Does your brain sometimes feel like a very uncomfortable or even threatening place?

If so, you are not alone and you are also neither broken nor flawed. Being a modern human often comes with challenging experiences of aloneness, isolation, as well as relational, cultural and intergenerational trauma and the ways our brains react to these difficulties is normal and makes sense. This is what my guest today teaches. Sarah Peyton is an international speaker and neuroscience educator and the bestselling author of Your Resonant Self: Guided Meditations And Exercises To Engage Your Brain's Capacity For Healing.

Sarah's mission is to help us transform our brain into a kinder, cozier place to live.

In this discussion with Sarah, you'll learn:

-What Sarah does and how she came to her vocation...03:00

-An example of trans generational healing...06:05

-When you come from a "normal and wonderful childhood" but still have issues...10:25

-Two polarities: heightened emotions or feeling nothing...11:50

-Healing shame by identifying broken contracts...14:55

-Find the answers for your unconscious contracts: "I will never ______ because ______"...19:20

-The difference between self-worth and self-compassion...20:45

-The importance of naming your emotions (illuminated amygdala)...23:40

-Other people's emotions are not my responsibility...27:30

-Ariane's ketamine infusion therapy treatment testimony...30:55

-Neural garden; the brain network theory...34:22

-Default mode network; how to use it well...39:00

-If the brain is giving you a hard time, it is trauma, not truth...44:05

-The only way to manage rage besides attaching it to love, is to turn down the volume on everything...45:50

-The global opioid addiction crisis is related to ceasing to gather together...47:30

-Trauma is very isolating; success can be very isolating too...48:50

-Contracts are a great starting place for dealing with CPTSD...50:25

-The one practice that has elevated Sarah's life personally...52:40

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Your Resonant Self book and workbook

Sarah's website