You Make Sense

Sarah Baldwin
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You Make Sense is a manual to understanding your human experience, so that you can navigate the world with freedom, ease, and empowerment. Using the latest neuroscience and trauma research, this podcast will equip you with powerful somatic tools to help you get unstuck and create the life you desire. Sarah Baldwin, SEP, is an expert in trauma resolution, attachment, parts work, and nervous system regulation. But before she was a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and trained in Polyvagal interventions, she first came to this work as someone struggling to find relief. It was through her own healing that led her to become a trained professional, now helping thousands of people across her programs, courses, and classes to do the same.

  1. 3D AGO

    Why We Lose Ourselves in Relationships and How to Reclaim a Sense of Self

    She goes on to explain the differences between codependency, enmeshment, attunement, and interdependence. Sarah also discusses how fear of conflict can lead to self-abandonment, what it takes to feel safe during moments of disconnection or disagreement, and how to support children through distress in ways that build resilience. Tune in to better understand your relational patterns and learn how reclaiming a sense of self supports healthier, more sustainable relationships.   Episode Highlights: [00:00] Introduction[01:23] Today’s topic: how not to lose yourself in a relationship[04:53] How childhood experiences shape our adult lives[08:39] What does it mean to have a codependent part?[11:48] Why your primary needs are essential and how to build capacity for them[15:10] How caretaking can create a false sense of safety[16:58] Signs you might be in a codependent dynamic[19:16] Other protective parts of codependency: the rescuer[22:13] Avoidance can show up in the form of caretaking[23:24] Diffuse boundaries and how they also impact parenting[26:41] The ramifications of and antidote to survival-based relationships[32:13] Characteristics of a healthy relationship[33:51] How to step toward interdependence[39:05] Question 1 - The difference between codependency, enmeshment, and attunement.[49:12] Question 2 - How to overcome the fear of conflict[58:08] Question 3 - Supporting a child through distress or challenging situations   Get on the Waitlist for Sarah’s 10-Week Program: Ready for tools to heal every area of your life? You Make Sense is a 10-week live program that goes far beyond these weekly podcast episodes to give you powerful somatic exercises and resources to address your nervous system, relationships, younger parts, purpose, boundaries, grief, and more! Click below to get on the waitlist for limited-time reduced pricing: https://bit.ly/sp-yms-waitlist   Download Sarah’s FREE Workbook: Not sure where to get started with somatic healing? Sarah created a FREE trauma-informed workbook called "How To Gain Control Over How You Feel" to help you step toward a life filled with more freedom, ease, and empowerment. Click the link below to download: https://bit.ly/yms-sp-workbook   Connect with Sarah on: Email Community - bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletter Instagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoaching Website — sarahbaldwincoaching.com   Submit a Question: sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast   Quotes: “The thing that reminds your nervous system the most of [a] romantic relationship is your earliest childhood experiences. That lays the blueprint, or foundation, or map for how you had to navigate relationships.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:06:22] “You cannot rescue anybody else. Only they, their adult self, can rescue the younger parts of [themselves].” — Sarah Baldwin [0:20:43] “The amount of hard you experience in your childhood relationally is going to be reflected in the amount of hard that needs to get resolved in your romantic partnership.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:35:39] “If you want to avoid burnout, if you want to avoid getting overwhelmed by your client load and the work that you do, it is very important that you are functioning not from a place of codependency but interdependence.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:47:26]

    1h 5m

  2. JAN 27

    What Are Limiting Beliefs: The Science of Shifting Your Thinking

    Limiting beliefs are often not representative of who you are today but are self-protective mechanisms that formed as a result of past traumas or experiences. The good news is that it’s absolutely possible to shift this! Sarah will guide you through how to anchor into regulation and your adult self so that you can find more ease, peace, and confidence. Tune in for a somatic approach on how to change unwanted thought patterns.   Episode Highlights: [00:00] Introduction[01:11] Origins of limiting beliefs[04:45] The 2 reasons limiting beliefs exist: unresolved trauma and fragmented parts[10:17] The stories your fragmented parts tell you and how they fuel your limiting beliefs[14:00] Why mindset work and traditional therapy alone can’t change your thoughts[15:03] The four states of your autonomic nervous system[20:32] How coming into a state of regulation changes limiting beliefs[24:15] Why you also need to work with your parts to change your thoughts[30:50] Question 1 - Understanding the link between your parts and nervous system[33:51] Question 2 - Why protective parts can block us from success[37:51] Question 3 - The connection between dreaming and your parts  Get on the Waitlist for Sarah’s 10-Week Program: Ready for tools to heal every area of your life? You Make Sense is a 10-week live program that goes far beyond these weekly podcast episodes to give you powerful somatic exercises and resources to address your nervous system, relationships, younger parts, purpose, boundaries, grief, and more! Click below to get on the waitlist for limited-time reduced pricing: https://bit.ly/sp-yms-waitlist   Take Sarah’s FREE Quiz: Feeling stuck in your life? Not sure where to start with somatic healing? Sarah’s free quiz, “What’s Keeping You Stuck,” will equip you with free tools and a personalized guide to better understand your nervous system specific to you. Click below to get started: https://bit.ly/yms-sp-quiz   Connect with Sarah on: Email Community - bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletter Instagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoaching Website — sarahbaldwincoaching.com   Submit a Question: sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast   Quotes: “Human beings clock something as true if we can feel it.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:11:57] “I cannot believe something to be true if there isn’t the appropriate affect attached to it.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:14:08] “Your autonomic state within your nervous system creates your story or the thoughts that you are having.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:14:33] “When you’re in regulation, this is the fertile ground for creating new neural pathways for what’s actually true [and for] positive thinking.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:23:01]

    43 min

  3. JAN 20

    The Other Side of Trauma: Post-Traumatic Growth and Discovering New Possibilities

    Learning how to heal through your living can feel challenging or unfamiliar, especially if we’ve primarily found safety inside therapeutic containers, but it is also a necessary part of fully embodying the life you are here to live. You’ll get tangible tools to step toward your desires, receive abundance without suffering, and find support as you continue to grow. Wherever you are on your healing journey, this episode will show you just how much is possible for you.   Episode Highlights: [00:00] Introduction[01:25] Today’s topic: post-traumatic growth[03:45] Why you may struggle to navigate healing through living[11:46] Building your ‘house of healing’[14:59] What to expect as you start to live fully[21:26] Why suffering isn’t necessary to receive abundance[23:59] The importance of having support through healing[25:28] Question 1 - How do I take action once I know my truth?[29:24] Question 2 - Why has it been so challenging to start my business?[35:15] Question 3 - How do I tend to my parts as I take steps in my purpose?  Get Started with Nervous System Regulation: Ready to make tangible shifts in your life? Sarah’s brand new introductory course, Nervous System Essentials, will equip you with science-backed tools to regulate your nervous system, so that you can experience more freedom and ease in your daily life.   Join the course for only $67:  bit.ly/sp-nse   Download Sarah’s FREE Workbook: Not sure where to get started with somatic healing? Sarah created a FREE trauma-informed workbook called "How To Gain Control Over How You Feel" to help you step toward a life filled with more freedom, ease, and empowerment.   Click the link below to download: https://bit.ly/yms-sp-workbook   Connect with Sarah on: Email Community - bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletter Instagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoaching Website — sarahbaldwincoaching.com   Submit a Question: sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast   Quotes: “A lot of our healing comes from our living.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:02:01] “Good things don’t always feel good at first because our nervous system doesn’t know them.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:04:40] “Transforming into anything new means a loss of something else. So, really [take] the time to be with that and not rush the process.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:18:06] “The depths of your suffering equate to the depths of aliveness you get to experience in life, and so, the deeper the suffering, when you heal that, the deeper the ecstasy of just breathing is.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:20:41] “Your learning was in and through [your] suffering, and now your learning is in your living.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:22:49]   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Join the Waitlist for You Make Sense Join the Waitlist for Navigating Your Nervous System

    42 min

  4. JAN 13

    Moving Beyond Blame and Becoming Relationally-Focused in Your Romantic Partnerships

    Sarah explains how romantic relationships poke at early our attachment wounding the most, often leaving us reacting from old survival patterns rather than responding to what is happening in the present. She introduces the metaphor of the relationship as a battlefield versus a garden, showing how conflict, blame, and shutdown arise when unresolved wounds take the lead, and what becomes possible when both people reorient toward growth, responsibility, and care. This episode invites listeners to see relationships as a shared, living process that can heal the past and support deeper connection when tended with awareness and willingness.   Episode Highlights: [00:00] Introduction[01:30] The myth that romantic relationships should feel effortless[05:26] Moving from self-focus to being relationally-focused[07:46] The role of willingness and self-growth in partnerships[09:20] Tending the relationship as a shared garden instead of a battlefield[15:38] How the nervous system projects childhood experiences onto our partner[17:51] Why we are drawn to partners who mirror our unfinished business[22:46] How understanding our parts and reparenting them supports relational repair[27:49] Building empathy by recognizing our partner’s parts and core wounds[31:02] Honoring difference and celebrating stretching[40:23] What becomes possible in relationships when both people are willing[43:15] Question 1 - Differentiating anxiety from truth in romantic relationships[55:59] Question 2 - Working with longing, loneliness, and unmet needs for connection[01:02:14] Question 3 - Learning to approach connection slowly  RSVP to Sarah’s FREE Live Training + Q&A Series: Ready to take the next step with nervous system healing? Join Sarah for “Unlock the Life You Desire,” a 2-part somatic healing series to help you experience more joy and aliveness, and step toward the purpose that’s calling you. Click below to save your spot (limited time replays available!): http://bit.ly/sp-live-training Navigating Your Nervous System is NOW ENROLLING: Want to work with Sarah in a live capacity? The doors are now open to her 6-week live program, Navigating Your Nervous System, designed to help you get into the driver’s seat of your experience and start feeling better on a daily basis.   Click below to learn more: https://bit.ly/sp-nyns   Connect with Sarah on: Email Community - bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletter Instagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoaching Website — sarahbaldwincoaching.com   Submit a Question: sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast   Quotes: “Romantic relationships are where so much of our growth and healing happen, and that means that they aren't just filled with ease, they're filled with work.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:04:48] “Any garden can be transformed if both people are willing.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:13:33] “We marry our unfinished business, or we get into relationship with our unfinished business.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:18:28] “We are punishing our partner for everything our caregivers got wrong, and our partner wasn't there for any of it.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:26:49] “The only person that can rescue your parts is you.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:27:45] “Romantic relationships are supposed to be an invitation into our wholeness.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:30:39] “Our protective parts won't be open to letting us love again if they don't think that we can hold the aftermath of losing love.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:58:40]

    1h 10m

  5. JAN 6

    Your Nervous System Shapes Your Sense of Time

    In this episode of You Make Sense, Sarah unpacks how dysregulation can lead us to feeling behind in life or that we’ve missed our chance to have the relationships, purpose, and community we desire. You’ll learn about your three states of self-protection and why anchoring into regulation is the key to shifting how you experience time. By harnessing the power of your nervous system, it’s possible to move forward with more ease, patience, and empowerment.   Episode Highlights: [00:00] Introduction[01:30] Understanding how we orient to time[02:37] Anchoring in regulation helps us perceive what’s actually true[06:30] Time from your sympathetic nervous system[12:35] Time from your dorsal vagal complex[14:24] Time from your blended state of freeze[14:55] Our experience of time when aligned vs. misaligned[21:31] Why we compare ourselves to others[28:55] Connecting to presence and the truth of our unfolding[31:15] Question 1: Muscling through versus getting out of your comfort zone[36:29] Question 2: How to start healing even when you’re in chronic stress[41:13] Question 3: Being patient while you are healing  RSVP to Sarah’s FREE Live Training + Q&A Series: Ready to take the next step with nervous system healing? Join Sarah for “Unlock the Life You Desire,” a 2-part somatic healing series to help you experience more joy and aliveness, and step toward the purpose that’s calling you.   Click below to save your spot (limited time replays available!):  http://bit.ly/sp-live-training   Download the FREE Workbook: https://bit.ly/yms-yt-workbook https://bit.ly/yms-sp-workbook   Connect with Sarah on: Email Community - bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletter Instagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoaching Website — sarahbaldwincoaching.com   Submit a Question: sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast   Quotes: “Our nervous system is creating our entire experience, including how [we] perceive the movement of time.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:01:47] “None of us pick [the] right life when we are choosing from survival.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:08:33] “No one is on the path of life that you are on besides you.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:11:33] “Living happens only in this moment in time, and that means it only happens when we’re in regulation.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:23:59]   Other Links Mentioned in This Episode: https://programs.sarahbaldwincoaching.com/navigating-your-nervous-system

    47 min

  6. 12/30/2025

    Living the Life You Long For: Capacity Building in the Nervous System

    Sarah breaks down how the autonomic nervous system shapes your entire lived experience, using clear metaphors to explain why you may feel blocked from the relationships, purpose, and opportunities you long for. She shares why the nervous system responds to what you show it (somatically), not what you tell it, and how regulation helps create the internal conditions for growth and fulfillment. The episode closes with questions about finding purpose, knowing when to push versus pause, and navigating fear during big transitions. Join Sarah to learn how small, steady capacity-building steps can help you move toward the life you long for with more trust, clarity, and ease.   Episode Highlights: [00:00] Introduction[01:11] Why effort and willpower alone aren’t enough[05:03] Your nervous system creates your entire experience[11:29] Healing unresolved experiences is how we create the life we desire[15:04] Why our deepest desires are often an invitation into our healing[20:47] The power of nervous system regulation[25:23] Simple ways to build the capacity in your nervous system[31:00] Using parts work to build trust with your younger parts[0:36:27] The importance of walking, and not sprinting, toward the life you want[0:43:06] Question 1: Tools for how to figure out your purpose[0:56:05] Question 2: Pushing through discomfort versus slowing down[1:03:03] Question 3: Consistent regulation during fear or uncertainty at work  Join the Waitlist for Navigating Your Nervous System: Living a full, expansive life starts with nervous system regulation. If you’re looking for practical tools and support on your healing journey, you can now get on the waitlist for my upcoming 6-week LIVE program.   Everyone on the waitlist receives access to limited-time pricing: https://bit.ly/sp-nyns-waitlist   Take Sarah’s FREE Quiz: Feeling stuck in your life? Not sure where to start with somatic healing? Sarah’s free quiz, “What’s Keeping You Stuck,” will equip you with free tools and a personalized guide to better understand your nervous system specific to you.   Click below to get started:  https://bit.ly/yms-sp-quiz   Connect with Sarah on: Email Community - bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletter Instagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoaching Website — sarahbaldwincoaching.com   Submit a Question: sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast Quotes: “No amount of energy, no amount of focus, of pushing, of grinding is going to get us the life we’re desiring. It can work to a degree, but we do reach a point where the fullness of life that we want cannot be found on that treadmill.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:02:46] “What we have to do is we have to learn to speak the language of our nervous system and begin letting it know in a way that it understands that the life we want is actually safe for us.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:11:16] “Your nervous system does not want to be working so hard. When you are in dysregulation, it is working very hard; it wants to rest. Resting is the doors opening, but it needs to know you're safe.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:29:33] “What we have to do is begin becoming the primary protector of our vulnerable parts.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:32:04]

    1h 10m

  7. 12/23/2025

    The Truth About Boundaries: Why They're Hard and How to Hold Them

    She explores the difference between embodied boundaries and self-protective boundaries, which form as a result of unmet needs and misattunement in childhood. You’ll learn how to reconnect with your adult self, identify the protective parts that might be informing the way you set limits, and communicate your needs without reverting to old patterns. Through practical guidance and compassionate teaching, Sarah offers a path back to boundaries that reflect who we are now, not who we once had to be. Tune in to hear how a somatic approach can support healing, authenticity, and deeper connection!   Episode Highlights: [00:00] Introduction[01:10] Why family dynamics pull us back into younger roles[04:48] How early nervous system development shapes regulation[06:50] The importance of honoring a child’s boundaries[11:16] Ways that childhood boundary violations impact adult patterns[15:50] The 3 boundary styles: diffuse, rigid, and embodied[21:45] Learning to anchor in the adult self around family of origin[26:23] Preparing for resistance when shifting long-term dynamics[28:50] Working with protective parts who fear boundary setting[32:34] What to expect from internal and external resistance[37:06] Leading with the adult self when communicating boundaries[39:34] Applying embodied boundaries in family and holiday settings[42:27] Question 1: Staying regulated when younger parts panic[45:54] Question 2: Naming needs in relationships when anxious attachment shows up[51:24] Question 3: Navigating boundaries with unsafe or traumatic family systems  Join the Waitlist for Navigating Your Nervous System: Living a full, expansive life starts with nervous system regulation. If you’re looking for practical tools and support on your healing journey, you can now get on the waitlist for my upcoming 6-week LIVE program.   Everyone on the waitlist receives access to limited-time pricing: https://bit.ly/sp-nyns-waitlist   Download Sarah’s FREE Workbook: Not sure where to get started with somatic healing? Sarah created a FREE trauma-informed workbook called "How To Gain Control Over How You Feel" to help you step toward a life filled with more freedom, ease, and empowerment.   Click the link below to download the workbook: https://bit.ly/yms-sp-workbook   Connect with Sarah on: Email Community - bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletter Instagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoaching Website — sarahbaldwincoaching.com   Submit a Question: sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast   Quotes: “[Setting boundaries] is what allows us to navigate life as our authentic self. And this is also what allows us to navigate life in a way that gets our needs met in a multitude of ways. So it is really vital that we are able to come into this experience.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:10:40] “Even with loving parents, most of them did not know how to parent, and that meant that they didn't realize the imperative nature of honoring and validating your embodied boundary.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:11:27] “Whatever we need to do that makes it tolerable to set the boundary, that's what we want to focus on.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:32:29] “The more that you're doing parts work on a regular basis, the more these parts are going to trust you as you begin setting these boundaries. [It’s] really important that we're engaging in that regularly.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:36:55] “[When you’re] re-parenting [your parts], what actually happens is you become the parent they never had. You become their home internally. And now the parts are no longer looking for your caregivers to be their mom and dad.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:54:24] “Accessing our ability to set healthy boundaries is good. It is a gift for everyone. It's an invitation to them into their own healing, and it's not our business whether they take the invitation or not. So how do we do this? As always, one tolerable step at a time.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:58:39]

    59 min

  8. 12/16/2025

    The Secret to Actually Loving Yourself: Falling in Love with Your Younger Parts

    You’ll learn about the importance of consistency in reparenting your parts, why this process is about relationship-building, and how to find love for the protective parts of you that are often responsible for challenging behaviors or patterns. When you do this work, without having an agenda, it’s possible to feel self-love in a way that lasts and transforms every area of your life.   Episode Highlights: [00:00] Introduction[01:12] You can’t “talk” yourself into self-love[05:00] An overview of Parts Work (Internal Family Systems)[12:37] An explanation of how to reparent your younger parts[19:15] The importance of building trust with your parts[21:39] Loving both your vulnerable and protective parts[35:31] The integration process and making your parts whole with you[38:26] Question 1: Deciphering if choices come from truth or trauma[49:33] Question 2: Parts work when you’ve disconnected from memories[56:51] Question 3: The root of being self-critical about our bodies  Build a toolbox for regulation inside Nervous System Essentials: Ready to make tangible shifts in your life? Sarah’s introductory course, Nervous System Essentials, will teach you how to regulate your nervous system and get into the driver’s seat of your experience, so that you can move through life with more ease, calm, and presence.   Click below to learn more: bit.ly/sp-nse Take Sarah’s FREE Quiz: Feeling stuck in your life? Not sure where to start with somatic healing? Sarah’s free quiz, “What’s Keeping You Stuck,” will equip you with free tools and a personalized guide to better understand your nervous system specific to you.   Click below to get started: https://bit.ly/yms-sp-quiz   Connect with Sarah on: Email Community - bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletter Instagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoaching Website — sarahbaldwincoaching.com   Submit a Question: sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast   Quotes: “We have to fall in love with all parts of ourselves; not just some of the parts of ourselves, all parts of ourselves.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:16:45] “Whatever part that you’re working [with] is going to need something really different.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:30:49] “We have to teach our parts what love is if they didn’t fully get to receive it.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:33:01] “Everything you feel is a truth to a version of you, it just might not be a truth to adult you.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:40:56]

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You Make Sense is a manual to understanding your human experience, so that you can navigate the world with freedom, ease, and empowerment. Using the latest neuroscience and trauma research, this podcast will equip you with powerful somatic tools to help you get unstuck and create the life you desire. Sarah Baldwin, SEP, is an expert in trauma resolution, attachment, parts work, and nervous system regulation. But before she was a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and trained in Polyvagal interventions, she first came to this work as someone struggling to find relief. It was through her own healing that led her to become a trained professional, now helping thousands of people across her programs, courses, and classes to do the same.

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  • Creator
    Sarah Baldwin
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    72
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    © 2024 You Make Sense
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