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. 3d ago

    When Old Trauma Resurfaces: How to Stop the Self-Criticism Loop, Regulate Your Body, and Reclaim Inner Peace

    If you have been doing "all the right healing work" but still find yourself spiraling into old self-doubt, fear, and the quiet weight of "not being enough": this raw, compassionate conversation is your blueprint to stop surviving your life and finally start enjoying it. We are often told that healing is a straight line, but the reality is much messier. You can make incredible progress, only for an unexpected trigger, setback, or old wound to pull you right back into familiar mental loops of self-criticism, anxiety, and exhaustion. When you spent years operating in survival mode: managing everyone else’s needs, guarding against betrayal, or fighting to prove your worth, learning how to simply step into calm, peace, and genuine joy can feel terrifyingly unfamiliar. True emotional freedom isn't about never getting triggered again; it’s about knowing how to safely navigate your way back to yourself when you do. In this disarmingly honest episode of In the Nude: Naked Truth of Healing, host Rachel Abi strips away the pressure of toxic positivity to explore what it actually takes to break free from the cage of harsh self-judgment. She validates the uncomfortable reality of emotional setbacks, reframing them not as failures, but as gentle invitations to reconnect with your physical body, ground yourself in the present moment, and practice radical self-compassion. Rachel walks you through the exact, practical tools she uses to process heavy emotions instead of burying them, replace harmful inner narratives with softer truths, and face small daily fears. Most importantly, she shares how to regulate your nervous system so you can stop white-knuckle surviving and finally build a life rich with calm, ease, and unapologetic self-expression. What We Unpack in This Naked Conversation: The Myth of Linear Healing: Why old triggers and wounds resurface even after major progress—and how to navigate setbacks without shame. Rewriting the "Not Enough" Narrative: Actionable mindset shifts to interrupt harsh self-criticism and cultivate a gentler, more supportive internal voice. Somatic Grounding & Processing: Practical ways to feel through difficult emotions in your body instead of suppressing them or staying stuck in your head. Making Room for Authentic Joy: How to regulate your nervous system so you can safely drop your guard, embrace your unique quirks, and experience real peace. Small Choices, Big Freedom: Daily micro-habits that build long-term emotional resilience, help you overcome fear, and allow you to truly thrive. You do not have to earn your right to enjoy your life, nor do you need to be "fully fixed" to experience deep peace right now. Tune in to step out of the mental loops of survival, reconnect with your authentic truth, and reclaim your natural state of joy.

  2. 6d ago

    Why You Keep Repeating the Same Patterns | Healing Childhood Trauma, Limiting Beliefs & the Hidden Roots of Self-Sabotage

    Have you ever wondered... "Why do I keep ending up here?" "Why do I know what needs to change, but I still can't seem to change it?" "Why do I keep people pleasing, overthinking, shutting down, or choosing relationships that hurt me?" If you've asked yourself those questions, this conversation is for you. In this deeply honest episode of In the Nude: The Naked Truth of Healing, Rachel sits down with Dr. Judith Swack, biochemist, immunologist, master NLP practitioner, hypnotherapist, and pioneer in energy psychology, to explore why trauma often lives far deeper than our conscious thoughts. Many of us spend years trying to heal through insight alone. We understand our childhood. We recognize unhealthy patterns. We know our triggers. Yet we still find ourselves repeating the same behaviors. Why? According to Dr. Swack, the answer often lies beneath conscious awareness. Together, Rachel and Dr. Swack unpack how childhood trauma, complex trauma, emotional neglect, religious trauma, limiting beliefs, and subconscious survival patterns become stored throughout the mind and body, quietly shaping our relationships, self-worth, health, boundaries, and everyday decisions. They explore why traditional approaches sometimes leave people feeling frustrated and stuck, and introduce practical techniques designed to help uncover and shift the deeper beliefs driving those patterns. In this episode you'll discover: • Why understanding your trauma isn't always enough to heal it • How limiting beliefs formed in childhood continue shaping adult relationships • Why people pleasing, perfectionism, anxiety, self-doubt, and emotional overwhelm are often survival adaptations • How subconscious beliefs influence your nervous system, body, and sense of safety • Practical exercises Dr. Swack uses to help uncover deeply rooted emotional blocks • Why healing isn't about becoming someone new, but uncovering who you were before trauma taught you who you had to be Whether you're healing from childhood trauma, CPTSD, emotional abuse, religious trauma, chronic anxiety, perfectionism, people pleasing, or simply feel exhausted from repeating the same patterns, this conversation offers a compassionate perspective that may help explain why healing can feel so difficult, even when you're trying so hard. This isn't about finding another formula. It's about understanding yourself more deeply. Because healing isn't about becoming a different person. It's about finally coming home to the person you've always been underneath the survival strategies. If you've ever felt like you're "doing all the work" but still feel stuck, this episode will remind you that you're not broken, you're not behind, and you're certainly not alone. Want more Dr Judith? https://www.hblu.org/ https://www.amazon.com/Clear-Trauma-Now-Powerful-Solution/dp/1961493845 https://www.instagram.com/hblu_drjudithswack/

  3. Aug 13

    Why You Keep Making the Same Mistakes: How to Stop Striving, Reclaim Your Peace, and Heal Childhood Unworthiness

    If you are deeply exhausted from constantly striving, trapped in a loop of making the same mistakes, and feeling completely alone because you cannot seem to hustle your way into peace... this raw conversation is your permission slip to stop performing and start living. When you grow up in a behavior-focused environment with emotionally unintelligent parents or inside a high-control religious background, you learn early that your worth is tied directly to your performance. You became an expert at predicting what everyone else needed, managing your reputation, and striving for achievements to feel safe. Years later, you might not even realize you are carrying the invisible, crushing weight of Complex PTSD (CPTSD). You just know you are tired, trapped by your own thoughts, and frustrated that no matter how much you achieve, it never feels like enough. The truth is, your brain is hardwired to predict and relapse into familiar survival patterns. When change feels uncomfortable or terrifying, your nervous system defaults to what it knows: over-analyzing, control, and relentless effort. Most wellness advice tells you to try harder or follow a rigid 5-step formula, which leaves you feeling defeated when your mind naturally freaks out over the unknown. You are left secretly waiting for someone or something to rescue you, while drowning in the quiet noise of life. In this deeply personal and honest episode of In the Nude: Naked Truth of Healing, Rachel Abi unravels the illusion that achievement equals happiness. Sharing candid reflections from her own seasons of change, Rachel reveals how childhood experiences of feeling left out or unworthy shape our adult cycles of regret, self-doubt, and perfectionism. This isn't just philosophy; it is an accessible, practical lifeline to help you step out of the mental prison of "more, faster, better" and into a state of quiet confidence. You will learn why true transformation begins not when we force our lives into a rigid box, but when we choose to pause, breathe, and choose gentle presence right now. What We Unpack in This Naked Conversation: The Default Mode Network: How your brain’s need for predictability creates cycles of regret, anxiety, and self-sabotage, and how to interrupt those loops. Releasing External Validation: Unraveling the lie that your reputation, achievements, or accolades determine your value. Simple Grounding Practices: Practical, sensory-based ways to anchor yourself in the present moment using simple cues like deep breathing and environmental awareness. From Hustle to Quiet Presence: Why choosing gratitude, calm, and small daily acts of care breaks the endless cycle of undue striving. Embracing Real Impact: Rachel’s personal story on finding purpose and navigating change without needing to control every outcome. Every moment spent chasing results is a moment lost in disconnection. You do not have to carry this difficulty alone anymore. Tune in to step out of survival mode, stop fighting your own thoughts, and discover how love and self-compassion conquer fear, one small choice at a time.

  4. Aug 11

    Feeling frustrated making the same mistakes? Secret to thriving: Embracing Silence

    Silence can feel terrifying.  A life filled with noise, trauma and dysregulation: I found silence triggering. This episode walks through not only the truth of the impact and power of silence and it's direct correlation to your having more peace but also how to take baby steps that won't cause triggers. We all know we need to wash our body or brush our teeth but scoff at the idea of silence, rest and play BUT it is a deeply needed "wash" of our brain and feelings.  Silence literally helps your body, brain and soul.  It helps your cardiovascular system, your immune system, your sleep, it aids brain regeneration, helps creativity, enhances focus and aids processing emotions instead of them getting locked up in the body.  This conversation isn't getting into the muck of the scientific benefits as much as it is an emphasis on how to cultivate it simply within your life now. Taking the concept and applying it in real ways and real actions that can help it feel less confusing and more integrated.  The noise of life can get in the way of us really living our life and thriving in it. A simple proof of this is one of the only moments of silence we have is right before we go to sleep: How often is your brain just throwing words and thoughts at you that you struggle to fall asleep. Andrew's practical challenge is to listen to your favorite song and just listen. It doesn't have to look like long meditations or silent retreats: it can look like focused breathing for 90 seconds.  Start where you are with what you can: tangibly making your life better in sustainable ways.  Want to more Andrew? https://artoflivingretreatcenter.org/https://www.instagram.com/andrew.keaveney/ https://www.facebook.com/andrew.keaveney.5/ https://substack.com/profile/1390952-andrew-keaveney/note/c-296793210

  5. Aug 6

    The Truth About Why Changing Your Life Feels So Exhausting: How Small Daily Choices Rewire Childhood Trauma

    If you are exhausted from trying to change your life, completely defeated because you keep making the same mistakes, and feeling deeply isolated in a struggle nobody else seems to talk about... this raw conversation is the honest, practical compass you have been waiting for. When you grow up with behavior-focused, emotionally unintelligent parents or inside a high-control religious environment, you learn very early that your worth is tied to your performance. You were taught that following the rules perfectly kept you safe, while your true feelings, boundaries, and needs were treated like an inconvenience. Years later, you might not even realize you are carrying the invisible weight of Complex PTSD (CPTSD). You just know you are deeply tired, struggling with constant self-doubt, and trapped in an exhausting loop of trying to fix your life without ever feeling like you are actually thriving. You are not broken, and you are not failing. You are navigating the terrifying reality of trying to unlearn a childhood script that taught you to abandon yourself. Most people make healing sound like a clean, 5-step formula, which leaves you feeling completely alone and defeated when your brain naturally freaks out over the unknown. You might find yourself secretly waiting for someone to rescue you or fix the pain, only to fall back into old patterns of self-protection and self-sabotage. In this heartfelt, deeply vulnerable episode of In The Nude, Rachel Abi breaks down how love actually conquers fear when change feels uncomfortable and terrifying. Sharing raw personal memories of feeling excluded, unworthy, and invisible as a child, Rachel reveals how those early wounds silently create our adult patterns of self-doubt and relationship anxiety. This is an honest, practical guide to true transformation. You will learn why beliefs are simply repeated actions, and why real healing does not happen through a massive overnight overhaul. Instead, it happens through tiny, consistent acts of daily care that slowly teach your nervous system a brand-new truth: that you are worthy, lovable, and capable of creating a life you actually enjoy. What We Unpack in This Naked Conversation: Dismantling the Rescue Fantasy: Why waiting for someone else to complete or save you keeps you stuck in childhood patterns, and how to safely take your power back. The Science of Small Actions: How micro-habits like stretching, taking a short walk, showering, or practicing a quiet breath physically teach your brain that you are worthy of love. Unpacking the Exclusion Wound: How childhood memories of feeling left out or hyper-criticized by emotionally unavailable parents create your adult fear of change. Moving Beyond Toxic Formulas: Why healing from a hard childhood is messy, non-linear, and requires radical self-compassion rather than rigid rules. Choosing Love Over Fear: Practical somatic tools to help you show up for yourself when your nervous system is screaming at you to run back to what is familiar. Finding access to this conversation can directly alter how you treat yourself on your darkest days. You do not have to navigate this difficulty alone anymore. Tune in to step out of survival mode and start building a life rooted in genuine self-worth.

  6. Aug 4

    Your past DOESN'T dictate your future: embracing your worth the true path to your fitness goals

    If I asked you to name 3 things you hated about yourself you could likely without any time write that list: we have been taught to critique ourselves, shame our bodies, and all the while quietly take on loads that aren't ours.  This pattern we follow like those before us is digging our own grave: the grave of our souls, hearts bodies AND the ability to have a life we love. If we want to have a different life and feel differently we have to be willing to do, think and be different. Self worth and self acceptance IS that work.  Not a rest when you achieve. Not reward when you are productive enough. Not love when you are that size INSTEAD seeing the powerhouse you are in this exact moment and embracing this current version of you fully loving and accepting it, holding it's hand with the love you never received and SHOWING yourself that you are lovable by being the first person to do so.  Bringing that acceptance to the table and decompressing the beliefs that aren't working for us is the real magic to getting weight to drop off and achieving the joy and peace you desire. Stop waiting to see yourself as loveable and worth it and start being it for yourself: listen to hear practical tools and steps to get you towards a life you love.  Want more Ramona? https://ramonakcoaching.com/https://www.instagram.com/ramonakcoaching/

  7. Jul 30

    Time travel, gratitude and actually living a life of your dreams

    What if you could really have a life you loved?  One you woke up excited about. What if you could really take giant strides towards gaining yourself that life. What if I told you it was time travel? What if i told you the gateway to timetravel is gratitude? After 3 years of healing and very little movement forward and loads of anger: i learned a lesson about acceptance, grace and love.  A lesson about belief systems how they impact our lives AND how to shift them without feeling fake. This episode I breakdown a simple shift you can do for yourself. It isn't a how to guide with three easy steps but it is a perspective that you can pull out and see each individual situation in your life and with that you can gain the personal weighted knowledge on what to do within your own power. Let's change the story. Let's gain a life bigger than the dreams of our childhoodself. Let's really live.

  8. Jul 28

    Why You Still Feel Stuck (Even After the Trauma Is Over)2

    In this raw and honest episode of In the Nude: The Naked Truth of Healing, Rachel sits down with Dr. Christopher Cortman: a licensed psychologist with over 40 years of clinical experience and more than 85,000 psychotherapy sessions : to explore forgiveness, resentment, trauma recovery, grief, and emotional healing. For many people living with CPTSD, religious trauma, high-control upbringing wounds, or chronic anxiety, forgiveness can feel impossible. Dr. Cortman explains why bitterness often becomes a form of protection, how resentment can shield us from vulnerability, and why holding onto anger may keep us emotionally stuck long after the original harm occurred. The conversation dives into one of the most misunderstood topics in trauma healing: the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. Forgiveness is about releasing the emotional grip of the past; reconciliation is about rebuilding trust and intimacy = and those are not the same thing. Rachel and Dr. Cortman also discuss grief, unresolved trauma, emotional triggers, nervous system responses, and guided imagery therapy. They explore how unfinished pain can shape relationships, self-worth, and daily life for years, and how intentionally revisiting painful memories in a safe therapeutic context can help people process, reframe, and release what they’ve been carrying. This episode challenges the belief that time heals all wounds. Instead, it offers a compassionate and practical path toward healing through facing the pain, telling the truth, feeling the feelings, and choosing acceptance.If you’re healing from childhood trauma, emotional abuse, religious trauma, toxic relationships, or complex PTSD, this conversation will help you understand how forgiveness can become an act of self-liberation, peace, and coming home to yourself. Want more of Dr. Cortman in your life? https://srqshrink.com/ https://www.instagram.com/drchristophercortman/ https://www.tiktok.com/ ⁨@drchristophercortman⁩  https://www.youtube.com/@drchristophercortman

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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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