Open conversations and different perspectives on mind, body, diet, lifestyle, society, relationships, and parenting. The Get the Gunk Out podcast is a no judgement zone. It’s a place to learn about different choices and habits that you can choose or choose not to implement into your own life. It's a place to share your own stories, and listen to others. Our guests include topical experts, as well as everyday people who want to have their voices heard. It’s a place to share ideas, experiences, knowledge, and advice. It’s about feeling like you’re not alone. It’s about understanding that everyone has their story, everyone has their point of view, everyone has their way of doing life, and all of it is valid, because it’s what works for them! Get the Gunk Out is not about being perfect or drastically changing your whole life in one day. It’s about finding simple ways to de-gunk your life and fill it back up with goodness, in a way that feels right for you.
Ep 21: Understanding and Healing from Trauma + Our Personal Experiences with Panic Disorders, Dissociation, and Paralyzing Fear
This week, Shannon chats with Erika Straub, who is an anxiety & trauma coach for women.
She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Psychology, earned a MA in Depth Psychology, holds 500+ hours of yoga teacher training credentials and is a nationally certified personal trainer.
As a coach, Erika operates through the lens of Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Experiencing, and Jungian Depth Psychology. Her deep knowledge in psyche and soma are the genesis for her coaching programs.
Erika specializes in resolution and repair from symptoms of complex trauma, childhood trauma, sexual trauma, and post-traumatic stress.
Topics discussed:
What is trauma?
How do you know if what you're feeling and experiencing is the result of a trauma (whether complex or acute)?
How traumas show up in our bodies (symptoms)
What fight, flight, or freeze is and what it all means for us
How simple routine tasks like going to the grocery store made Shannon become paralyzed with fear
Erika and Shannon's experiences with panic attacks
What panic attacks are, what they feel like, and how they can actually change your brain and your life
Why Erika and Shannon are both grateful for their traumas
Shannon's experience with claustrophobia
What "dissociation" is. What it feels like and why Shannon says it's the worst feeling she's ever felt
Why dissociation happens after trauma
How our brains can't distinguish between "having" an actual experience and just simply "thinking" about an experience. Symptoms arise from thought alone.
How Erika and Shannon both managed their panic attacks (and it's not by "just trying to relax and calm down")
How shame plays a role in trauma
How our brains physically change from trauma, and why self talk alone isn't enough
Shannon's traumas throughout her life that led to a constant feeling of "what's coming next"
The vagus nerve and why it's important
How the mind and body are connected
The difference between general anxiety and panic attacks
Links mentioned in this episode:
https://www.instagram.com/_anxiousfemale/ (https://www.instagram.com/_anxiousfemale/)
https://www.instagram.com/getthegunkout/ (https://www.instagram.com/getthegunkout/)
https://www.anxiousfemale.com/ (https://www.anxiousfemale.com/)
22 Mar 2021
Ep 20: Why Advocating for Your Own Health Is Important + Life with Hashimotos and a son with Autism + ADHD + Music Therapy
This week, Shannon chats with Tamara Leszner-Rovet, who is a registered psychotherapist (RP), certified music therapist (MTA), and registered music teacher (RMT) with over 20 years experience working with individuals with neurological disorders and developmental delays. She holds an Associateship of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto (ARCT), an Honours Bachelor of Music Therapy Degree from the University of Windsor (BMT), and has received additional training as a Neurologic Music Therapist (NMT). Since 2007, she has been the owner and director of Tamara’s Piano Studio and Music Therapy Services (TPSMTS), a private practice specializing in providing music therapy services and adapted music lessons to children and adolescents. She believes strongly in presuming competence and the right to high quality music lessons and music therapy services, regardless of an individual’s age or ability. In addition to running a full time private practice, she is also a mom to an incredible 8 year old with his own unique challenges!
Topics discussed:
Tamara's health struggles with Hashimotos and the misdiagnosis she dealt with for 10 years (on and off meds that she didn't actually need)
Shannon's experience living with a thyroid condition
Why it's important to see our own lab results and advocate for our own health - what's "normal" on a lab, doesn't mean its normal for you
What to do if you're having unusual symptoms and can't find an answer
How your thyroid can affect temperature regulation issues, mood, fatigue, weight gain/loss, brain fog, pain, infertility, miscarriages, etc...
What histamine intolerance is - and how to know if you have it
Tamara's experience with a gifted son with autism and ADHD
Tamara's music therapy background - how she helps kids thrive through music (using music as a catalyst to achieve therapeutic goals, rather than musical goals)
Why what works for one person may not work for another
How music can change your mood - for better or worse
Links mentioned in this episode:
Email: tpsmts@gmail.com
Website: www.tpsmts.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TPSMTS
Twitter: @TPSMTS
Instagram: @tpsmtstor
15 Mar 2021
Ep 19: Unlearning Patterns and Messaging That Doesn't Serve Us + Barbie's Healing Journey As A Mom of A Rape Survivor
This week, Shannon chats with Barbie Liss who is a Maternal Empowerment Coach, helping Women heal Mother Wounds and reclaim their Goddess Energy!
As Mom to 3 grown children, Barbie has travelled the path of Motherhood, from typical to not at all typical experiences. Her life altering experience, and subsequent healing journey as a Mom of a rape survivor, and ultimate Restorative Justice outcome, led to her current path.
She has been featured in Forbes, on Sirius XM, the Great Canadian Women, Empowerography Podcast, and more.
Through a deep dive virtual Coaching Program, Barbie nurtures her clients through unlearning generational wounds and rewriting limiting core belief. She is an UNteacher of damaging messages and a perspective shape shifter. As a Maternal Empowerment Coach, Barbie helps heal old wounds that bleed into new moments, so that You can step fully into Your Goddess Energy!
Topics discussed:
Finding your true self through ancestral wound healing
Barbie's story as a mom of a rape survivor, and her personal healing journey
What restoritive justice is, and why Barbie and her daughter chose a restoritive justice outcome
How generational patterns are passed down and how that affects us as individuals
How we can all choose a resoritive justice approach in our daily encounters
Shannon talks about her parents divorce and how she felt/feels today
Teachable moments vs. punishable moments
The lesson Shannon teaches her kids about empathy and understanding
Unlearning patterns and messaging that doesn't serve us
Why Shannon feels fortunate that she experienced trauma in her life
How to not let your circumstances control your emotions and actions
Why it's ok to be ok, even when we're not entirely ok
How the word "and" can positively impact your mindset
How Barbie healed herself in order to help her daughter heal
How generational messaging and language is passed down and why it doesn't work in a new generation (ex. using "because I said so as an answer to our kids" or "just do what the doctor says", etc...)
Barbie's tips for de-gunking your life today
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.barbieliss.com
https://www.instagram.com/_barbieliss/ (https://www.instagram.com/_barbieliss/)
https://www.instagram.com/getthegunkout/ (https://www.instagram.com/getthegunkout/)
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