Comfortably Numb: What Healing Feels Like on the Other Side [episode 110]
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There’s been such a powerful ripple effect from episode 105, Comfortably Numb: When Calm Becomes Disconnection. After sharing more about it on social media, so many of you reached out with your own experiences of looking “fine” on the outside but feeling anything but that on the inside.
In today’s episode, I’m talking about being “comfortably numb” and what healing feels like on the other side. For most of my life, I looked levelheaded. I was calm and unshakeable. People praised me for it, and for a long time, I believed it was who I truly was!
But on the inside, I lived with a constant layer of tension. I stayed busy, so I didn’t have to feel. I said yes when I desperately wanted to say no.
I was surviving, calling it strength, and wondering why the heck my body felt like it was falling apart.
Healing changed EVERYTHING in ways I never expected. The physical symptoms that once ruled my days slowly eased as my nervous system learned what safety actually felt like.
My relationships are deeper now. My presence is truer. I’m finally able to show up as ME.
The shift from numbness to calm happened because I started feeling my feelings (like really feeling them). I was no longer “fixing” myself and managing everyone else’s emotions.
Healing doesn’t make life easy, but it makes us capable.
If you’re longing to move from numb to calm and learn what healing feels like on the other side, I would be honored to walk with you inside 1:1 Good Movement Guidance! You never have to do this work alone, friend.
In this episode, Comfortably Numb: What Healing Feels Like on the Other Side, I cover:
- The difference between appearing “calm” and actually being disconnected or numb
- How I used busyness, people-pleasing, and toxic positivity to avoid discomfort
- My physical symptoms that showed up from long-term internal tension
- What has majorly improved for me since I’ve focused on healing
- How feeling anger, setting boundaries, and expressing honesty now feel good & grounding
- Practices & key mindset shifts that have helped me reconnect with myself
- Reflection questions to check in with yourself
Resources & Links:
- Connect with Jada
- Join 1:1 Good Movement Guidance
- 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 72: Holistic Resilience: Rethinking Strength and Survival, Part 1 with Kelly Greene
- Episode 73: Finding Meaning in the Mess: How Purpose Fuels Resilience, Part 2 with Kelly Greene
- Episode 101: One Intentional Breath: My First Step Toward Emotional Healing
- Episode 105: Comfortably Numb: When Calm Becomes Disconnection
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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