In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with Amy who helps to run community projects supporting women who are fleeing from domestic abuse by supporting them with holistic treatments and group sessions to improve their wellbeing and self-worth.

During this conversation, Amy highlights the importance of having a safe place to go to as changes to relationships, environments, and belief systems are made, acknowledging that this can take time. However, by working through these issues, Amy wishes to highlight that a better life is possible.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Making sure that physical needs such as getting enough sleep and relaxation can be really important when making changes in your life.
• Support groups can be a safe space to explore healthy relationships and connections.
• It is important to be able to talk and safely express emotions.
• You deserve to feel safe.
• Our core attachments growing up can influence how we act and react in our adult relationships.
• When we can separate our behaviours from who we are as a person, it can help us to heal and grow.

BEST MOMENTS

• “ I think if people feel like they can speak up about how they're feeling, it goes a long way because it can be very disempowering as a person to have to hold everything in.”
•  ”That's the general message is you do deserve to relax. You do deserve to take time out for yourself, and you do deserve to be heard. And eventually, hopefully, you are safe. You can be safe.”
• “ So understanding that what's seen on the surface isn't always reflective of someone's efforts. So sometimes we need to look deeper to be supportive.”
•  ”What are the reasons when people go back to living independently that lead them to find someone like that again? Like, are we teaching enough personal boundaries? Are they integrated in the community enough?”
• “I think more often than not, there is actually, you know, an unhealthy relationship dynamic coming from the core attachment growing up, because we learn our boundaries from that caregiver.”
• “That's kind of like always a theme I think when you're trying to offer support or even education, people have got to want to be ready, you know, to receive the help.”

HOST BIO

Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.

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