Enlightened Empaths

In today’s episode, Samantha and Denise discuss the physical, emotional, and spiritual impacts of trauma. As empaths we tend to feel things on such a deep and visceral level, the short and long term effects of trauma are no exception. According to Dr. Rochelle Suri, in an article found on Strengthtoheal.org, all causes of trauma have three aspects in common: An external cause: It is believed trauma is inflicted from someone or something else, not self generated. There is often a suddenness and unpredictability of the situation or experience. Violation: This refers to a feeling of being invaded, physically, emotionally or psychologically with an unwelcomed and unexpected person or situation that causes major distress.Loss of control: Because the traumatic experience is unexpected and sudden, individuals, more often than not, are unprepared for the situation potentially resulting in a sense of feeling overwhelmed and helpless, leaving someone feeling extremely vulnerable and exposed. Physical effects of trauma include exhaustion, confusion, sadness, anxiety, agitation, numbness, and dissociation. After experiencing trauma, the muscles can often restrict and become fatigued. Trauma stimulates the central nervous system which can cause all sorts of problems. For starters, it makes us create more cortisol which releases more sugar and impacts inflammation creating a domino of negative side effects of the body.  Though trauma and it’s effects are unique and individual to the person, it is important to recognize the impact it may have had or be having on your life in order to be able to start to heal and move forward. Books mentioned in this episode: The Body Never Lies by Alice Miller Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker Healing the Shame that Binds by John Bradshaw Emotional Child Abuse: The Family Curse by Joel Covitz What Happened to You by Oprah If you have a story or comment you’d like to share with us, please send us an email: enlightenedempaths@gmail.com or message us on our Facebook page: Enlightened Empaths. Thank you for listening and being a part of our community!

In this exciting episode we get to talk with Robert Moss the best-selling novelist and writer of famous books such as The Dreamer’s Book of the Dead, Dream Gates, Conscious Dreaming and most recently Growing Big Dreams. He’s developed a practice called Active Dreaming which combines dreamwork and shamanic methods of healing and journeying. Robert’s work teaches us that dreaming doesn’t only happen when we sleep. His work teaches us how to wake up to sources of guidance, healing and creativity beyond the reach of the everyday mind.We explore parallel lives, the dead dreaming of us and how to overcome dream droughts. For more information, please check out mossdreams.comRobert teaches many classes online and will be presenting in person at Omega in Rhinebeck, NY this July. Or you can join him with the Shift Network for online training here. https://theshiftnetwork.com/course/01RMoss22_21Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed this episode, please tell a friend or leave us a kind review on your listening platform. Don’t forget to join our Facebook community by searching Enlightened Empaths on FB. Have a great week and sweet dreams!

In our latest Share Your Light episode, we are excited to introduce you to Julie Embleton! Julie Embleton is an intuitive tarot reader and paranormal fantasy author. Her mission is to empower creatives with enhanced decision making and a deeper sense of self to restore and strengthen creative flow. As an author, she has used tarot for many years to guide both her creative and personal processes, so when faced with redundancy in 2021, Julie made the leap to leave behind her 25-year corporate career to follow her soul’s calling as an intuitive reader. She is currently writing her ninth book and working with clients through her Creative Soul Tarot business. You can find Julie on www.creativesoultarot.com and www.julieembleton.com

We’re back again this week sharing the stories and questions from members of our Enlightened Empaths community! If you’d ever like to submit a story, ask a question or share some insight, please reach out to us enlightenedempaths@gmail.com or on our Facebook page, Enlightened Empaths.

In this episode, Samantha and Denise share your stories of amazing ways loved ones in Spirit have made themselves known! Please join us as we hear beautiful experiences which truly do validate that love never dies. If you would ever like to share a validation or story, please send us an email : enlightenedempaths@gmail.com or visit us on our Facebook page: Enlightened Empaths.

In this Share Your Light bonus episode, we welcome Tina Moody! Tina published her first book, The Spiritual Awakening of an Analytical Mind in the fall of 2021 at 50 years of age. Writing the book was preceded by becoming a single mother at forty-four and embarking on an unexpected journey of self-healing, self-discovery, and self-transformation. After thirty years in the insurance industry, with twenty of those in real estate investing and sales as well, Tina found herself writing a book for people similar to herself. The book is a guide for her fellow linear thinkers and people simply ready to discover a better version of themselves.  For more information please visit: https://tinalmoody.com/

 In this episode we are chatting about 12 Questions you should ask yourself and your partner to discover if this is a dating relationship worth developing! These questions were presented on a Tik Tok video by therapist Jeff Guenther and are meant to help you think about how well you really know the person you’re dating. Here are the 12 Questions: 1.What makes them laugh or cry? 2. What are they passionate about? 3. How did their family affect their growth? 4. What makes them mad? 5. Do they have spiritual beliefs and how to they effect their life choices? 6. What are their defining moments? 7. What is the most important to them? 8. How would they define success? 9. What kind of support do they need when they’re stressed or sad? 10. What are they the most proud of about themselves? 11. What can instantly light them up inside? 12. How do they recharge their emotional batteries? 

In today’s bonus episode, please welcome Joline Seavey. Joline is a Spiritual Empowerment Coach who specializes in supporting people to realize their divinity while here in physical form. After working for 18 years as a bachelor’s level social worker in the mental health field, she then moved on to Corporate America where she spent many years in the “people management” role. In the summer of 2021, she decided to take the leap and leave Corporate America to work full time in her passion as a coach. Joline specializes in helping people live their lives fully and to create the life of their dreams by focusing on being present and fully experiencing life without judgement. She helps her clients learn to accept where they are in the present moment so that they can then fully step into living life on purpose. She offers one on one sessions, group meditations, emotional release sessions and manifestation workshops. If you would like to connect with her you can find her at www.jolineseavey.com or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jojobejoy/….

In this episode, Denise and Samantha discuss being hyper independent as empaths. Join us as we walk through a little quiz to see if you may be a bit too independent!

We’re back for the first Community Connections episode of 2022! We so enjoy sharing the questions and insights from our community of listeners. If you’d ever like to submit a story or question, please email us: enlightenedempaths@gmail.com or message us on our Facebook page: Enlightened Empaths.