TOPICS COVERED:

- Trauma, shame, and desire as fuel

- The science of nervous system recalibration

- Carl Jung’s shadow, Resmaa Menakem’s soul nerve

- How shame stabilizes—then cages

- Turning repressed energy into post-traumatic sovereignty

MENTIONED THINKERS & SOURCES:

- Carl Jung – Shadow integration

- Resmaa Menakem – My Grandmother’s Hands

- Gabor Maté – The Myth of Normal

- Bessel van der Kolk – The Body Keeps the Score

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction - What You’ve Been Hiding Might Be the Key
00:30 The Final Chapter of the SFT Trilogy
01:14 Redefining “Tortured”: Not Broken, But Heavy
02:23 Trauma as Adaptation, Not Damage
05:29 How Shame Becomes the Emergency Manager
06:05 The Nervous System’s Protective Rewrite
07:18 Desire as Sacred Direction
08:04 Listening to What You Crave
09:26 The Invitation: Take the Self-Audit

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