Summer Somatic Reset: Finding Your Community and Building Authentic Connection
Have you ever struggled to build or maintain meaningful friendships, felt isolated despite doing the inner work, or wondered why community can feel so hard to create? In the final episode of the Summer Somatic Reset series, Sarah explores one of the most essential yet misunderstood human needs – connection. You’ll learn how your attachment style and nervous system influence your ability to connect, and why experiences of trauma can lead to patterns of fawning, isolation, or forming unhealthy relationships. This episode will also equip you with tangible somatic tools to build your capacity for connection, recognize the types of relationships you desire, and begin cultivating community from a place of authenticity.Join Sarah to discover the power of creating internal safety and belonging to navigate social anxiety, shift inner dialogue, and find your chosen family. Episode Highlights:[00:00] Why community and safe connection are essential[01:46] How trauma impacts creating authentic connection[04:14] Sarah shares her experience of fawning and isolation[06:59] Masking, dysregulation, and misconceptions surrounding anxiety[10:34] What it means to be the ‘different one’ in your family or community[13:18] Attachment styles and how they influence connection[19:18] Examples of secure attachment and healthy connection[21:59] The healing journey and finding your chosen family[25:39] How to cultivate inner belonging and relational authenticity[28:48] Learn how to find and form the right connections for you[32:56] Reciprocity and the evolving nature of relationships[34:57] Question 1: Healing past relational wounds to form friendship and trust[41:14] Question 2: How to find an aligned community and build a chosen family[45:17] Question 3: Why it’s hard to reenter a community after healing Enter the Summer Somatic Reset Giveaway:Looking for even more tools to transform your life? For a limited time, you can get a FREE 1-hour group call with Sarah for more resources to regulate your nervous system and a chance to ask her questions live!All you have to do is rate, review, and/or subscribe to claim your spot. Click below to learn more. bit.ly/sp-podcast-giveaway Connect with Sarah on:Email Community (YouTube): bit.ly/yms-yt-newsletterEmail Community (Apple/Spotify): bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletterInstagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoachingWebsite — sarahbaldwincoaching.com Submit a Question:sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:Summer Somatic Reset: Are They Wrong For Me? Or Is It My Nervous System?Summer Somatic Reset: High-Performance Leadership Without Engaging in Hustle CultureSummer Somatic Reset: Healing the Scarcity Wound: A Nervous System Approach toTrauma & FinancesUnderstanding Social Anxiety: Are you Actually an Introvert/Extrovert or Is It Trauma?
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Summer Somatic Reset: Healing the Scarcity Wound: A Nervous System Approach to Trauma & Finances
Many of us carry deep-seated wounds of scarcity rooted in our early attachment patterns, and without realizing it, we continue to recreate those patterns in our adult lives. In this third episode of the four-part Summer Somatic Reset series, Sarah delves into the intricate relationship between trauma, finances, and the nervous system.Through the lens of attachment theory and nervous system regulation, Sarah unpacks how anxious, avoidant, and disorganized money attachments develop and how they influence our beliefs about worth, safety, and abundance. Learn how to identify your own patterns, understand the protective role your body has played, and how to begin cultivating a secure, embodied relationship with money.Want to effectively navigate financial anxiety, expand your capacity to receive, and embrace abundance? This is the episode for you! It’s not just a money conversation; it is a pathway to healing, wholeness, and freedom. Episode Highlights:[0:00:00] Today’s focus on money and abundance.[0:01:14] Where struggles around money might originate from.[0:07:49] Attachment theory and how it relates to finances.[0:11:53] How the body protects itself from anxious attachment around money.[0:17:05] Avoidant attachment and how it develops.[0:21:17] Examples of how the body copes with avoidant attachment.[0:23:32] What it looks like to have a disorganized attachment with money.[0:25:50] What a secure relationship with money looks like.[0:31:09] Reasons why people struggle with the concept of abundance.[0:33:00] How to create a healthy relationship with money.[0:41:20] Question 1: Overcoming the body’s conditioning to wealth.[1:00:14] Question 2: The impact of attachment style on relationships.[1:07:10] Question 3: How long will the healing journey take. Enter the Summer Somatic Reset Giveaway:Looking for even more tools to transform your life? For a limited time, you can get a FREE 1-hour group call with Sarah for more resources to regulate your nervous system and a chance to ask her questions live!All you have to do is rate, review, and/or subscribe to claim your spot. Click below to learn more.bit.ly/sp-podcast-giveaway Connect with Sarah on:Email Community (YouTube): bit.ly/yms-yt-newsletterEmail Community (Apple/Spotify): bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletterInstagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoachingWebsite — sarahbaldwincoaching.com Submit a Question:sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:Summer Somatic Reset: Are They Wrong For Me? Or Is It My Nervous System?Summer Somatic Reset: High-Performance Leadership Without Engaging in Hustle Culture
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Summer Somatic Reset: High-Performance Leadership Without Engaging in Hustle Culture
In episode two of the four-part Summer Somatic Reset series, Sarah explores how high-performing leaders can shift from leading through scarcity and fear to embodying leadership rooted in safety and abundance. She unpacks the common traits of many high achievers, how the drive to succeed often stems from survival instincts formed in childhood, the toll this can take over time, and how parts work and nervous system regulation can pave the way for sustainable leadership.Through practical somatic tools and real-life examples, Sarah offers a path to more life-giving leadership rooted in nervous system regulation, nourishment, and the steady presence of your adult self. Whether you’re leading a company or your own healing journey, this episode will help you shift from striving to thriving so you can lead without sacrificing your wellbeing! Episode Highlights:[00:00] The journey to life-giving high-performance leadership[01:25] What it looks like to be a high achiever[06:01] How striving protective parts drive high achievers[12:44] What happens when protective parts become problematic[14:17] How constant striving adversely impacts ourselves and others[18:45] Learning to lead from our adult selves, not our younger parts[22:44] How to reparent our younger parts and retrain our nervous systems[25:45] The importance of prioritizing nourishment, even when it’s challenging[32:33] Other focus areas for high achievers, like learning to rely on others[35:26] Why people are drawn to regulated leaders[40:00] Question 1: Feeling in your power and not getting derailed[45:19] Question 2: Starting, running, and sustaining a successful business[50:54] Question 3: Navigating imposter syndrome from a somatic perspective Enter the Summer Somatic Reset Giveaway:Looking for even more tools to transform your life? For a limited time, you can get a FREE 1-hour group call with Sarah for more resources to regulate your nervous system and a chance to ask her questions live! All you have to do is rate, review, and/or subscribe to claim your spot. Click below to learn more.YouTube — bit.ly/yt-podcast-giveawayApple/Spotify — bit.ly/sp-podcast-giveaway Connect with Sarah on:Email Community (YouTube) — bit.ly/yms-yt-newsletterEmail Community (Apple/Spotify) — bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletterInstagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoachingWebsite — sarahbaldwincoaching.com Submit a Question:sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast
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Summer Somatic Reset: Are They Wrong For Me? Or Is It My Nervous System?
In this first episode of the four-part Summer Somatic Reset series, Sarah unpacks one of the most common (and confusing) questions in relationships: Is this person wrong for me, or is it my nervous system? Sarah shares how attachment wounds, protective parts, and nervous system patterns shape our experience of love, and why good things don’t always feel good at first.Through guided practices and personal insights, Sarah invites you to explore how to differentiate between old protective patterns and present-day truth, empowering you to build relational capacity, deepen self-trust, and recognize what truly supports growth and connection. Episode Highlights:[00:00] The truth behind relationship confusion[01:43] Why good things often don’t feel good at first[03:59] Cultural myths that keep us stuck in romantic uncertainty[06:23] How neuroception links past wounding to present experience[10:05] The importance of building capacity inside a relationship[13:06] A guided practice to access your adult self and discern relationship truth[23:19] The mirror effect: How relationships reveal our growth edges[26:12] Recognizing when you’re in a protective part versus your adult self[30:35] What it feels like when a relationship is right (and why it may still feel uncomfortable)[35:23] When is a relationship wrong? Growth, safety, values, and relational polarity[41:59] Understanding boredom as a relational signal[44:49] Question 1: Building capacity and checking in with your truth daily[48:41] Question 2: Breaking patterns by giving your younger parts the love they lacked[51:49] Question 3: Reparenting our parts to build attraction and receive healthy love Enter the Summer Somatic Reset Giveaway:Looking for even more tools to transform your life? For a limited time, you can get a FREE 1-hour group call with Sarah for more resources to regulate your nervous system and a chance to ask her questions live!All you have to do is rate, review, and/or subscribe to claim your spot. Click below to learn more.bit.ly/sp-podcast-giveaway Connect with Sarah on:Email Community (YouTube): bit.ly/yms-yt-newsletterEmail Community (Apple/Spotify): bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletterInstagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoachingWebsite — sarahbaldwincoaching.com Submit a Question:sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast
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Getting to Know Freeze: How This Self-Protective State Shows Up in Dating, at Work, and More
Many of us know what it feels like to be stuck, wanting to move forward in life but somehow unable to. This is often an indication we’re in freeze—one of the most misunderstood forms of nervous system dysregulation. In this episode of You Make Sense, Sarah breaks down the freeze response: what it is, why it happens, and how it shows up in everything from our relationships to our purpose.Freeze is not laziness or weakness, but a deeply adaptive survival response. Drawing on neuroscience and compassionate insight, Sarah offers powerful somatic tools to gently help you come out of dysregulation and into safety. If you’ve ever felt stuck in a loop of overthinking, avoidance, or self-doubt—this episode will give you a roadmap for stepping toward the life you desire.Episode Highlights:00:00 Intro00:24 Freeze & The Autonomic Nervous System03:25 Chronic Dysregulation Takes A Lot of Energy06:21 Characteristics of Freeze12:50 How We Experience Freeze In Our Relationships17:32 Tools to Heal Your Relationships22:44 How Younger Parts Show Up in Relationships25:08 How We Experience Freeze in Our Purpose 31:01 Coming Closer to Regulation36:30 Question 1 - “Why Can’t I Step Toward Dating?”41:26 Question 2 - “How Do I Get Out of a Deep State of Freeze?”47:06 Question 3 - “Why Am I Dysregulated So Often?”Join the Waitlist for Navigating Your Nervous System:Living a full, expansive life starts with nervous system regulation. If you’re looking for practical tools and support on your healing journey, you can now get on the waitlist for my upcoming 6-week LIVE program.Everyone on the waitlist will receive access to limited-time pricing:https://bit.ly/sp-nyns-waitlistConnect with Sarah on:Email Community - https://bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletterInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahbcoaching/Website - https://www.sarahbaldwincoaching.com/Submit a Question: https://sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast
You Make Sense is a manual to understanding your human experience, so that you can navigate the world with freedom, ease, and empowerment. Using the latest neuroscience and trauma research, this podcast will equip you with powerful somatic tools to help you get unstuck and create the life you desire. Sarah Baldwin, SEP, is an expert in trauma resolution, attachment, parts work, and nervous system regulation. But before she was a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and trained in Polyvagal interventions, she first came to this work as someone struggling to find relief. It was through her own healing that led her to become a trained professional, now helping thousands of people across her programs, courses, and classes to do the same.
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