The Way Back to You

Anat Peri
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The Way Back to You is a podcast for big-hearted humans with tired nervous systems who are ready to reconnect with the parts of themselves they learned to hide, perform, please, prove, chase, or abandon. Hosted by Anat Peri, Inner Child Expert, CEO and Founder of Training Camp for the Soul®, this show dives into inner child healing, nervous system regulation, emotional release, somatic work, relationships, self-worth, and the patterns that keep us stuck in survival mode. Through solo episodes, real healing sessions, and guest conversations, Anat guides you beyond mindset work and into the body where lasting transformation actually happens. This is not about fixing yourself. It is about finding your way back to the self that was always there.

  1. 3d ago

    14: Told You're Too Much? Healing Your Sensitive Inner Child | A Session with Mallory

    "Maybe you were never too much. Maybe you just had feelings no one knew how to hold with you." - Anat Peri In this episode of The Way Back to You, Anat guides Mallory, a natural caretaker who can believe in everyone except herself. Mallory grew up being told she was too sensitive and too much, so she learned to hide her feelings until they exploded. Then she would shut herself in her room, alone, with no one coming to comfort her. In this session, Anat guides her through her body, from a heavy knot in her throat, to anger, to the grief underneath it, and finally back to the little girl who needed someone to say, "I've got you." Along the way, Anat unpacks why self trust can't be rushed, how caretaking everyone else can quietly become self abandonment, and why the feelings you were taught to hide shape the way you show up in every relationship. Takeaways • Why being called "too much" as a child teaches you to hide your feelings, not to feel less • How caring for everyone else can become a way of abandoning yourself • Why self trust is built by learning to consistently show up for yourself • What it looks like to feel anger all the way through to the grief underneath • The difference between looking for love from others and learning to give it to yourself • Why changing your relationship with yourself changes every other relationship Your practice this week When something big comes up, instead of asking, "How do I make this go away?" ask, "What does this part of me need from me right now?" Put a hand on your heart and offer yourself the words you needed back then: "I've got you. You're safe." To help your body feel safe enough to stay with what you're feeling, use the same Cultivating Safety meditation Anat gave Mallory. Cultivating Safety: Guided Breathwork & Somatic Practice If something in Mallory's story felt like yours, Anat is inviting listeners to be coached live on The Way Back to You. Apply to be coached on the show Apply to Work with Anat Follow Anat on Instagram

  2. Sep 30

    13: I Didn't Know How to Receive Without Earning It

    At 2:00 in the morning, I woke up crying. I walked into the bathroom and heard myself say something I had never let myself say before: "I can't hold all of this anymore." For years, I thought I knew how to slow down. I had done the healing work. I knew how to regulate my nervous system. But I was still holding everyone. My business. My clients. My team. My family. My husband. Everyone's needs, emotions, and experiences. And underneath all of it was a belief I didn't fully see until recently: I didn't know how to receive without earning it first. In this episode, I'm sharing what happened when I finally hit my limit, the quiet way hustling can show up as overgiving and overholding, and what I'm learning about letting myself be supported simply because I exist. We'll talk about why slowing down can feel so uncomfortable, how childhood conditioning teaches us to connect worth with productivity, and the difference between truly receiving and simply accepting what someone gives you. If you feel guilty when you rest, overgive to the people you love, or always feel like you should be doing more, this one is for you. And I'll leave you with a question I've been sitting with myself: Who are you when you no longer have to be the one who makes everything happen? Your practice this week: When you hear that voice saying you should be doing something, stop and ask: is this my body, or is this just the voice? If it is your body, breathe, notice where it is stuck, name the sensations, and let the emotion move. If it is just the voice, go nourish yourself instead. When someone does something for you, stop, look at them, and tell them exactly what it meant to you. And ask yourself the magic wand question: if I came from a place of peace, what would I really choose? If nothing comes, write down one thing you already know you do not want to hold anymore. For the moments when the urge is coming from your body, the Cultivating Safety meditation is the practice I still come back to myself. It helps you slow down, come back into your body, and feel safe from the inside. Cultivating Safety: Guided Breathwork & Somatic Practice Follow Anat on Instagram

  3. Sep 18

    12: When Dating Triggers Your 'I’m Not Enough' Wound | A Session with Becca

    "The moment you stop asking, 'Am I worthy of being chosen?' and start asking, 'Is this person actually showing me they're worthy of me?' everything changes." - Anat Peri In this episode of The Way Back to You, I sit down with Becca, who came into our session after one incredible first date left her nervous system completely activated. When the man she felt so excited about stopped taking initiative, it wasn't just disappointing. Suddenly, she was questioning everything. Was I too much? Was I too serious? Did I do something wrong? Why doesn't he want me? What looked like anxiety about one man quickly revealed something much deeper: an old wound around not being chosen, not feeling worthy, and believing that someone else's interest, or lack of it, said something about her value. And underneath that was another pattern Becca hadn't realized she was caught in: trying to stay positive, "high vibe," and aligned instead of allowing herself to actually feel what was happening inside her. This session is about what happens when dating activates an old wound, and how quickly everything can shift when, instead of abandoning yourself inside the discomfort, you finally turn toward the part of you that needs you. In this episode, we explore: Why someone pulling away can trigger a much older "I'm not enough" woundThe subtle moment when dating shifts from Do I actually want him? to How do I get him to choose me?Why chemistry and potential aren't the same thing as someone consistently showing upHow to identify the values and "gatekeepers" that actually matter in a relationshipWhy forcing yourself to stay positive can actually keep your nervous system activatedThe difference between spiritually bypassing an emotion and actually processing itWhat it means to stop waiting to be chosen and begin choosing yourselfHow loving yourself can look much less like affirmations, and much more like staying with yourself when the uncomfortable feelings come Because choosing yourself doesn't mean you stop wanting partnership. It means you stop abandoning yourself while you wait for it. And from that place, dating becomes less about proving that you're worthy of love, and more about noticing who is actually capable of meeting you there. Your practice this week This week, when a feeling rises and you catch yourself rushing to fix it, reframe it, or push it down to stay positive, try the opposite. Put a hand on your heart, name what you feel, and let it move through you for about ninety seconds. That is what it looks like to stop abandoning yourself and choose you. To make it easier, I made you a free guided practice called Cultivating Safety, the exact somatic tool I use to help my own nervous system feel safe enough to actually feel. →Cultivating Safety: Guided Breathwork & Somatic Practice Want to be coached on the show? I open a few spots to work through a real pattern live on the podcast, exactly like this session with Becca. If something in you leaned in while you listened, that is your yes. → Apply to be coached on the show → Follow Anat on Instagram

  4. Sep 9

    11: The Quiet Way You Abandon Yourself in Relationships: How to Speak Up Without Losing Love

    “Silence is not safety. Silence is the sound of you leaving yourself.” - Anat Peri Self abandonment does not always look like losing yourself. Sometimes it looks like being easygoing. Keeping the peace. Going along with what they want. Staying quiet because speaking up feels harder than swallowing what is true. And sometimes it looks like the opposite: getting louder, more controlling, or blaming because the vulnerable truth underneath feels too scary to say. In this episode of The Way Back to You, Anat shares the moment her husband told her, “You are the one keeping yourself in this box,” and she finally saw how she had been quietly disappearing inside a relationship with a man who adored her. She unpacks the kind of self abandonment that hides in plain sight, the difference between a yes that comes from freedom and one that comes from fear, what vulnerability actually looks like in a real relationship, and how to begin speaking the truths, wants, needs, and no’s you have been swallowing. Because keeping the peace is not always peace. Sometimes it is the quietest way you leave yourself. Takeaways• Why self abandonment is so difficult to recognize when it looks like getting along, keeping the peace, being a good partner, or staying in control • The difference between an easygoing yes that comes from freedom and a yes that comes from fear, pleasing, or avoiding discomfort • What vulnerability actually means: saying the scary thing, allowing yourself to be seen, and asking for what you need without controlling the answer • Why blame is often a need in disguise, and how shifting from “you never” to “I feel” and “I need” changes the conversation • Why someone being triggered by your honesty does not automatically mean you did something wrong • How to let another person have their reaction without abandoning yourself to make them comfortable again • The simple practice Anat’s mentor taught her for saying something that feels too scary to speak in the moment Your Practice This WeekFind one true thing you have been swallowing. Just one. A want. A need. A no. A fear. Something you have not been saying. Before you bring it to anyone else, give yourself some time with it on paper. Ask yourself: If I knew I was completely safe no matter how they reacted, what would I say? What do I actually need? What am I afraid would happen if I asked for it out loud? Then, when you are ready, say the true thing to the person it belongs to. And if saying it in the moment feels too scary, write it down first and read it to them. Messy and true beats smooth and absent every time. ResourcesYou have a specific way you abandon yourself, and you cannot change a pattern you cannot see. → The Hidden Defense Patterns Quiz And before you have the conversation, regulate your body so you can speak from safety instead of flooding. → Cultivating Safety: Guided Breathwork & Somatic Practice Follow Anat on Instagram If this episode reached something in you, share it with one person you love who needs to hear it. That is how this work travels, heart to heart, one honest conversation at a time. Follow The Way Back to You so the next episode finds you. And if the show has supported you, leave a rating and review. It helps more big hearted humans find their way back to themselves.

  5. Sep 1

    10: People Pleasing and the Guilt of Choosing Yourself | A Session with Jessica

    "You are not disappearing when you choose yourself. You are finally showing up." -Anat Peri In this episode of The Way Back to You, Anat guides Jessica, a new mom who gives everything to everyone and cannot find herself anywhere on her own list. Jessica already knows she is a people pleaser. What she does not yet see is why choosing herself sets off a wave of guilt she cannot think her way out of. Anat traces the pattern back to where it began, the comparison and the never good enough that shaped it, and then does the part most conversations never reach. Together they move it, in real time, in the body, and you get to hear a lifetime of guilt release in about ninety seconds. Anat unpacks why you cannot think your way out of a pattern that lives in your nervous system, what it really means to cut the cord without abandoning the people you love, and how to feel a hard emotion all the way through instead of carrying it for years. Takeaways Why you cannot think your way out of people pleasing, and what actually shifts itThe hidden script running underneath the guilt: your needs come lastHow childhood comparison quietly becomes "I am never good enough"What cutting the cord really means, and why it is not abandoning the people you loveThe two bodyguards we use to avoid a feeling, and how to catch yoursThe practice that moved a lifetime of guilt in ninety seconds: regulate, name it, let it move Your practice this week This episode asks you to stop running from the guilt that rises when you choose yourself, and to feel it all the way through instead. Cultivating Safety is my free guided breathwork and somatic practice to help your nervous system settle enough to do exactly that. → Cultivating Safety: Guided Breathwork & Somatic Practice Want to be coached on the show, like Jessica? The application takes a few minutes, and I read every one. → Apply to be coached on the show → Follow Anat on Instagram

  6. Aug 25

    9: When He Asked for Space: How I Stayed Secure Instead of Chasing

    "Secure is not calm. Secure is who you let steer." - Anat Peri In this episode of The Way Back to You, Anat tells the story of the ten days that changed everything. Two and a half months into dating the man who is now her husband, he asked her for space, with no promise of when, or if, he would come back. Instead of chasing him, texting him, or making his silence mean something about her, she poured all that love back into herself. She unpacks what it really means to move from anxious to secure, why giving someone space is not the same as waiting on them, and how tending your own fear instead of handing it to him is the thing that makes you magnetic. Takeaways - Why the first months of dating reveal your attachment pattern more than they reveal him - The difference between someone pulling away from you and someone moving toward themselves - What secure actually is: holding fear and trust in the same hand, not the absence of fear - Why "chasing dressed up as being sweet" keeps you stuck in the courting stage - How to tell the space of a proven partner from the pattern of someone who was never consistent - The one practice that carried her through those ten days: feel it fully, act on it never Your practice this week This episode asks you to stay present with the fear of losing someone, instead of reaching out to make it stop. Cultivating Safety is my free guided breathwork and somatic practice to help your nervous system settle enough to do exactly that. Cultivating Safety: Guided Breathwork & Somatic Practice Follow Anat on Instagram If this episode landed for you, send it to someone who has been chasing and calling it love. Follow The Way Back to You so you do not miss what is next, and if the show is helping you come home to yourself, a rating and review helps another big-hearted human find it.

  7. Aug 15

    8: Losing Yourself in Relationships: Learning to Choose You | A Session with Sara

    Sara came to this session three days after a breakup, trying to do something she had never really done before: stay with herself instead of reaching for someone else to make the feeling go away. If you lose yourself in relationships, abandon your own needs to keep everyone else happy, or feel panic at the thought of being alone, this live coaching session is your way back to you. Losing yourself in a relationship is one of the quietest kinds of heartbreak. You look up after it ends and you're not quite sure who's left. This episode is for you if: You lose yourself in relationships and struggle to find your way back. The fear of being alone feels less like peace and more like panic. You abandon your own needs to keep everyone else happy. You want to stop abandoning yourself and start choosing yourself. At one point in the session, Sara says the thing so many people have felt but never said out loud: “I don't even know who I am.” This is not a talk about self-love. It is self-love happening in real time. You will hear Sara's nervous system settle right there on the recording, and if you listen closely, you might feel your own do the same. In this session: The little girl in the trunk. Why the part of you that panics when you're alone may be a younger part of you who learned to take care of everyone else instead of staying connected to herself, and what it means to finally bring her up into the front seat. Do not buy the chicken. The simple reframe that turns “I can't call them” into “I choose me,” and why telling yourself what not to do can keep you focused on the very thing you're trying to move away from. Surfing the wave. A live somatic practice for meeting a hard emotion in the body, breathing through it, allowing it to move, and returning to calm so your nervous system begins to learn that it is safe to stay with you. What was never modeled. How the way we learned to be with emotion as children can shape the way we abandon ourselves as adults, and how you get to begin reparenting that part of yourself now. Choosing yourself is a practice. You are learning something you may never have been taught. But the love you have been chasing out there has been inside you the whole time.If you want support while you find your way back in, the Cultivating Safety guided audio is here for you, so you never have to do this alone:Cultivating Safety: Guided Breathwork & Somatic Practice Want to be coached on a future episode? You can apply here: Apply to be coached on the show Come find me on Instagram: Follow Anat on Instagram

  8. Aug 7

    7: I Stopped Settling for 50% and Made Room for 100%

    What are you holding onto because having fifty percent feels safer than having nothing? Maybe it’s a relationship you already know isn’t right. A situationship you keep returning to. A job that’s fine. A friendship you’ve outgrown. The “good enough” version of something because letting it go means facing the fear of what happens next. Nine years ago, I was thirty-seven, sitting alone in a room in Maui, terrified I had missed my window for love. Instead of distracting myself, thinking positively, or trying to make the fear go away, I let myself feel it all the way through. And at the bottom of that fear was a question that changed everything: Where am I in my own way? The answer was a fifty percent relationship I was holding onto because having something felt safer than having nothing. So I let it go, with no guarantee of what would come next, and made myself a promise: I get to have one hundred percent now. What happened next changed my life. But this is not a “manifest your soulmate in two weeks” story. The timing is not the teaching. This episode is about what happens when you stop running from the fear, clear the space occupied by what you already know isn’t right, and hold the bar long enough for something different to become possible. Inside the episode, I’ll walk you through three moves: 1. Feel it through. Fear has a bottom. When you stop running from it, clarity can finally meet you there. 2. Clear the space. The relationship that’s fine. The comfortable situationship. The safe job. The draining friendship. Sometimes you have to release the fifty percent before you have any proof the hundred percent is coming. 3. Hold the bar. Don’t clear the space only to fill it with a new fifty percent wearing a different outfit. Maybe means no. Obvious is the standard. Peace, not anxiety. Reaching toward you, not keeping you guessing. A line to take with you: “Don’t be upset about the 50%. Get excited for the 100%.” Your practice this weekThis episode asks you to feel the fear you’ve been avoiding. And sometimes your nervous system needs support to feel safe enough to do that. I created Cultivating Safety: A Guided Breathwork & Somatic Practice to help your body settle enough to stay present with what you’re feeling instead of running from it. Cultivating Safety: Guided Breathwork & Somatic Practice If this episode landed for you, send it to someone who’s been settling and calling it realistic. Follow The Way Back to You so you don’t miss what’s next. And if the show is helping you come home to yourself, leaving a rating and review helps another big-hearted human find it.

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The Way Back to You is a podcast for big-hearted humans with tired nervous systems who are ready to reconnect with the parts of themselves they learned to hide, perform, please, prove, chase, or abandon. Hosted by Anat Peri, Inner Child Expert, CEO and Founder of Training Camp for the Soul®, this show dives into inner child healing, nervous system regulation, emotional release, somatic work, relationships, self-worth, and the patterns that keep us stuck in survival mode. Through solo episodes, real healing sessions, and guest conversations, Anat guides you beyond mindset work and into the body where lasting transformation actually happens. This is not about fixing yourself. It is about finding your way back to the self that was always there.

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  • Creator
    Anat Peri
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Training Camp for the Soul®
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    The Way Back to You

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