Trauma is something that some people downplay, saying to themselves things like "it wasn't that bad" or "other people have experienced worse".

Others may not even realize an experience they've had was traumatic.

If certain situations in your present day life leave you feeling anxious or disproportionally emotional there is a good chance you may have some past trauma impacting you.

Trauma leaves a permanent imprint on our nervous system causing emotions to spike every time a situation in life brushes over that imprint.

In this episode you are going to learn how EMDR (eye movement desensitization reprocessing) can help smooth over that imprint so when life brushes over it you can use the data from that imprint, without the emotional spike.

Our guest who will be breaking it all down is Molly Bahr. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, providing online therapy to residents of Florida, Virginia, Louisiana, Hawaii and Vermont.

Her practice specializes in helping people work through their stuck points so they can make peace with food, improve their body image, and be able to focus their energy on what’s most important to them.

She is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), is Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed, and practices from a Health At Every Size lens.

You can find her on instagram where she shares information to promote body acceptance, ways to improve mental health, and repairing your relationship with food at www.instagram.com/mollybcounseling.

If you want more information on her practice check her website at www.mollybahrcounseling.com.