The Self-Trust Podcast

Emily Romero
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Welcome to The Self-Trust Podcast! Your guide to turning down the external noise and turning up your inner knowing. Join Emily, long time trauma therapist turned bestselling author and creator of The Self-Trust Model™. From modern tools to ancient wisdom, you're about to discover where all your answers have been waiting for you. You'll find concise and practical solo episodes with Emily - digging deep into the nuance of life and offering tangible ways to trust yourself more. Occasionally, you'll hear from incredible guests sharing their journeys to greater Self-Trust. So grab a mug of tea, get cozy, and let’s get curious! Get your copy of Emily's newest book: You Can Trust Yourself - https://amzn.to/42uCbWn curiosityrising.substack.com

  1. May 8

    95. Trusting the Pause | Postpartum Life be Lifeing

    Apply for the FINAL 1-1 Luxury Immersion for 2026 Join the next GROUP CONSULTATION CONNECT WITH EMILY: Have questions or topics you'd like to hear about? Reach out and connect! Substack Instagram Email List Luxury Immersions: @finallydothething EPISODE SPONSORS: DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 months LMNT: Get a free sample pack KION: Get 10% off This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit curiosityrising.substack.com/subscribe

    13 min

  2. May 1

    94. The Wild 2AM Whisper that Changed Her Entire Business | Podcast Crossover with The RETURN Podcast

    Episode Notes: What happens when a 2 a.m. whisper changes the entire direction of your business? In this crossover episode of The Self-Trust Podcast and The Return Podcast, Emily sits down with Caitlan to talk about the intuitive nudge that led her to combine Human Design, IFS, and business strategy into a new offer called Power Move. What began as a quiet inner knowing became a years-in-the-making evolution of her work — one designed to help entrepreneurs make aligned decisions and take meaningful action in their businesses. Together, Emily and Caitlin talk about what it looks like to build a business that actually reflects your energy, values, and natural way of working, instead of forcing yourself into formulas that were never made for you. They explore the tension between depth and sustainability, the courage it takes to trust an idea before you can fully explain it, and why doing “The Thing” in business often means allowing it to take multiple iterations before it clicks. The second half of the episode gives listeners a behind-the-scenes look at Caitlin’s Power Move process, as she uses Emily’s Human Design to reflect on her own new offering: 1-1 Luxury Immersions. Their conversation opens up a deeper look at aligned business models, short-term depth work, and the kind of momentum that happens when you understand both your strategy and the parts of you that resist it. This episode is for anyone building something new, refining an offer, or learning to trust the idea that won’t leave them alone. In this episode, we talk about: ✨the 2 a.m. whisper that led Caitlin to combine Human Design and IFS ✨creating a business offer through multiple iterations instead of getting it perfect the first time ✨why one-size-fits-all business advice can feel misaligned ✨building a business that reflects your values, energy, and season of life ✨how Power Move supports aligned action, accountability, and momentum ✨the role of parts work in responding to business strategy ✨a live behind-the-scenes look at Emily’s Human Design and luxury immersion offer ✨short-term depth work, initiation, and what helps people finally move forward Resources mentioned: Power Move with Caitlin Immersions with Emily Episode 106 of The Return Podcast for more on Power Move Episode 87 of The Self-Trust Podcast for more on Emily’s Luxury Immersions CONNECT WITH EMILY: Have questions or topics you'd like to hear about? Reach out and connect! Substack Instagram Email List Luxury Immersions: @finallydothething EPISODE SPONSORS: DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 months LMNT: Get a free sample pack KION: Get 10% off ✨ Apply for a 1-1 Immersion This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit curiosityrising.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 10m

  3. Apr 24

    93. An Ancestral Pilgrimage Back to Her Motherland | "My YOLO Year" | Sydney Zwicker

    Episode Notes: ✨ Apply for a 1-1 Immersion What if the thing you’re being called to do is not just for you, but for the women who came before you and the ones who may come after you? In this guest episode, Emily talks with Sydney about her “YOLO year,” the ancestral pilgrimage that called her back to Hungary and Austria, and the deeper healing journey that unfolded through lineage, grief, spirituality, and trust. What began as a long-held bucket list dream became something far more sacred: a return to the lands of her motherline and a powerful encounter with inherited pain, inherited wisdom, and the magic of letting herself be led. Sydney shares how this pilgrimage emerged during a season of identity change, as she began reimagining her work, loosening old structures, and creating more space for travel, pleasure, and receiving. Together, she and Emily explore maternal lineage, scarcity and worthiness, the fear of solo travel, and what happens when you stop trying to earn every good thing and start trusting the mystery instead. This is a conversation about ancestry, nervous system healing, divine timing, and living in a way that feels fully alive... or, as Sydney says, living “for the plot.” Connect with Sydney Connect with Sydney on IG ✨ Apply for a 1-1 Immersion Related Episodes from the past season: Solo Travel & Self-Trust CONNECT WITH EMILY: Have questions or topics you'd like to hear about? Reach out and connect! Substack Instagram Email List Luxury Immersions: @finallydothething EPISODE SPONSORS: DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 months LMNT: Get a free sample pack KION: Get 10% off ✨ Apply for a 1-1 Immersion This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit curiosityrising.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 5m

  4. Apr 17

    92. She Sold Her Home and Bought a One-Way Ticket to Bali | Bianca Hughes

    Episode Notes: ✨ Apply for a 1-1 Immersion What happens when the life you built starts to feel too small for who you’re becoming? In this guest episode, Emily talks with Bianca about compassion fatigue, self-trust, and the bold decision to sell her townhouse, step away from her therapy practice, and take a three-month sabbatical that began with a one-way ticket to Bali. What started as a desire for change became a deeper journey of rest, renewal, and reconnecting with herself. Bianca shares how years of holding space for others led her to a breaking point, why Bali had been on her heart since she was 19, and how travel opened the door to a different kind of freedom. Along the way, she reflects on the power of writing things down, the unexpected healing of a silent meditation retreat in Thailand, and the realization that success might look less like performing and more like actually liking yourself. This episode is for anyone craving a reset, dreaming about a leap they can’t quite explain, or wondering what might happen if they finally trusted themselves enough to go. Connect with Bianca: www.authenticallybeyou.com www.soulfulcliniciancollective.com https://www.instagram.com/authenticallybeyou/ ✨ Apply for a 1-1 Immersion Related Episodes from the past season: Solo Travel & Self-Trust CONNECT WITH EMILY: Have questions or topics you'd like to hear about? Reach out and connect! Substack Instagram Email List Luxury Immersions: @finallydothething EPISODE SPONSORS: DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 months LMNT: Get a free sample pack KION: Get 10% off ✨ Apply for a 1-1 Immersion This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit curiosityrising.substack.com/subscribe

    57 min

  5. Apr 10

    91. Digital Nomad | "I'm finally living my life for me" | Laurie Shelton

    Episode Notes: ✨ Apply for a 1-1 Immersion What happens when you stop living for everyone else and finally start living for you? In this guest episode, Emily sits down with Laurie Shelton for a conversation about grief, people pleasing, Self-Trust, and the courage it takes to build a life that feels genuinely your own. Laurie shares the story of leaving behind the life she had built in Arizona, making a bold leap into a new chapter, and discovering unexpected freedom, healing, and possibility in Portland, Maine. Together, they explore how travel can reconnect us to who we really are, what it means to trust the unknown, and how doing “the thing” often asks us to release timelines, approval, and the need to have everything figured out. This episode is for anyone navigating loss, longing, reinvention, or the quiet pull toward a life that feels more true. Connect with Laurie ✨ Apply for a 1-1 Immersion Related Episodes from the past season: Solo Travel & Self-Trust CONNECT WITH EMILY: Have questions or topics you'd like to hear about? Reach out and connect! Substack Instagram Email List Luxury Immersions: @finallydothething EPISODE SPONSORS: DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 months LMNT: Get a free sample pack KION: Get 10% off ✨ Apply for a 1-1 Immersion This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit curiosityrising.substack.com/subscribe

    58 min

  6. Apr 3

    90. Solo Travel | The Gift I Didn’t Know I Was Giving My Future Self

    Episode Notes In this special birthday episode, Emily shares the story of her first solo international trip — a trip she took to Portugal for her 30th birthday. What started as something on her bucket list quickly became much more than a vacation. Traveling solo became a powerful pathway to building Self-Trust, reconnecting with her intuition, and discovering parts of herself that hadn’t yet had space to emerge. In this episode, Emily shares stories from her time exploring Lisbon and the Azores Islands — from tea farms and black sand beaches to swimming with wild dolphins and cliff jumping — along with the deeper personal growth that unfolded along the way. If solo travel has been on your heart, or if you’re learning to listen more closely to your intuition, this episode is for you. ✨ Apply for a 2026 Immersion Related Episodes from the past season: Solo Travel & Self-Trust CONNECT WITH EMILY: Have questions or topics you'd like to hear about? Reach out and connect! Substack Instagram Email List Luxury Immersions: @finallydothething EPISODE SPONSORS: DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 months LMNT: Get a free sample pack KION: Get 10% off This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit curiosityrising.substack.com/subscribe

    40 min

  7. Mar 27

    89. Nomadic Life | "The Thing" on My Bucket List for a Decade

    Episode Description Some versions of The Thing don’t happen quickly... they take years of listening, waiting, and building. In this episode, I share how nomadic life lived on my bucket list for a full decade before it finally became possible. I knew I wanted it long before I knew how it could work, and long before the timing made sense. This conversation explores what it looks like to play the long game: navigating inner and logistical blocks, trusting intuition when clarity doesn’t come as a plan, and honoring the desires that refuse to disappear, even when they take years to unfold. I also share the unexpected moment when clarity finally arrived, not as a checklist or strategy, but as a single image that set everything in motion. In this episode, we explore: Why some dreams take years to come to life The difference between inner blocks and logistical constraints How nomadic living emerged slowly, not impulsively Trusting intuition when the path doesn’t make sense yet What it really took to finally do "The Thing" If there’s something you’ve wanted for a long time, and you’re not sure why it hasn’t happened yet, this episode offers a different way to understand the timing. ✨ Apply for a 2026 Immersion Get your copy of You Can Trust Yourself 🌳 Portland, OR Travel Guide Related Past Episodes: Solo Travel + Self-Trust CONNECT WITH EMILY: Have questions or topics you'd like to hear about? Reach out and connect! Substack Instagram Email List Luxury Immersions: @finallydothething EPISODE SPONSORS: DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 months LMNT: Get a free sample pack KION: Get 10% off ✨ Apply for a 2026 Immersion This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit curiosityrising.substack.com/subscribe

    33 min

  8. Mar 20

    88. How to Set the “Right” Goals + A Spring Equinox Tarot Pull

    Episode Description ✨ Apply for a 2026 Immersion In this Spring Equinox solo episode of The Self-Trust Podcast, Emily explores how to set the right promises to yourself—and why you don’t have to wait until January to begin doing The Thing. Using the energy of the spring equinox as a backdrop, this episode invites you out of winter hibernation and into intentional, aligned action. Emily shares how intention-setting looks through The Self-Trust Model™, why promises rooted in “shoulds” often fail, and how listening to your wise, competent adult creates real follow-through. You’ll also be guided through a tarot card pull for the Spring Equinox, offering reflection and insight into what’s ready to grow this season—and what may need structure, care, or balance. Here's the deck I pulled from: Tarot for the Great Outdoors If 2026 is the year you finally do “The Thing”, this episode helps you to choose intentions you can actually trust yourself to keep. I’d love to hear which card you chose and what’s beginning to stir for you this Spring. Episodes mentioned: * Episode 52 - Part 1 How to use Tarot & Oracle Cards to build Self-Trust * Episode 53 - Part 2 A guided Self-Trust practice using IFS & somatic therapy principles If this episode resonated, Emily would love to hear which card you chose and what you’re planting this season. 2026 is the year to finally do The Thing—and you’re allowed to start now. ✨ Apply for a 2026 Immersion Resources: Reflect & Set Booklet Related Past Episodes: Spring Equinox 2025 Keeping Promises to build Self-Trust CONNECT WITH EMILY: Have questions or topics you'd like to hear about? Reach out and connect! Substack Instagram Email List Luxury Immersions: @finallydothething EPISODE SPONSORS: DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 months LMNT: Get a free sample pack KION: Get 10% off ✨ Apply for a 2026 Immersion This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit curiosityrising.substack.com/subscribe

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Welcome to The Self-Trust Podcast! Your guide to turning down the external noise and turning up your inner knowing. Join Emily, long time trauma therapist turned bestselling author and creator of The Self-Trust Model™. From modern tools to ancient wisdom, you're about to discover where all your answers have been waiting for you. You'll find concise and practical solo episodes with Emily - digging deep into the nuance of life and offering tangible ways to trust yourself more. Occasionally, you'll hear from incredible guests sharing their journeys to greater Self-Trust. So grab a mug of tea, get cozy, and let’s get curious! Get your copy of Emily's newest book: You Can Trust Yourself - https://amzn.to/42uCbWn curiosityrising.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Emily Romero
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    96
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Curiosity Rising
  • Show Website
    The Self-Trust Podcast

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