How Talking Kindly to Your Body Can Benefit Your Life [episode 123]
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As of this recording, it’s been one full year since my bilateral breast amputation. It feels surreal, but I don’t feel sad or heavy about it. I feel reflective, and honestly, a little in awe.
When I look back at this past year (and really since I’ve been on my healing journey), I can see how much has shifted inside of me. Not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually, too.
In today’s episode, I’m talking about how talking kindly to your body can benefit your life. About halfway through this last year, I came across Heal Your Body by Louise Hay. It led me to her book You Can Heal Your Life, and while some of it may sound a little “woo,” something about it landed!
She talks about the connection between our physical symptoms and emotional world, and about speaking kindly to ourselves and our bodies. Well, I decided to try it.
Now, I’m not saying affirmations *magically* fix everything. However, I’ve noticed a difference in MY everyday life since I’ve been using them!
Of course, nothing is perfect. I still get sick, and I still have hard days. But I’m no longer comfortably numb. Acknowledging anger, sadness, and fear has changed the environment inside my body. It has created space for me to THRIVE, and I’m truly grateful for that!
If you’ve been feeling called to go deeper into your own inner work and healing, I’d love to support you. You can schedule a free 30-minute call for 1:1 Good Movement Guidance – make sure to mention “cast pod” so you’ll receive 10% off when you commit to 6 months!
In this episode, How Talking Kindly to Your Body Can Benefit Your Life, I cover:
- Reflecting on the 1-year anniversary of my bilateral breast amputation + the emotional growth that has unfolded alongside physical healing
- My discovery of Louise Hay’s work + the connection between emotions, self-talk & physical health
- How speaking kindly to my body shifted my experience with cold sores & sickness
- The daily affirmation I’ve been using for my body
- Real-life examples of my affirmations in action
- How moving from criticism & numbing to curiosity & compassion has allowed me to thrive
Resources & Links:
- You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay (affiliate link)
- Heal Your Body by Louise Hay
- Schedule a free consult and see if 1:1 Good Movement Guidance is right for you
- Check out my merch shop
- Join the waitlist for the Good Movement Collective
- Good Movement music by: Aaron Espe
- Podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting
Connect with Terryn:
- Follow on Instagram @terryn.drieling
- Check out my website
- Send me an email at terryn@terryndrieling.com
Related Episodes:
- Episode 101: One Intentional Breath: My First Step Toward Emotional Healing
- Episode 105: Comfortably Numb: When Calm Becomes Disconnection
- Episode 110: Comfortably Numb: What Healing Feels Like on the Other Side
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More about the Good Movement Draws Good Movement podcast:
In stockmanship (the art and science of handling cattle in a safe, effective, low-stress manner), we have this phrase . . . good movement draws good movement.
It’s this thing that happens when we ask a small group of cattle, maybe a cow, or a pair to move out in a certain direction, and their movement draws the whole herd into moving in the same direction.
Good movement happens when we approach the cattle with a positive attitude, read and really listen to what they’re telling us, and communicate accordingly.
We don’t approach the aware, flighty cattle the same as we do the tame, docile cattle. We adjust ourselves, our energy, and approach, and communicate with each differently.
These adjustments help us effectively draw good movement from each, which then draws good movement from the herd. But it starts with us.
The same is true for humans. Good movement starts with us.
Welcome to Good Movement Draws Good Movement, the podcast where farmers, ranchers, and rural folks can grow relationally through awareness, understanding, and effective communication.
Hey, it’s me – T. I’m your host, and I, along with my guests, will be covering topics related to drawing good movement – things like self and social awareness, brain science, positive psychology, extending grace, and so much more.
We’ll share tools that can help you understand why you are the way you are, why others are the way they are, and how you can use that to step out of self-told lies with grace and compassion to draw good movement in conversations, relationships, and life in rural America.
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