A Little More You
The world taught you to live by its expectations. Be productive. Chase accomplishments. Perform for everyone else’s needs.If you’re burned out, exhausted, and your body and soul are saying “no more,” you’re in the right place.This podcast is for you if you’re a woman…
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Why Yoga & Therapy Aren't Enough (The Missing Piece) (opens the original)
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Topics covered: Relief vs. real change: the crucial difference The survival mode cycle and escape containers Why vacations and wellness retreats feel good but don't create lasting transformation What integration actually means Small intentional actions vs. big dramatic life changes Real-life story: Bali, forgiveness, and aligned action Real-life story: Intentional changes and the unexpected layoff Building a life you don't have to escape from Somatic coaching and body wisdom Grief, loss, and fin
You Don't Have to Be Okay: Redefining Resilience After Loss (opens the original)
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Topics Covered: The cultural myth of resilience (and why it's actually suppression) How our workplace and social systems are designed to keep us in toxic resilience The real cost of pushing emotions down (it lives in your body) The difference between toxic resilience and genuine resilience How grief reveals what actually matters to you The 3-step framework: Feel it → Understand it → Act on it Kendra's personal story: vision board to life coach to starting her business Why you don't have to be ok
Emotions Explained: Why Feeling Them Is the Key to Real Healing (opens the original)
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The cultural messages we received about emotions (and why they're wrong). Emotions as information: what your brain is actually doing when you feel something. The difference between a feeling being valid and being true. Why suppressed emotions become stored energy in your body. The chronic fatigue connection: unprocessed emotions and exhaustion. Therapy vs. feeling: Why talking about emotions isn't the same as feeling them. The practice of witnessing: how to actually feel your emotions. Sitting w
The Truth I Found in the Depths of My Grief (opens the original)
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Grief has a way of stripping every expectation off your life until only the truth remains. In this episode, Kendra shares the season of loss that changed her, and what she found once the noise was gone. In this episode: [00:29] What grief strips away, and what it leaves behind [01:22] Kendra's story: the losses that shaped a decade of her life [02:41] The one loss that changed everything [03:22] The hall pass grief gave her, and the guilt she stopped carrying [05:20] What happens when everything
12 Years After Losing My Daughter, My Body Was Still Holding Grief (opens the original)
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Episode 1: 12 Years After Losing My Daughter, My Body Was Still Holding Grief In the first episode of Truth After Loss, Kendra Merrill sets the stage for the podcast and shares three cultural messages about grief that she's learned aren't true. What we cover: Why "getting over" grief isn't the goal, and what to aim for instead How grief stays with you for life, even as its intensity changes Why unprocessed grief gets stored in the body (with a nod to Bessel van der Kolk's The Body Keeps the Scor
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