Episode #12 - Beating Addiction Saved My Life with Jen McKenzie
Episode #12 - Beating Addiction Saved My Life with Jen McKenzie
In this podcast, Anna is with Jen, a qualified life coach, spiritual mentor, and holistic therapist and they talk about finding strength and purpose going forward in life as an empath. Jen shared her struggles with self-confidence and self-worth and how she started to learn the importance of learning about her triggers, her past traumas, and how it affected her behavior, and how to deal and understand her emotions better.
We also covered the:
02:36 - Understanding the brain
03:38 - Feeling things deeply
04:20 - Childhood journey
06:34 - Resilience
07:58 - Going through changes
12:09 - Dealing with irrationality
15:20 - Lingering sense of not being good enough
17:33 - Leaving a toxic relationship
19:12 - Suicide attempt
24:01 - On medication-free
26:25 - Learning about your triggers
29:34 - Trauma responses
30:35 - Naming your feelings
34:30 - Pain dumping
By identifying your feelings, you give yourself a chance a explore more about the dynamics of your emotions and allow you to elicit healthier responses to situations.
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