HeyJaredThe Scars We Lead From
A podcast for high-functioning humans in recovery from chaos, survival, and the pressure to hold it all together.Hosted by Kelsey Hire, a military leader, trauma-informed resilience strategist, and woman who has been addicted to chaos and walked through collapse more times…
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Decode Your Survival Mode: The Stone Turtle (opens the original)
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In this episode, I’m getting into the final archetype in the Decode Your Survival Mode series, the Stone Turtle. If you’ve lost hours to scrolling or sleeping without quite knowing where the time went, or people describe you as easygoing and you’re not sure that’s the right word, this one’s for you. I talk about: * What the Stone Turtle pattern actually is, the dorsal vagal shutdown response that makes disappearing feel safer than staying exposed * A story from the year after my Poland deploymen
Decode Your Survival Mode: The Bracing Bear (opens the original)
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In this episode, I’m getting into the fourth archetype in the Decode Your Survival Mode series, the Bracing Bear. If you’re the one everyone calls the strong one, and you have no idea what you’d be if you weren’t, this one’s for you. I talk about: * What the Bracing Bear pattern actually is, a blend of freeze and fawn that holds everything together on the outside while quietly collapsing on the inside * A story from my first deployment to Iraq, fifteen months long, where I stepped in to carry so
Decode Your Survival Mode: The Feeling Fawn (opens the original)
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In this episode, I’m getting into the third archetype in the Decode Your Survival Mode series, the Feeling Fawn. If you’re the one who remembers everyone’s needs but no one quite remembers yours, this one’s for you. I talk about: * What the Feeling Fawn pattern actually is, survival through appeasement rather than fight or freeze * A story from my deployment to Poland, the darkest period of my adult life, where my nervous system stopped fighting and started disappearing instead * Why saying no c
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