Why Hustling Ain't Healthy + EMDR Therapy Breakdown w/ Melissa Dumaz | Episode 187
Girl Stop Playin | #1 Podcast for Black Women
KOEREYELLE, Personal Development Coach
4.8 • 584 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Girl Stop Playin', I'm sitting down with licensed marriage and family therapist, Melissa Dumaz, to dig deep into the real work of healing and self-care. Melissa is not only an expert in EMDR therapy—a powerful tool for overcoming trauma—but she's also a holistic healing coach who's all about helping women prioritize their well-being without sacrificing their ambition.
We’re talking about everything from recognizing trauma responses in our everyday behavior to the challenges of truly putting ourselves first in a world that tells us to keep pushing. Melissa breaks down how high-achieving women often neglect self-care and why success can sometimes be a trauma response. We’re getting real about setting boundaries, scheduling personal time, and even learning to delegate tasks to protect our peace.
If you're on your own healing journey—or thinking about starting one—this episode is for you. We're not just talking about the what, but the how. How to really sit with yourself, confront your ish, and make meaningful changes. Plus, we dive into EMDR and other wellness practices that might just be the key to unlocking a healthier, happier you. This conversation is all about embracing the messy, uncomfortable work of healing because when you know better, you do better.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of the Girl Stop Playing podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | It's your favorite home girl Corrielle. |
| 0:06.5 | Here to encourage you to stop playing with your potential and start working for what you want in life and in love. |
| 0:13.4 | You already know that I'm bringing you the information and the conversations to help you make the money and get the honey. |
| 0:22.9 | You can have it all as long as you are willing to work. And if you are connected with me on Instagram, which hopefully you are, |
| 0:28.9 | that's one of my favorite places to hang out, you already know that I had this whole selfish |
| 0:33.8 | summer going where I was really focusing on intentionally investing in self-care, |
| 0:40.2 | taking the sin out of the concept of being selfish. |
| 0:44.3 | And then I hosted an entire virtual summit to help y'all intentionally invest in wellness as well. |
| 0:50.9 | And so as I'm on my journey, I'm constantly connecting with amazing women, going down |
| 0:55.6 | these rabbit holes, doing my research, signing myself up for all of these different modalities |
| 1:00.8 | and therapies and all of these things that I'm trying on my healing journey. And one of the |
| 1:06.3 | modalities, I guess, that I have stumbled across and you may have heard of it as well. |
| 1:11.0 | It's called EMDR. If you don't know about it, which I doesn't know a little bit about it, |
| 1:17.0 | we're going to find out more about it in today's episode. And without further ado, I would like |
| 1:22.1 | to introduce you to Melissa Dumas. Now, I don't know if I butchered your last name. So I am definitely going to |
| 1:29.2 | start by giving you an opportunity to introduce yourself and let the audience know, who is Melissa? |
| 1:35.6 | Thank you so much for having me. You were close. It is Melissa Dumas and you are not the first to get |
| 1:41.8 | it wrong. It happens. but thank you for having me. |
| 1:45.0 | As you said, my name is Melissa Dumas. |
| 1:47.0 | I am a licensed marriage and family therapist located in California. |
| 1:51.0 | I am specially trained in EMDR. |
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