In this powerful conclusion to our Polyvagal Theory series, I explore the most misunderstood nervous system state: dorsal vagal shutdown.
If you've experienced burnout, emotional numbness, or a sense of disconnection despite your best efforts, this episode illuminates why willpower alone isn't enough and what your body actually needs to heal.
Learn why high-achievers are particularly vulnerable toshutdown, how it manifests in your professional life, and why traditional productivity advice often makes things worse.
Discover gentle, effective approaches to move from disconnection back to engagement and presence withoutshame or force.
Ready to heal generational patterns of shutdownand burnout? Experience the transformative power of Family Constellations at www.tracymalone.co/sessionsto illuminate hidden dynamics and create new pathways for energy and connection in your life and work.
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In this third episode of our Polyvagal Theory series, I tackle the misunderstood sympathetic nervous system state, commonly known as "fight or flight."
Discover why this energy state isn't your enemy but rather a powerful resource when properly understood and managed.
For high-achievers, leaders, and entrepreneurs who pridethemselves on productivity and resilience, I reveal why your drive might be undermining your success and how to harness sympathetic activation without burning out.
Learn practical techniques to discharge stress appropriately, set nervous system-informed boundaries, and transition between states with intention.
Ready to transform your relationship with stress and energy?Book your Intensive 1:1 Somatic Coaching Partnership at www.tracymalone.co/sessionsto develop personalised strategies for working with your nervous system patterns and creating sustainable success.
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Discover the transformative power of your body's naturalstate of connection, creativity, and calm in this second episode of our Polyvagal Theory series. I reveal why the Ventral Vagal state is the biological foundation for peak performance, authentic leadership, and meaningful relationships.
If you're a leader, entrepreneur, or high-achiever whoexcels at "doing" but struggles with simply "being," thisepisode offers practical, science-backed techniques to access your nervous system's zone of safety.
Learn why this state is crucial for innovation, decision-making, and creating psychological safety for your team.
Ready to build your vagal tone and access more connection,creativity, and calm? Join my Self Healer Tribe at www.tracymalone.co/self-healer-tribe for a supportive community and exclusive content designed to help you regulate your nervous system and transform your personal and professional life.
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In this groundbreaking first episode of our Polyvagal Theory series, I unpack the revolutionary science that explains why you feel stressed, burnt out, or disconnected in your body and relationships.
If you're a high-achiever who's mastered external success but still feels something missing, this episode reveals why understanding your nervous system is the missing piece.
Learn how your body's unconscious threat detection system impacts everything from your health to your leadership abilities.
Discover why traditional stress management often fails and how Polyvagal Theory offers a more effective path to regulation, connection, and authentic presence.
Ready to transform your relationship with stress and find genuine safety in your body?
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In this episode of Heal Your Past, Master Your Future, we're diving into something really close to the heart, what happens when your healing journey leads you to outgrow relationships, even ones you deeply love?
I know, it can feel confusing and even heartbreaking. Healing is meant to change you, right down to your nervous system, your boundaries, your values. But what happens when that growth creates distance with people who used to feel like home?
Join me as I explore:
I share insights from my own journey and work, touching on how familiar doesn't always mean healthy, and how choosing yourself isn't selfish, it's essential.
We'll talk about guilt, mourning the familiar, and creating space for connections that truly nourish the person you're becoming.
If you've ever felt the pang of drifting away from someone you care about as you heal, this episode is for you.
You're not alone, and your growth is something to be celebrated, even when it feels tough.
(Mentioned in this episode: My online course, "Thriving Through a Breakup", available on Insight Timer Plus and my website for step-by-step guidance through relationship endings.)
Tune in, and let's walk this path together.
Does saying "no" leave you drowning in guilt? Do you find yourself saying "yes" just to keep the peace, even when it drains you?
You're not alone. In this episode, we dives deep into the complex world of boundaries, exploring why setting them can feel so challenging, especially for those who learned to prioritize others' needs for safety or belonging.
Discover how people-pleasing patterns and early conditioning shape our ability to assert ourselves, and how this connects to our nervous system state (hello, dorsal vagal!).
Learn practical ways to anchor in your worth, use gentle yet firm language to protect your energy, and navigate the discomfort that can arise when you start honouring your needs.
This episode is a compassionate guide to reclaiming your voice, healing the guilt, and understanding that saying no is a powerful act of self-love.
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After betrayal, the body remembers.
It remembers the sting of promises broken, the ache of being unseen, the tension that comes from wondering when the next hurt will arrive.
And even if your heart still wants connection, your nervous system may be saying, “Never again.”
In this episode, we explore what it means to heal after emotional trauma, when love feels more like a risk than a refuge.
We’ll gently unpack:
Why love feels unsafe after betrayal
The nervous system’s role in protecting you from future pain
How to know the difference between healthy caution and fear-based shutdown
Ways to begin feeling safe in your body, so love can find its way back in
If you’ve ever asked, “Will I ever feel safe to open my heart again?” this conversation is here to honour the grief, protect your pace, and remind you:
You don’t have to force love.
You just have to feel safe enough to receive it.
Have you ever found yourself frozen at a crossroads, heart pounding, thoughts racing, unsure whether to walk away or lean in?
Unsure whether what you’re feeling is wisdom… or wounding?
In this episode, we explore the subtle yet powerful difference between fear and intuition, especially for those healing from trauma. When your body has learned that connection can hurt, it’s easy to confuse instinct with protection. But there is a way back to clarity.
We’ll talk about:
Why trauma blurs the line between intuition and fear
How to recognise which voice is speaking: the past or the present
Somatic tools to decode your body’s messages in real time
Gentle ways to rebuild trust with yourself, without shame or pressure
If you've ever asked, “Is this a red flag or am I just scared?”, this episode will help you soften, slow down, and listen deeper.
Because your body does know, and together, we’ll learn how to hear it again.
This episode gently guides listeners through understanding why trust feels dangerous after trauma, and offers nervous system-based steps to rebuild a felt sense of safety in relationships.
✅ Deeply validates the feeling that trust is scary, not broken.✅ Gives a nervous system-focused lens, not just a mindset one.✅ Offers small, gentle actions for healing instead of overwhelming advice.✅ Ends with hope and emotional safety, moving from guarded to grounded.
What if the sadness, the fear, or the self-sabotage you feel… isn’t actually yours?
In this episode, I gently guide you into the world of ancestral and family trauma, those invisible threads that shape our nervous system, our patterns, and the way we show up in the world. We explore how the burdens of our lineage can become entanglements in our own lives, and how healing doesn’t mean blaming the past, but lovingly restoring the balance.
You’ll learn:
The subtle signs you may be carrying trauma that doesn’t belong to you
Why we unconsciously stay loyal to family pain
How exclusion in the family system creates repetition
A beautiful ritual to return what was never truly yours
This conversation weaves Family Constellations wisdom, somatic insight, and heartfelt storytelling to help you come home to yourself, lighter, freer, and more whole.
✨ You don’t have to carry it all.
You get to honour the past and choose a different path.
Do you find yourself stuck in the same painful patterns despite your best efforts to change? In this powerful episode of "Heal Your Past, Master Your Future," Somatic Trauma Coach Tracy Malone explores the fascinating concept of trauma loops, those recurring cycles that keep us attracting the same relationships, jobs, or self-sabotaging behaviours.
Discover why these patterns aren't your fault and why they persist even after years of personal development work. Tracy explains how trauma becomes stored in your nervous system, why your body seeks what's familiar rather than what's healthy, and how your inner child might be "driving the bus" of your adult decisions.
You'll learn:• Why willpower and positive thinking aren't enough to break these cycles• How polyvagal theory explains your body's response to triggers• Practical steps to regulate your nervous system and heal trauma• Why "boring" relationships might actually be a sign of healing• A compassionate approach to your past survival mechanisms
Whether you're struggling with relationship patterns, work challenges, or self-sabotage, this episode offers a trauma-informed perspective that transforms shame into understanding and provides a clear path forward.
It's time to break free from your trauma loops and create the life you deserve.
Length: 28 minutesKeywords: trauma healing, relationship patterns, polyvagal theory, inner child work, somatic healing
This episode speaks directly to those who carry deep shame or regret for the choices they made in survival mode—whether it was tolerating mistreatment, staying silent, or doing things they never thought they would. It will allow you to reframe your past with compassion and take steps toward self-forgiveness.
To join my webinar go to my website www.tracymalone.co to sign up.
Are you someone who has no boundaries and take on other people's emotions, thoughts, feelings?
So was I! And this is one of the tools that I learned that helped me change that.
The reason we have trauma is because we had no tools in our kit, all we had was a trauma response and coping mechanisms.
In this episode, learn more about the power of having a healing toolkit and how to look for the right people to help you fill it.
Have you been on the manifesting train for years now?
So have I.
And this podcast episode is all about why I stopped and the magic that has unfolded since.
In the last episode I spoke about embracing and expanding happiness. That is seriously important for people who have trauma.
It is also just as important for all of us to embrace our authentic emotions.
That is what we explore in this episode.
Learn about the highest vibrational state we can be in and the science behind it.
This one may surprise you.
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When you have trauma and live in survival mode, happiness can be fleeting and something that you hope for and believe you may have one day in the future.
In this podcast I explore this with you and give you some way to be a little more conscious about happiness and joy.
You do truly deserve to be joyful and happy as often as you like.
In this episode Tracy will help you understand the feast and famine money cycle in your life. Why it is here and where it stems from. She will then take you through and exercise to go about healing this in your life. This is a must listen to episode for anyone wanting to bring a more consistent flow of money into their life.
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In this episode Tracy introduces you to the concept of the wounded healer. And you’ll come to find that it is not only representative of those who choose to go into healing professions. Learn how it may be unconsciously effecting your life now and what you can do about it.
Tracy will take you through an exercise to help you understand yourself and your wounded healer so you can be more conscious of how you show up in the world.
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In this episode Tracy helps you understand narcissism. Learn some common behaviours and how they play out in all relationships. And then learn the best way to heal from narcissistic abuse.
Dealing with these dynamics can be one of the hardest things to go through in your life. And it is also one of the most empowering, if you choose to do the healing work.
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