In the Nude: naked truth of healing

Rachel Abi
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Welcome to "In the Nude: Naked Truth of Healing," a raw and honest podcast diving deep into the journey of healing from trauma. Join us as we explore the tough and necessary aspects of healing without sugarcoating. From overcoming adversity to gaining resilience, we cover it all to support your healing journey. Tune in for candid conversations, practical tools, and a community that understands. Let's heal together.

  1. 16h ago

    y Emotions Feel Too Big to Handle | Somatic Tools for Trauma Healing

    Your feelings come in like a flood. So you shove them down, or they explode out sideways, and either way you end up thinking something is wrong with you. What if your emotions aren't the problem? What if they're messages from your body, and power you were never taught how to use? In this episode of In the Nude: The Naked Truth of Healing, Rachel Abi breaks down how sadness, anger, breathwork, and body awareness can help you stop spiraling, set real boundaries, and finally feel safe inside your own life. If you grew up with emotionally immature or authoritarian parents, live with CPTSD, or learned early that your feelings were "too much," this is the episode that shows you what to do instead of suppressing. In this episode: - How to reframe anger and sadness as information instead of enemies - Why emotions crest and fall like a wave, and how to ride the cycle instead of drowning in it - Simple somatic tools: bilateral stimulation, body scans, and long exhales - How quiet moments, music, journaling, and small rituals help you process instead of suppress - Why breathwork is one of the fastest ways to move from reaction back to choice - The morning and bedtime resets Rachel uses to rebuild trust with her body The traits you've been calling flaws may be gifts that only need redirecting. Take the breath. Make the space. Start seeing the magic that's already in you. Topics: trauma healing, CPTSD recovery, emotional regulation, nervous system regulation, somatic healing, anger, grief, breathwork, reparenting yourself, boundaries

  2. 2d ago

    Beyond People-Pleasing & Powerlessness: How to Stop Dissociating and Reclaim Your Authentic Essence

    Have you ever felt like your reactions completely hijack you: leaving you shut down, pleasing everyone else, or drowning in a sudden wave of shame and overwhelm? When you’ve lived with chronic stress or trauma, your nervous system learns to survive by building heavy defensive walls. But those exact defenses are what keep you feeling exhausted, isolated, and powerless today. In this episode of In the Nude: Naked Truth of Healing, Rachel Abi is joined by therapist and author of Transform: Tune In to Turn On Your Authentic Self, Joni L. Davis. Together, they break down the profound difference between simply reacting to your triggers and actually transforming them from the inside out. Drawing from 25 years of therapeutic wisdom alongside Rachel’s raw, lived experience with childhood wound patterns and dissociation, this conversation offers a practical, body-based map out of survival mode. You’ll learn how to stop outrunning your feelings, drop the need to defend yourself, and step into the calm, clear essence qualities that make you feel genuinely alive. In this episode, we unpack: The Powerlessness Trap: How deep-seated feelings of helplessness quietly drive people-pleasing, self-criticism, and automatic reactivity. The Body’s Memory: Why your nervous system confuses present-day situations with old past pain—and how to break the link. A 5-Second Nervous System Reset: How simple internal truths and body validations instantly settle high-stress responses. Shifting the Question: Why moving from "Who is right?" to "What is true in my body right now?" changes everything in your relationships. Moving Beyond Victim Perception: Practical ways to replace self-blame with genuine self-compassion, curiosity, and internal trust. Healing Dissociation: Learning how to safely stay present with uncomfortable emotions instead of shutting down or escaping. You are not your defense mechanisms, and your past pain doesn't get to dictate your future. It’s time to stop surviving your reactions and step into a life where you get to breathe, feel joy, and truly thrive. Timestamps:(00:00) The cost of defensive living and reacting (04:12) Unpacking powerlessness as the root of people-pleasing (09:45) Why your body treats today's triggers like past trauma (15:30) Simple truths: A quick tool to ground your nervous system (22:10) Breaking dissociation and learning to stay present in your body (29:05) Moving from blame to radical self-compassion (36:40) Reclaiming your core essence and authentic self (45:15) Joni’s practical framework for daily transformation Want more Joni? https://www.jonildavis.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Transform-Tune-Turn-Your-Authentic/dp/B0GY28YLP3/ https://www.instagram.com/transformationships/

  3. Oct 22

    I Keep Spiraling and I Don’t Know Why | Reparenting & Self-Trust

    You keep spiraling. You know something has to change. But every time you try to look honestly at your life, the shame gets there first.What if the problem isn't that you're broken, but that no one ever taught you how to name where you are without turning it into proof against yourself?In this episode of In the Nude: The Naked Truth of Healing, Rachel Abi shares the pattern she found after years of failure, betrayal, heartbreak, and chaos: you can't build a life you love while fighting yourself from the inside. If you grew up with emotionally immature or authoritarian parents, live with CPTSD, or tend to turn everything inward, this is the skill most healing advice skips.In this episode:- Why acceptance is not the same as liking what is- How childhood coping patterns still shape your adult reactions- A simple writing exercise to uncover the thoughts you keep repeating- How to turn "what I don't want" into a clear vision of what you do want- The future-self practice that helps you act from compassion instead of shame- Why sadness and anger can be signals of your worth, not proof that something is wrong with youHealing isn't about fixing who you are. It's about changing how you relate to yourself long enough to create a different future.You are not broken. You are not too much. You are allowed to want more.Topics: trauma healing, CPTSD recovery, reparenting yourself, emotionally immature parents, self-trust, shame, self-abandonment, survival mode, inner child work, overthinking

  4. Oct 20

    The Lie of "Fixing Yourself": How to Stop Overthinking and Heal in the Present Moment

    Are you exhausted from overanalyzing your trauma, trying to "think" your way out of survival mode, and constantly waiting for the day you finally feel whole? In this episode of In the Nude: Naked Truth of Healing, Rachel Abi sits down with hypnotherapist, astrologer, and author of Soul Fusion Healing, Marvin Wilkerson, for a deep, unfiltered conversation on what it truly takes to move out of chronic stress and step into a life of authentic thrive. If trauma has left you feeling disconnected from your body, hypervigilant, or constantly grasping for a sense of safety, this episode is your permission slip to stop fighting your mind. Marvin breaks down why our deeply held beliefs are often just constructed fictions, how overthinking keeps us trapped in anxiety and depression, and why your emotional body—not your analytical brain—holds the real roadmap home to yourself. In this episode, we unpack: Unlearning Dogma & Reclaiming Self-Trust: How to transition from external rules to internal knowing. The Scarcity Trap: Why desperately grasping for healing or specific outcomes actually blocks the peace you desire. Beliefs as Fiction: How seeing your mind's narratives for what they are can immediately lighten your mental load. Pain as a Signal, Not a Failure: Reframing physical symptoms, anxiety, and conflict as messages pointing you back to presence. Self-Healing Realities: Why no coach or therapist fixes you—you hold the innate power to heal yourself when given the right space and tools. A Simple Daily Integration: Marvin’s core practice for living your excitement, letting go of the outcome, and anchoring deeply into the now. Stop trying to solve your life from the same hyper-vigilant mind that kept you safe in the past. It’s time to drop into the present moment, reconnect with your soul’s blueprint, and start feeling the joy that’s waiting for you here. Want more Marvin? https://a.co/d/08MdUzwshttps://soulfusionhealing.com/ https://blhypnosis.com/ https://www.astromarv.com/ https://www.instagram.com/betterlifehypnosis1/ https://www.tiktok.com/@astromarv3

  5. Oct 15

    I Know What's Wrong With Me. So Why Can't I Change? | Trauma Healing & Reparenting

    You know exactly why you are the way you are. You've read the books, named the patterns, maybe even traced it all back to your childhood. So why does nothing change? Season 3 of In the Nude: The Naked Truth of Healing opens with a hard truth: healing doesn't happen in your head. It happens in your body, your habits, and the tiniest actions you repeat. If you grew up with emotionally immature or authoritarian parents, live with CPTSD, or tend to turn everything inward, you may have become an expert at understanding your pain without ever being taught how to move through it. Rachel Abi calls this "comprehension without integration," and in this season opener she explains why insight alone keeps you stuck, why your brain keeps handing you the life it already knows, and how to tolerate discomfort long enough to build something new. In this episode: - Why the goal isn't to fix yourself, but to stop abandoning yourself - Why money, relationships, or appearance can't create internal change - How tiny physical actions (drinking water, showering, putting on shoes, eating one real meal) become the foundation of healing - How to set a bare minimum that proves to your nervous system you're worth showing up for - Why compassionate, honest people around you change everything Compassion without lies. Truth without polish. Practical steps you can actually use. You are not broken. You are not a bother. You are not behind. Start here. Topics: trauma healing, CPTSD recovery, reparenting yourself, emotionally immature parents, nervous system regulation, self-abandonment, neurodivergent healing, overthinking, inner child work, healing habits

  6. Sep 8

    Why You Escape: Unpacking “-isms” and Under and Over-Functioning Trauma Response

    If you are exhausted from using work, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or substances to manage the silent weight of burnout, this deep, transformative conversation reveals why changing the surface behavior never fixes the trauma underneath: and how to finally meet the version of yourself that doesn't need to run.Why do so many "successful" lives still feel emotionally frozen on the inside? When we experience unresolved trauma or childhood disconnection, our survival brain learns to trade authenticity for attachment: using coping mechanisms like overworking, hyper-control, perfectionism, or chemical escapes just to feel safe and accepted. But changing the behavior alone never heals the root cause. When you treat the symptom without tending to the nervous system wound, shame takes over, locking you into an endless cycle of escape, burnout, and self-abandonment.If you feel like you have tried everything, keep circling the same patterns, or suspect that the very thing you are avoiding is what will set you free, you are not broken. Your survival habits make total sense.In this powerful, eye-opening episode of In the Nude: Naked Truth of Healing, host Rachel Abi sits down with renowned addiction and recovery expert Jeanne Foot (founder of The Recovery Concierge and Naturally High) to unpack what it actually takes to heal addiction, trauma, and emotional disconnection from the root.Together, they share direct, actionable insights on how black-and-white thinking keeps us trapped, why ego is often just a shield for hidden fear, and how to transition from white-knuckle survival into true somatic peace.What We Unpack in This Root-Cause Conversation:The Hidden Mechanics of Escape: Why high-functioning adults use workaholism, control, and substances to numb unprocessed emotional pain.Treating Root Causes vs. Symptoms: How trauma reshapes your identity and why self-compassion, not shame or harsh discipline, is the ultimate turning point for change.Becoming the Scientist of Your Life: Practical tools using somatic healing, hypnotherapy, NLP, and breathwork to observe your patterns without judgment.Micro-Actions over Dramatic Breakthroughs: How movement, sleep, nervous system regulation, and journaling create sustainable, long-term emotional freedom.Rebuilding Self-Trust: Rachel and Jeanne share lived experiences of burnout and rebuilding, offering a realistic path to softening your defenses and creating a life that actually feels like home.Healing is not a rigid destination or a test of perfection: it is a daily practice of returning to yourself. Tune in to stop surviving on autopilot, clear the old survival patterns, and step into an authentic life of unshakeable calm, agency, and peace.Where you can find more Jeanne Foot? https://therecoveryconcierge.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/naturally-high/id1585263254https://www.instagram.com/therecovery_concierge/

  7. Sep 3

    The "Google Maps" Rule for Inner Child Healing: How Childhood Trauma Conditioning Shapes Your Beliefs and How to Reprogram Your Subconscious

    If you find yourself overfunctioning in relationships, accepting crumbs of affection, or constantly trying to earn the love you already deserve:this raw, eye-opening episode reveals why your brain keeps running an outdated survival script, and how to finally break the cycle. What if the heavy belief crushing your daily life isn't an absolute truth, but simply an old survival story your brain created to keep you safe as a child? When you grow up surrounded by emotional unpredictability, conditional approval, or attachment wounds, your subconscious mind adopts core protection scripts like "I am unlovable," "I am unworthy," or "I have to be perfect to be safe." Decades later, those exact childhood wounds quietly run the show—shaping how you handle conflict, driving you to overwork, and locking you into exhausting patterns of people-pleasing and self-doubt. If you are tired of self-improvement that feels like endless, exhausting work, or you're ready to stop handing your power over to past betrayals, you are not broken. You are simply stuck in a subconscious loop. In this deeply personal and practical episode of In the Nude: Naked Truth of Healing, host Rachel Abi unpacks why so many of us overfunction, over-deliver, and trade our authenticity for peace. She traces how childhood conditioning creates the rigid patterns we carry into adult relationships, and breaks down why your daily actions reveal what you actually believe about your worth—regardless of how many positive affirmations you repeat. Rachel introduces her game-changing "Google Maps" approach to belief reprogramming: a hands-on, action-based strategy to map out where you currently are, interrupt old survival stories, and build unshakeable self-trust through conscious, grounded choices. What We Unpack in This Naked Conversation: The Subconscious Origins of Overfunctioning: Why you settle for crumbs in relationships and feel the constant urge to earn love, safety, and validation. The "Google Maps" Framework: How to rewrite deep-seated core beliefs ("I'm not enough," "I'm unlovable") through small, aligned actions instead of forced positive thinking. Past & Future Illusion: Why trauma makes your imagination masquerade as certainty—and how to pull your nervous system back into the present moment. Shifting from Resistance to Choice: How to stop fighting old triggers and start responding with calm, conscious, and firm boundaries. Reclaiming Self-Worth: How to drop self-protection mechanisms, lay down the weight of overwork and resentment, and give yourself permission to take up space. You do not have to spend the rest of your life living from wounds that were never yours to carry. Tune in to stop surviving past stories, step out of relational anxiety, and start building a life that feels like genuine peace, joy, and self-trust.

  8. Sep 1

    What Are You Pretending Not to Know? Shame, Ego-Driven Ambition, and the Truth About Body-Based Healing with Jay Sefton

    If you are torn between chasing your big ambitions and longing for quiet peace, exhausted from white-knuckling your way through shame spirals, and tired of generic self-help advice that leaves you feeling empty... this grounded, disarmingly honest conversation will show you how to finally come back to your body. When you grow up in an environment shaped by emotional unintelligence, rigid expectations, or a high-control background, you learn early that shame is a survival mechanism. You internalize the belief that you are never doing enough, turn your ambition into an exhausting hustle, and let the quiet fear of scarcity run your life. Years later, you might find yourself stuck in a cycle of striving for the next achievement, only to feel deeply disconnected, anxious, and defeated when it fails to bring you lasting peace. Shame, scarcity, and ego do not just disappear on their own. They silently shape every choice you make until you learn how to actively interrupt them in real time. In this thoughtful, practical conversation on In the Nude: Naked Truth of Healing, host Rachel Abi sits down with actor and mental health professional Jay Sefton to unpack the hidden crossover between theater and therapy. Drawing from 25 years in acting and his transition into mental health work, Jay shares how body awareness, silence, and the Meisner technique become powerful somatic tools for coming home to yourself. Rachel brings her own raw healing journey into the mix, turning this dialogue into an accessible, unvarnished blueprint for shifting from harsh self-judgment to authentic self-trust. Together, they strip away the performance of "fixing yourself" and dive into what it actually takes to regulate your nervous system on your hardest days. You will learn how to recognize when your motivation is nourishing you versus when it is draining your spirit, why resistance isn't a sign to give up, and how small, body-based actions rebuild self-worth faster than any positive affirmation ever could. What We Unpack in This Naked Conversation: The Intersection of Acting and Therapy: Why listening, somatic presence, and dropping the social mask on stage are the exact same tools required for deep personal healing. Deconstructing Ego-Driven Striving: The crucial difference between healthy drive that fuels your soul and ego-driven ambition that leaves you feeling hollow and exhausted. Interrupting Emotional Spirals: Practical somatic tools—including breathwork, body regulation, and "naming the weird thing out loud"—to stop anxiety and shame before they overwhelm you. Reframing Resistance: Why feeling stuck or hesitant isn't a stop sign, but an invitation to move forward with more radical honesty and less shame. Building Your Personal Litmus Test: How to tune into your physical body to discern what truly makes you feel alive versus what you are doing just to satisfy external validation. You do not have to earn your right to exist or prove your worth through relentless effort. Your way is allowed to be your way. Tune in to step out of the mental prison of performance, stop pretending not to know your truth, and discover practical principles to traverse this world with more ease, honesty, and peace. Want more Jay? https://www.unreconciledtheplay.com/ https://www.instagram.com/unreconciledtheplay/?hl=enhttps://jaysefton.com/

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Welcome to "In the Nude: Naked Truth of Healing," a raw and honest podcast diving deep into the journey of healing from trauma. Join us as we explore the tough and necessary aspects of healing without sugarcoating. From overcoming adversity to gaining resilience, we cover it all to support your healing journey. Tune in for candid conversations, practical tools, and a community that understands. Let's heal together.

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