnection between mind and body. It's a hard
1:57.3	thing to describe. It's a being in the head, sort of like a talking head,
2:03.5	and not really being connected to the body.
2:05.5	So many of you that I work with individually
2:08.8	and many of you listening today,
2:11.7	you've thought all the things, you've read all the books, you're listening to
2:17.0	all the shows, and you're wondering and you're stumped about why you can't feel what you know, that may be what
2:25.8	healing is in large part is connecting our body to our minds because in many different forms of trauma, when we are traumatized, our mind goes away from
2:37.8	the body as a self-protective mechanism.
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