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. 6d ago

    98. Childhood Dreams Don't Expire | Becoming a Professional Actress w/ Eva Gagnon

    Episode Notes: ✨ Waitlist for 2027 Immersions What if the dream you’re being called back to has been waiting for you since childhood? In this guest episode, Emily talks with Eva Gagnon about returning to a childhood dream of professional acting after decades away. What began as a quiet love for performance in childhood — and later became a theater major in college — was eventually set aside as life unfolded through graduate school, marriage, motherhood, and a meaningful career as a therapist and coach. But the dream never disappeared. It simply waited for the right season to return. Eva shares how growing up in an immigrant family shaped her beliefs around stability, safety, and what felt possible, and how those inherited survival strategies impacted her nervous system, her self-worth, and her ability to receive the dream she had always desired. Together, she and Emily explore what it means to trust the timing of your life, to stop measuring success by outcome alone, and to realize that sometimes doing the thing is already the win. They also talk about the unexpected way this dream came back through Eva’s daughter, and how supporting her child’s acting journey became the portal back into her own. This is a conversation about visibility, fear of failure, motherhood, self-trust, joy, and the possibility of building a life that can hold both stability and dreams. Eva's Coaching Website Acting IG CONNECT WITH EMILY: Have questions or topics you'd like to hear about? Reach out and connect! Substack Instagram Luxury Immersions: @finallydothething EPISODE SPONSORS: DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 months LMNT: Get a free sample pack KION: Get 10% off ✨ Waitlist for 2027 Immersions 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

  2. Aug 7

    97. Solo Travel, Plant Medicine, and Finding Food Freedom | Haley Smith

    Episode Notes: ✨ Waitlist for 2027 Immersions What if the thing you think you’re doing is only part of the story? In this guest episode, Emily talks with Haley Smith about solo travel, plant medicine, and the deeper healing journey that unfolded underneath both. What began, consciously, as a six-month solo trip to South Africa and Bali became something far more unexpected: a profound shift in Haley’s relationship with food, her body, and the inherited patterns she had been carrying for years. Haley shares how this journey was built through heartbreak, small daily choices, and the slow cultivation of self-trust long before she ever boarded the plane. Together, she and Emily explore what it means to follow the itch to travel, rebuild confidence through tiny decisions, and trust the next step before you can see the full path. They also dive into the powerful role of plant medicine and, just as importantly, the integration that followed. This is a conversation about loneliness, perfectionism, control, grandmothers, generational healing, and the quiet ways a life can begin to rewire from the inside out. Holistic Fertility Clinic Haley's IG 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 Luxury Immersions: @finallydothething EPISODE SPONSORS: DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 months LMNT: Get a free sample pack KION: Get 10% off ✨ Waitlist for 2027 Immersions 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

  3. Jul 17

    96. New Cities, New Clarity & Moms on Mushrooms?

    Episode Notes: ✨ Waitlist for 2027 Immersions What starts to become possible when you slowly emerge from the postpartum cave? In this solo episode, Emily shares updates on: →writing again through the lens of early motherhood and Self-Trust →finding a crone, mentor, and therapist for this season of life →what she wants to explore in future solo episodes →the next guest episode themes, including travel, childhood dreams, business, and microdosing →the 2027 Luxury Immersions expanding beyond Colorado This is a conversation about postpartum clarity, creative return, the evolution of the work, and what can happen when you allow the next chapter to reveal itself slowly. CONNECT WITH EMILY: Have questions or topics you'd like to hear about? Reach out and connect! Substack Instagram Luxury Immersions: @finallydothething Get the book: You Can Trust Yourself EPISODE SPONSORS: DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 months LMNT: Get a free sample pack KION: Get 10% off ✨ Waitlist for 2027 Immersions 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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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
    99
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Curiosity Rising
  • Show Website
    The Self-Trust Podcast