Suzanne Lederer on Embracing Emotional Awareness

Primal Question

Mike Foster

Self-improvement, Counseling, Sleeping At Last, Emotional Health, Health & Fitness, Anxiety, Relationships, Inspiration, Society & Culture, Suicide, Annie Downs, Unspoken Podcast, Depression, Addiction, Mike Foster, Rachel Hollis, Education, Therapy, Mental Health

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode of the "Primal Question" podcast, host Mike Foster talks with Suzanne Lederer about her connection to the Primal Question (Q3), "Am I Loved?" They also discuss the profound impact of somatic and body-focused work in healing emotional trauma. Suzanne shares her personal journey of moving from a head-centered, control-oriented existence to a more embodied, emotionally aware life. They discuss the importance of being conscious of one's emotions, the process of welcoming and addressing repressed feelings like anger and sadness, and practical tools for achieving emotional balance. Suzanne emphasizes the power of breathwork, grounding, and self-compassion in overcoming past traumas and living a more integrated, fulfilled life. This episode provides valuable insights and actionable steps for anyone looking to heal and thrive by connecting with their body and emotions. Suzanne is a San Diego-based breathwork facilitator dedicated to guiding individuals toward nervous system healing and self-restoration. With a focus on empowering others to embrace the transformative power of breath for holistic well-being, Suzanne is passionate about facilitating inner healing and growth journeys. Instagram: iamsuzannelederer Website: https://www.suzannelederer.com/

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0:00.0	No one can heal me but myself. So the daily habit were huge for me. So I had the daily habits of prayer. I had the daily habits of reading God's word.
0:09.0	And primal questions really represents what I call your apex emotional need. The number one need that has to be met and when it is met we are our bestsells or flourishing, but when it goes unmet or denied, we scramble.
0:23.4	You do not have a choice unless you're conscious.
0:26.3	So I started becoming conscious of my numbing ways
0:29.4	I would numb myself.
0:30.6	I became conscious of different habits and behaviors. That was a huge change and the second change was really being compassionate.
0:41.0	Everybody welcome to the primal question podcast I'm Mike Foster and the whole
0:46.7	point of us and these conversations and topics is to help you understand those hidden forces in you that influence your decisions, your choices, your relationships, your gifts, and your strengths.
1:00.0	And I'm excited to talk about how this plays out in our lives, how it plays out in our bodies, how it plays out in our stories,
1:11.0	and I'm joined today with a new friend Suzanne. Thank you for being with us.
1:17.3	Yeah I'm excited. Thanks. So we were talking before we started recording about some of the interesting things that you do with people and part of your work is around somatic and body focused work.
1:34.7	Tell me a little bit about that.
1:36.6	Before we, I want to, we're going to talk about your primal question,
1:38.8	but I want to know just about what do you do there?
1:41.0	Yeah.
1:42.1	Well, it was my own personal journey. I'm very heady and I'm a
1:46.2	learner a personality and so I really wasn't in my body so I was overriding my body a lot, so my body would be like, no, you don't want to do that, or you don't want to take that job.
1:57.5	My body, you know, basically was signaling that, but I wasn't really listening, because I was listening to this. Oh, Oh no I have to take it because it's you know what I need and this and that
2:07.2	And in 2010 I created I found out I had an autoimmune disease and I literally couldn't get out of bed for eight months.
2:15.5	And so it just made a huge impact on my life and I realized that I needed to do a lot of things
2:22.2	to, you know, kind of get well.
2:24.3	And so I started with health, I started with my diet,
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