Stepmoms Constantly In Fight Or Flight + Why You're Feeling Like An Outsider with Amber Trejo

The KICK-ASS Stepmom Podcast

Jamie Scrimgeour

Kids & Family, Education, Parenting, Self-improvement

4.9 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week on the KICK-ASS Stepmom podcast, Jamie interviews Amber Trejo. Amber is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified clinical trauma professional who specializes in complex childhood trauma and the family system. She is the founder and CEO of Holding Hearts Counseling in Indianapolis. She is also a wife and mama to 3 wild boys on her own journey to heal from childhood trauma and break generational cycles of trauma and abuse. Jamie and Amber discuss How our childhood trauma affects us as adult Learning to regulate emotions when you grew up in chaos Why stepmoms may feel like an outsider Challenging the stories and narratives in our head Strategies for regulating our nervous system Want more from Jamie? Check out the website Follow along on Instagram Follow along on Facebook Join The KICK-ASS Stepmom Community Download 12 Ways To Redefine Your Stepmom Experience When Should A Stepmom Disengage? Take The Quiz and See. For More From Amber Trejo: Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ambertrejo_/ Check out her Website: www.holdingheartscounselingindy.com Get her Nervous System Guide: https://www.holdingheartscounselingindy.com/nervous-system-guide Thanks to Our Sponsors: Moonbird | Head to moonbird.life and use code KICKASSSTEPMOM for $20 off. LMNT | My Go To Electrolyte Drink. Head to www.drinklmnt.com/kickassstepmom to get a free sample pack with purchase. Cozy Earth | cozyearth.com/COZYJAMIE40 and use the code COZYJAMIE40 for 40% off

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Jamie Scrimgear. When I became a stepmom, I quickly realize that while
0:11.1	moms are encouraged to keep it real, there's a big double standard when it comes to stepmoms.
0:15.9	So, I decided to start the conversation myself. Thriving as a stepmom doesn't just come from conversations about being a stepmom now.
0:23.5	Here we dive into marriage, relationships, personal growth, and more.
0:27.9	My mission?
0:28.9	Inspire you to live a kick-ass life while bringing you along as I create my own.
0:32.9	This is the kick-ass stepmom podcast.
0:42.9	Hello, hello.
0:46.0	Welcome to the kick-ass step-mom podcast.
0:51.9	We have Amber Trejo, family and trauma therapist on the podcast today.
0:55.6	I found Amber on Instagram and I messaged her immediately. I was like,
1:01.9	I need to talk to you. I need to get to you on the show. And I think we're supposed to be really good friends, to be quite honest. Anyway, in this episode, we really dive in to, well, all the stuff that I love
1:09.3	talking about, you know, regulating your nervous system, attachment styles, childhood well, all the stuff that I love talking about, you know, regulating your nervous system,
1:12.1	attachment styles, childhood trauma, all of that stuff. But in all seriousness, we dive into
1:18.5	how understanding your attachment style and her childhood stuff can improve relationships as
1:23.7	an adult, what may be going on when stepmoms feel like outsiders, what it means to have a
1:29.5	dysregulated nervous system and strategies you can use to get regulated again.
1:35.3	Like, you know that feeling you have when you can't get ahead.
1:38.8	We feel like you're always in a rush, like you're constantly triggered, constantly in this
1:43.2	flight or fight mode.
1:45.3	Yeah, let's work on that.
1:46.5	That's what we're going to talk about today.
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