Holistic Trauma Healing with Lindsey Lockett

Lindsey Lockett

In the Holistic Trauma Healing podcast, I share the profound path to healing trauma that allows us to move out of the role of victim and into the role of conscious and empowered creator of our best possible reality through mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and ancestral trauma healing. Learn how trauma affects every part of your existence and how to weave a new web of life that isn't ruled by the past. The HTH podcast empowers you to heal trauma in the same way it has affected you -- as a whole person.

  1. 16H AGO

    Episode 136: The Way You’re Swallowing Your Anger Is Costing You Intimacy

    Join Lindsey's Masterclass: Masterclass: “How Anger With Integrity Gets You What You Want” Tue Feb 10 @ 5pm CT -or- Wed Feb 11 @ 10am CT (replay available). —— Show Notes: Anger is protective: it’s fight energy and information—not a moral failure.Integrity ≠ calm: integrity is alignment between truth, impact, boundaries, and what you do next.The real relationship test: can anger exist here without exile, shutdown, or punishment?Over-functioning: over-explaining, “making a case,” coaching, managing the other person’s reaction.Swallowing: freezing, minimizing, self-abandoning, telling yourself it’s not worth it—breeds resentment.Exploding: often follows swallowing; shifts focus away from the original issue and breaks connection.Nervous system reality: threat-mode narrows nuance; repair is “metabolically expensive.”Culture critique: “cut off/block for peace” can be protective in abuse, but isn’t a universal intimacy strategy.Co-authentic relating: telling the truth while staying present—without appeasing, disappearing, or dominating.

    34 min

  2. 2D AGO

    Episode 135: The Way You're Expressing Your Anger Isn't Getting You What You Want

    Join Lindsey's Masterclass: Masterclass: “How Anger With Integrity Gets You What You Want” — Tue Feb 10 @ 5pm CT -or- Wed Feb 11 @ 10am CT (replay available). —— Show Notes Anger is protective; the goal is anger with integrity (truth + impact + boundaries).Over-functioning: over-explaining, “making a case,” managing the other person’s reaction.Swallowing: freezing, minimizing, telling yourself it’s not worth it—breeds resentment.Exploding: often follows swallowing; shifts focus away from the original issue.Main point: these strategies are common, but they’re not integrity—they’re avoidance.

    32 min

  3. JAN 25

    Episode 134: Relational Healing After the Breakup — Farrah’s Turning Point

    In this episode, Lindsey talks with Farrah, a client from Southern California who found Lindsey’s work through Instagram while she was untangling faith, identity, and relationship patterns. Farrah shares what it looked like inside her previous partnership when conflict showed up: she brought concerns forward, he experienced criticism and shame, and the cycle escalated into blowups. Over time, Farrah recognizes how much mental load she was carrying, functioning as the tracker, the reminder system, the organizer, and the emotional initiator, while also craving a simple experience of being heard and held. Farrah connects her over-functioning and anger to earlier experiences of abandonment, being unseen, and rupture in her family system. She explains how those old wounds shaped what she needed from a partner and why it felt terrifying to step back and let consequences land. As she experiments with doing less, she names the internal conflict: things can look calmer on the outside while she feels like she’s swallowing herself on the inside. Eventually, after a final rupture and days of emotional shutdown, Farrah chooses to end the relationship. She describes walking as a turning point that helped her clarity return, and she reflects on what she wishes she’d tried sooner: a deliberate pause where she focused on her own wellbeing without immediately ending the partnership. She also shares what the work gave her even though the relationship ended: more self-trust, less self-abandonment, and a growing ability to meet herself with care through practices like mirror work and long walks.

    1h 23m

  4. JAN 11

    Episode 133: "Should I Stay or Should I Leave?" Is the Wrong Question

    UNBROKEN Q&A (Lindsey + David) Live Ask Us Anything: Tuesday, January 13th at 5:00 PM US/Central (Zoom)What it is: a real-time Q&A where they “pull back the curtain” on how they identified and interrupted over-functioning / under-functioning in marriage, parenting, and working together.Ticket: $55 and a lifetime replay is included.Registration link: ⁠https://lindseylockett.com/unbroken/⁠ In this episode, Lindsey names “relational endurance” — and why so many people feel “stuck” in the stay-or-leave question when the real issue is the pattern running the relationship. She breaks down two dominant flavors of online relationship advice — “just leave culture” and new-relationship-energy certainty — and explains how both can soothe your nervous system while flattening the nuance required for real discernment.Lindsey also unpacks the “glow up after leaving” phenomenon and why relief after a breakup can get misread as proof that the relationship was abusive, even when the dynamic was “normal-but-hard” (especially over-functioning / under-functioning). She challenges the way words like “toxic” and “gaslighting” get used as junk-drawer labels for everything from discomfort to actual abuse — which ultimately makes it harder to discern what abuse really is and easier to avoid accountability and skill-building.

    1h 14m

  5. 12/11/2025

    Episode 132: Overfunctioning Is a Nervous System State — I Have the Labs to Prove It

    Get my newest workshop replay, BRILLIANT - Understanding the Somatic Intelligence of Over- & Underfunctioning. Lindsey pulls back the curtain on two sets of her bloodwork (June 2024 → December 2025) to show how healing the nervous system — and lowering the total life load — changes measurable physiology. She explains why over-functioning isn’t a personality trait; it’s a survival physiology that drives inflammation, insulin, thyroid conservation, liver burden, and stress-lipid patterns. She walks through each lab marker in plain language, contrasts meds/supplements alone with nervous-system and lifestyle change, and shares the supportive protocol she used alongside big shifts in emotional, domestic, and relational load. She closes with how the BRILLIANT workshop and CRUCIBLE practice space fit into this work. Show notes Big ideas Over-functioning is physiology, not personality; your body keeps the score.You can’t out-supplement or medicate chronic over-functioning; support helps, and change lands when load drops and safety increases.Low-threat, well-nourished, well-rested physiology shows up clearly in labs: inflammation, insulin, thyroid conversion, lipids, and liver enzymes all move toward safety. Lab highlights (June 2024 → December 2025) CRP (inflammation): 3.0 → 0.9 (≈ 66% drop; low-inflammation range)Fasting insulin: 17.7 (insulin-resistant) → 6 (insulin-sensitive)Thyroid: TSH 3.22 → 1.23; Free T4 0.81 → 1.15; Free T3 2.88 → 3.2 (robust conversion)Liver enzyme (ALT): 33 → 15 (burden eased)Triglycerides: 105 → 68LDL-C: 126 → 97DHEA: 58 → 48 (healthy downshift within the improved overall pattern) What changed besides the numbers Load reduction: less emotional labor, less domestic/relational over-functioning, fewer sensory demands, more boundaries.Inputs: consistent eating (enough), deeper sleep, real rest, improved circulation/movement without overdrive.Result: cortisol normalized — inflammation down, insulin normalized, thyroid conversion improved, liver less burdened, hair loss reversed, energy steadier. Supportive protocol (alongside the lifestyle shift) NP Thyroid (desiccated), bioidentical progesterone (vaginal delivery), low-dose naltrexone 4.5 mg.Magnesium (glycinate + l-threonate), glycine (~ 3 g/day), vitamin D3 + K2.GLP-1 experience: brief full-dose trial (too suppressive) → discontinued; later micro-dosed retatrutide after nutrition and rest were restored. Who this episode helps Over-functioners who “look fine” but see inflammation, insulin resistance, sluggish thyroid conversion, stressed liver enzymes, or stress-lipids.Under-functioner/over-functioner couples wanting physiology-and-practice-based next steps. Mentioned resources & links Previous episode for backstory — Episode 131: Listen on SpotifyLindsey’s ebooks: When Rest Feels WrongWhen Action Feels WrongSupplements Lindsey uses/loves: Glycine supplementHemaplexD3 + K2Magnesium glycinateMagnesium l-threonate Free Video Series: Unfiltered Real Talk About OverfunctioningThe Underfunctioner's Wake-Up Call Notes & gentle disclaimer This episode shares one person’s labs, context, and protocol decisions. Work with a trusted clinician for your own evaluation and dosing — and use these insights to track the impact of real rest, nourishment, and load reduction over time.

    56 min

  6. 12/08/2025

    Episode 131: Mental Load vs. Over-Functioning – Naming the Real Pattern and Changing It

    After four months away, I’m back — and I’m telling the truth about why I ghosted the pod. 2025 has been a snake-year of shedding: I dropped the identity of “the woman who holds it all together,” named my over-functioning for what it is, and watched my marriage hit an honest, necessary reckoning. I walk you through the spell of over/under-functioning — how it’s wired by nervous systems, patriarchy, and the overculture — and why moralizing it never changes anything. You’ll hear the experiment that changed everything for us, what “authentic functioning” looks like, and why I’m inviting you into BRILLIANT to do this work in your own life and relationships. Workshop mentioned: Brilliant: The Somatic Intelligence of Over- & Under-Functioning — live on Tuesday, Dec 9 at 5:00 pm US/Central on Zoom. Ticket: $99. Replay included if purchased before the workshop. Includes a special discount for the upcoming Crucible relational membership/mastermind. (See link in show notes or lindseylockett.com/brilliant.) What we cover in this episode: Why 2025 became a deep identity shed—and why “over-functioner” was a survival adaptation, not the goal.The link between evangelical conditioning, overculture (capitalism/patriarchy), and women’s chronic over-functioning.Mental load vs. over-functioning: why the hashtag data misses the full pattern.Burnout and “survival creativity”: when output becomes self-exploitation.The July rupture, naming under-functioning, and beginning “purposeful under-functioning.”Nervous-system framing: fight/flight-dominant over-functioners, freeze-dominant under-functioners, and why dopamine hits keep the cycle going.Capacity audits at home and in emotions: tailor shared spaces to the partner with lower capacity in that context; slow emotional pacing to the partner with lower capacity there.The reframe that works: from “What’s wrong with you?” to “Why did your body choose this strategy?”—and how that breaks shame. Instagram posts mentioned: 1. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRm85RTkcaf/ 2. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRpJbERjbCN/

    1h 18m

  7. 08/02/2025

    Episode 130: 5 Things I Want You to Know About Rupture & Repair

    Conflict is inevitable — but disconnection doesn’t have to be the end of the story. In this episode, I share five foundational truths about rupture and repair in relationships. Whether you’ve struggled to speak up after being hurt, feel overwhelmed by others’ pain, or just want to build more honest and resilient connections, this episode will reframe repair as a path to deeper intimacy — not just something you do when things go wrong. In this episode, I cover: • Why avoiding conflict doesn’t protect your relationship — it erodes it • What real repair actually requires (hint: it has to do with having a resourced regulated nervous system) • Why repair needs to happen in ALL relationships, not just romantic ones • How you can still reconnect even if you don’t agree on what happened • Why successful repair builds safety, trust, and deeper emotional intimacy Mentioned in this episode: → LL's Guide to Rupture & Repair: a 40-page guide to walk you step-by-step through how to navigate rupture, hold your center, and initiate or receive repair with integrity. → ⁠Join the Waitlist for Rooted WebMy off-Instagram community for women who are weaving relational safety, authenticity, and embodied connection — together.

    46 min

  8. 06/06/2025

    Episode 129: Fixing vs. Feeling — Why Men Need Capacity, Not Control

    In this episode, Lindsey speaks directly to men about a common pattern in emotionally intimate relationships with women: the instinct to fix instead of feeling. Lindsey dives deep into why men often respond with solutions or shutdown when their partner is emotional, what emotional capacity actually looks like, and practical ways to stay present instead of seeking control. Topics Covered: Why the instinct to fix emotional distress in women doesn't actually work. Understanding emotional capacity vs. emotional intelligence or maturity. How cultural conditioning leaves men with low emotional capacity. Practical, real-life strategies to build your emotional capacity. Three simple, powerful steps to respond to your partner’s emotions differently. A special invitation to Lindsey’s men's cohort of Feel Without Fear, beginning June 19th. Key Insights: The need to fix is often a nervous system defense mechanism, not malicious intent. Emotional presence means being with feelings, not immediately fixing or escaping them. Low emotional capacity shows up as defensiveness, withdrawal, anger, or shutting down—but it's not emotional immaturity; it's overwhelm. Building emotional capacity is about practicing awareness, regulation, and staying present even when uncomfortable. Practical Tips for Men: Regulate before responding: Slow your breath, notice sensations in your body, and ground yourself. Reflect and validate: Instead of advice, reflect feelings back to her ("That sounds really hard.") and validate her experience. Clearly ask for space while staying connected: Communicate your needs without severing emotional connection. Join Lindsey’s Men’s Cohort:Enrollment is open for Feel Without Fear, starting June 19th, 2025. This program guides men in expanding emotional capacity, becoming more emotionally present partners, and improving relationships through body-based nervous system training. Links Mentioned: Join Feel Without Fear (Men’s Cohort) Thanks for listening! Share this episode with a man you respect or love who could benefit from building emotional capacity and presence.

    41 min
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In the Holistic Trauma Healing podcast, I share the profound path to healing trauma that allows us to move out of the role of victim and into the role of conscious and empowered creator of our best possible reality through mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and ancestral trauma healing. Learn how trauma affects every part of your existence and how to weave a new web of life that isn't ruled by the past. The HTH podcast empowers you to heal trauma in the same way it has affected you -- as a whole person.

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