Lift OneSelf -Podcast

Lift OneSelf

Lift OneSelf Podcast - Mental Health, Healing & WellnessTransform your mental health through real stories and real-time healing practices. Host NatNat Be invites experts and everyday people to share their personal journeys navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, and emotional challenges, then guide you through the healing practices that helped them transform. Experience breathwork, meditation, somatic techniques, and therapy tools in real time. Whether you’re seeking emotional healing, stress relief, or personal growth strategies, you’ll find raw, authentic stories and actionable practices you can use immediately. This is emotional sobriety in action.This is LiftOneSelf.New episodes weekly.www.LiftOneSelf.com | @LiftOneSelfAnd remember always be kind to yourself.

  1. Batman Needed the Crime

    May 25

    Batman Needed the Crime

    Send us Fan Mail The world feels shaky, and the easiest trap to fall into is black and white thinking: a clean hero, a clear villain, and a fast emotional hit that keeps us reactive instead of reflective. We want certainty because it feels safe, but that safety can come at a cost. When we numb out or stay permanently triggered, we lose critical thinking, empathy, and the ability to see the full picture. We use an unexpected mirror to widen the lens: Batman and the Joker. As kids, many of us are taught to idolize the hero without questions. As adults, the Joker’s “crazy” rants about corruption and broken systems can start to sound like truth we can’t unhear. Then comes the uncomfortable layer most people skip: what if Batman needs the crime, not to save Gotham, but to avoid his own grief? What if the cape is an identity built around a wound, a way to stay busy, needed, and defended from feeling it all? From a somatic and emotional sobriety perspective, we explore how we’re conditioned to feel safe with the heroic and unsafe with the disruptive and why that’s often nervous system programming, not wisdom. We talk about holding contradiction, hearing truth without becoming destruction, and what real healing demands when the identity you built to survive starts to hold you back. If this resonates, share the episode with someone who’s tired of being pulled into extremes, subscribe for more, and leave a review so more people can find the work. What identity have you built around your wound, and what would have to die for you to lay it down? Support the show  READY TO GO DEEPER? 🔥 Emotional Sobriety Workshop – Full nervous system regulation practices and tools to help you live in a feeling body that thinks. Click Here 📞 1:1 Sessions – Work directly on your specific patterns. I specialize assisting those ready to move from managing actually living. Book 🎁 Free Somatic Practice Guide – Start regulating your nervous system today: Click Here 📅 Free 20-Minute Clarity Call 💛 SUPPORT THE SHOW If this conversation opened something in you a breath, a tear, a recognition you can support this work here: 👉  buymeacoffee.com/liftoneself Your support keeps these honest, healing-centered conversations alive . 🎥 PREFER VIDEO? YouTube: @LiftOneSelf 📬 STAY CONNECTED Website: LiftOneself.comEmail: liftoneself@gmail.comInstagram: @liftoneselfFacebook: facebook.com/liftoneselfRemember: The strongest thing you can do is ask for help. You're not alone.

    8 min
  2. You Already Know Who Keeps Breaking Your Wings

    Feb 10

    You Already Know Who Keeps Breaking Your Wings

    Send us Fan Mail  You already know who keeps breaking your wings. You've known for a while. So why are you still there? This episode tells the story of a scorpion and a butterfly, two beings who cannot coexist, even when they want to. It's not about good or bad. It's about incompatibility. And sometimes, love cannot grow where someone's patterns keep causing harm. We explore why you stay when you know better: the savior complex, the belief that your love can change someone, the fear that leaving means admitting you failed. We look at nervous system reflexes, trauma responses, and the gap between intention and safety. If you're the butterfly, you'll hear why choosing yourself isn't selfish, it's survival. If you're the scorpion, you'll hear why wanting to be good isn't the same as doing the work to become safe. Context isn't an excuse. It's a map. You don't owe anyone your wings. Support the show  READY TO GO DEEPER? 🔥 Emotional Sobriety Workshop – Full nervous system regulation practices and tools to help you live in a feeling body that thinks. Click Here 📞 1:1 Sessions – Work directly on your specific patterns. I specialize assisting those ready to move from managing actually living. Book 🎁 Free Somatic Practice Guide – Start regulating your nervous system today: Click Here 📅 Free 20-Minute Clarity Call 💛 SUPPORT THE SHOW If this conversation opened something in you a breath, a tear, a recognition you can support this work here: 👉  buymeacoffee.com/liftoneself Your support keeps these honest, healing-centered conversations alive . 🎥 PREFER VIDEO? YouTube: @LiftOneSelf 📬 STAY CONNECTED Website: LiftOneself.comEmail: liftoneself@gmail.comInstagram: @liftoneselfFacebook: facebook.com/liftoneselfRemember: The strongest thing you can do is ask for help. You're not alone.

    12 min
  3. You're Not Healing, You're Just Thinking About Healing

    Feb 3

    You're Not Healing, You're Just Thinking About Healing

    Send us Fan Mail Why does resilience feel so heavy? Because you're not actually feeling the pain you're bypassing it. In this final episode of the Emotional Sobriety series, I draw a bright line between understanding your patterns and actually embodying change. Real healing doesn't happen in the head alone, and "high-vibe only" positivity isn't healing it's just another way to numb. I share how I used spiritual concepts like armour, why "I'm feeling anger" invites space while "I am angry" collapses you into the emotion, and what changes when you stop thinking your way through feelings and actually drop into your body. What is emotional sobriety? The capacity to feel the full range of emotions: anger, fear, grief, joy without numbing, avoiding, or being hijacked by them. It's self-regulation without codependency. It's choosing your response instead of reacting from your wounds. I teach the first of three pillars Awareness and why awareness plus a pause equals presence. You'll hear Viktor Frankl's "space between stimulus and response" and how to widen that space so choice becomes possible in the moments that matter most. The practice: A guided mindful check-in you can use anytime you feel overwhelmed. Three questions: What am I feeling? Where do I feel it in my body? What does it need from me? The goal isn't perfection or never being triggered. It's freedom the freedom to feel without being destroyed by it, to be fully human without making it mean something's wrong with you. Stop thinking about healing. Start feeling it. Join the Emotional Sobriety Workshop at liftoneself.com for the full framework and somatic techniques. If this resonated, share it with someone who needs permission to stop performing their healing. Support the show  READY TO GO DEEPER? 🔥 Emotional Sobriety Workshop – Full nervous system regulation practices and tools to help you live in a feeling body that thinks. Click Here 📞 1:1 Sessions – Work directly on your specific patterns. I specialize assisting those ready to move from managing actually living. Book 🎁 Free Somatic Practice Guide – Start regulating your nervous system today: Click Here 📅 Free 20-Minute Clarity Call 💛 SUPPORT THE SHOW If this conversation opened something in you a breath, a tear, a recognition you can support this work here: 👉  buymeacoffee.com/liftoneself Your support keeps these honest, healing-centered conversations alive . 🎥 PREFER VIDEO? YouTube: @LiftOneSelf 📬 STAY CONNECTED Website: LiftOneself.comEmail: liftoneself@gmail.comInstagram: @liftoneselfFacebook: facebook.com/liftoneselfRemember: The strongest thing you can do is ask for help. You're not alone.

    24 min
  4. Befriending Anger To Reclaim Boundaries And Voice

    Jan 27

    Befriending Anger To Reclaim Boundaries And Voice

    Send us Fan Mail What if anger isn't the problem at all, but the protector standing guard over your boundaries, values, and deepest tenderness? In Episode 2 of the Emotional Sobriety series, we dismantle the myth of the "anger problem" and reveal the truth: anger isn't dangerous, untrained behavior and unprocessed pain are. When you learn to separate feeling from reaction, you discover a practical path from emotional hijack to clarity. What You'll Learn: Why anger is a bodyguard, not a villain and what it's actually protectingHow trauma layers turn present conflicts into past battlesThe hidden cost of the peacekeeper persona: exhaustion, resentment, and lost alivenessWhy grief and anger are inseparable (and how rage clears denial)The 4-step practice to communicate through anger instead of being hijacked by itReal Stories, Real Tools: A parenting example shows how old wounds distort present choices and how to protect connection while honouring boundaries. A client story reveals what happens when you bury anger for decades, and how giving it a voice reawakens joy, desire, and aliveness. Guided Practice Included: Join the mindful moment at 19:18 to ask your anger: "What are you protecting?" and begin befriending your most powerful ally. If you're ready to stop fearing your own heat and start using it as a compass, this episode offers grounded somatic tools and compassionate guidance. Support the show  READY TO GO DEEPER? 🔥 Emotional Sobriety Workshop – Full nervous system regulation practices and tools to help you live in a feeling body that thinks. Click Here 📞 1:1 Sessions – Work directly on your specific patterns. I specialize assisting those ready to move from managing actually living. Book 🎁 Free Somatic Practice Guide – Start regulating your nervous system today: Click Here 📅 Free 20-Minute Clarity Call 💛 SUPPORT THE SHOW If this conversation opened something in you a breath, a tear, a recognition you can support this work here: 👉  buymeacoffee.com/liftoneself Your support keeps these honest, healing-centered conversations alive . 🎥 PREFER VIDEO? YouTube: @LiftOneSelf 📬 STAY CONNECTED Website: LiftOneself.comEmail: liftoneself@gmail.comInstagram: @liftoneselfFacebook: facebook.com/liftoneselfRemember: The strongest thing you can do is ask for help. You're not alone.

    26 min
  5. Emotional Sobriety Part 1: Feeling Bodies That Think

    Jan 20

    Emotional Sobriety Part 1: Feeling Bodies That Think

    Send us Fan Mail What if your body is speaking first and your thoughts are just catching up? We kick off a three-part journey into emotional sobriety by reframing feelings and thoughts as information, not identity, and by teaching a grounded, practical way to listen from the neck down. Through personal story, science-informed insights, and a guided practice, we explore how childhood conditioning trained us to override our nervous system and why that keeps us stuck in loops of overthinking, exhaustion, and disconnection. I share how a health crisis forced me to stop analyzing emotions and start feeling them, and what changed when I learned to befriend fear instead of outrun it. We unpack the gap between insight and integration why you can explain your patterns yet repeat them and show how embodiment transforms triggers into signals. You'll learn simple steps to locate sensations, stay present without creating a story, and let memories surface just long enough to gather the message before returning to the breath. This approach builds capacity so emotions stop hijacking your day and start guiding your choices. We close by anchoring the practice of self-regulation alongside healthy co-regulation. When you can create safety within, intuition sharpens, discernment strengthens, and connection with others deepens because you're actually present. Consider this your invitation to come home to a feeling body that thinks, and to prepare for the next episode where we unpack one of the most misunderstood emotions: anger what it protects, why it's maligned, and how to befriend it. If this conversation resonates: Subscribe to Lift OneSelf, share it with someone living from the neck up, and leave a review to help more people discover the work. Ready to go deeper? Visit liftoneself.com for the Emotional Sobriety Workshop and one-on-one sessions. Support the show  READY TO GO DEEPER? 🔥 Emotional Sobriety Workshop – Full nervous system regulation practices and tools to help you live in a feeling body that thinks. Click Here 📞 1:1 Sessions – Work directly on your specific patterns. I specialize assisting those ready to move from managing actually living. Book 🎁 Free Somatic Practice Guide – Start regulating your nervous system today: Click Here 📅 Free 20-Minute Clarity Call 💛 SUPPORT THE SHOW If this conversation opened something in you a breath, a tear, a recognition you can support this work here: 👉  buymeacoffee.com/liftoneself Your support keeps these honest, healing-centered conversations alive . 🎥 PREFER VIDEO? YouTube: @LiftOneSelf 📬 STAY CONNECTED Website: LiftOneself.comEmail: liftoneself@gmail.comInstagram: @liftoneselfFacebook: facebook.com/liftoneselfRemember: The strongest thing you can do is ask for help. You're not alone.

    18 min
  6. Stop OverRiding Your Body's Signals

    Jan 13

    Stop OverRiding Your Body's Signals

    Send us Fan Mail You're exhausted, but you can't stop. You say yes when you mean no. You override the tightness in your chest and the knot in your stomach because you're supposed to be rational, agreeable, strong. But your body has been trying to tell you something. In this episode, we explore how to read your nervous system's signals, recognize the armor you're wearing, and recalibrate the magnet that keeps pulling in the wrong people. Practical examples included. If this episode is hitting home and you're tired of running the same patterns, I work 1:1 with high-functioning professionals to recalibrate their nervous systems. Book a free 20-minute clarity call: liftoneself.com/session Or grab my free somatic practice guide to start today: liftoneself.com/freegift Support the show  READY TO GO DEEPER? 🔥 Emotional Sobriety Workshop – Full nervous system regulation practices and tools to help you live in a feeling body that thinks. Click Here 📞 1:1 Sessions – Work directly on your specific patterns. I specialize assisting those ready to move from managing actually living. Book 🎁 Free Somatic Practice Guide – Start regulating your nervous system today: Click Here 📅 Free 20-Minute Clarity Call 💛 SUPPORT THE SHOW If this conversation opened something in you a breath, a tear, a recognition you can support this work here: 👉  buymeacoffee.com/liftoneself Your support keeps these honest, healing-centered conversations alive . 🎥 PREFER VIDEO? YouTube: @LiftOneSelf 📬 STAY CONNECTED Website: LiftOneself.comEmail: liftoneself@gmail.comInstagram: @liftoneselfFacebook: facebook.com/liftoneselfRemember: The strongest thing you can do is ask for help. You're not alone.

    24 min
  7. Start With One Promise

    Jan 11

    Start With One Promise

    Send us Fan Mail A bite-sized episode on how to actually create change when you're already exhausted. Hint: It starts with one promise. Support the show  READY TO GO DEEPER? 🔥 Emotional Sobriety Workshop – Full nervous system regulation practices and tools to help you live in a feeling body that thinks. Click Here 📞 1:1 Sessions – Work directly on your specific patterns. I specialize assisting those ready to move from managing actually living. Book 🎁 Free Somatic Practice Guide – Start regulating your nervous system today: Click Here 📅 Free 20-Minute Clarity Call 💛 SUPPORT THE SHOW If this conversation opened something in you a breath, a tear, a recognition you can support this work here: 👉  buymeacoffee.com/liftoneself Your support keeps these honest, healing-centered conversations alive . 🎥 PREFER VIDEO? YouTube: @LiftOneSelf 📬 STAY CONNECTED Website: LiftOneself.comEmail: liftoneself@gmail.comInstagram: @liftoneselfFacebook: facebook.com/liftoneselfRemember: The strongest thing you can do is ask for help. You're not alone.

    6 min
  8. Why Your Boundaries Don't Work | Understanding Sovereignty vs. Control

    Jan 9

    Why Your Boundaries Don't Work | Understanding Sovereignty vs. Control

    Send us Fan Mail Exhausted from setting boundaries that people keep crossing? The problem isn't them—it's that what you're calling "boundaries" are actually attempts at control. And control never works. In this episode, we break down the difference between: - Boundaries** (what you hold up against yourself) - Sovereignty** (choosing what you will and won't participate in) You'll discover: ✓ Why "you need to respect my boundaries" isn't actually a boundary ✓ The 4 questions to discern real harm vs. nervous system triggers   ✓ How to stop trying to control others and start making conscious choices ✓ Practical scripts you can use today: "I don't stay in conversations where there's yelling" ✓ The "flaky friend" and "critical parent" scenarios—how to set limits without villainizing ✓ The 6-step practice to reframe control impulses into sovereign choices This episode includes: - Body-based exercises to feel the difference in your nervous system - The 3 pillars of sovereignty: self-knowledge, accountability, regulation - How to know when to leave, when to speak, and when to pause - A grounding practice to integrate what emerges For high-functioning professionals exhausted from: → People-pleasing patterns → Boundaries that don't stick → Resentment from unspoken expectations → Not knowing if you should stay or go No therapy-speak shields. No rigid formulas. Just honest tools for real life. If someone specific came to mind while listening, share this episode with them. 🎧 Subscribe for weekly nervous system healing and emotional sobriety practices ⭐ Leave a review and share your biggest insight 💬 What boundary will you rewrite today? Send us a text: [your link] --- Mentioned in this episode: - Boundaries vs. control framework - The 4 discernment questions - Harm vs. trigger differentiation - Sovereignty pillars - 6-step practice for conscious choice-making If this episode is hitting home and you're tired of running the same patterns, I work 1:1 with high-functioning professionals to recalibrate their nervous systems. Book a free 20-minute clarity call: liftoneself.com/session Or grab my free somatic practice guide to start today: liftoneself.com/freegift Support the show  READY TO GO DEEPER? 🔥 Emotional Sobriety Workshop – Full nervous system regulation practices and tools to help you live in a feeling body that thinks. Click Here 📞 1:1 Sessions – Work directly on your specific patterns. I specialize assisting those ready to move from managing actually living. Book 🎁 Free Somatic Practice Guide – Start regulating your nervous system today: Click Here 📅 Free 20-Minute Clarity Call 💛 SUPPORT THE SHOW If this conversation opened something in you a breath, a tear, a recognition you can support this work here: 👉  buymeacoffee.com/liftoneself Your support keeps these honest, healing-centered conversations alive . 🎥 PREFER VIDEO? YouTube: @LiftOneSelf 📬 STAY CONNECTED Website: LiftOneself.comEmail: liftoneself@gmail.comInstagram: @liftoneselfFacebook: facebook.com/liftoneselfRemember: The strongest thing you can do is ask for help. You're not alone.

    32 min
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Lift OneSelf Podcast - Mental Health, Healing & WellnessTransform your mental health through real stories and real-time healing practices. Host NatNat Be invites experts and everyday people to share their personal journeys navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, and emotional challenges, then guide you through the healing practices that helped them transform. Experience breathwork, meditation, somatic techniques, and therapy tools in real time. Whether you’re seeking emotional healing, stress relief, or personal growth strategies, you’ll find raw, authentic stories and actionable practices you can use immediately. This is emotional sobriety in action.This is LiftOneSelf.New episodes weekly.www.LiftOneSelf.com | @LiftOneSelfAnd remember always be kind to yourself.

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  • Creator
    Lift OneSelf
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    255
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    Explicit
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