About The Guest: 

Emily began her career as a therapist in 2010 and ran a thriving private practice for over five years. With a passion for holistic and integrative approaches, she specialized in working with anxiety through the lens of somatics, parts work, and psychedelic therapy. She’s the creator of the Self-Trust Model. An innovative framework designed to empower women to overcome self-doubt, overthinking, and insecurity. This model is at the heart of all the transformational group experiences she leads. Emily is the author of Can People Really Change?: 13 Lessons from 13 Years as a Therapist. Formerly a proud nomad, Emily now finds solace in home and family amidst the beauty of Colorado. Whether she’s hiking in the mountains or forest, it’s always after a few tea lattes. 

Summary

In this conversation, Emily Sloan, a somatic trauma therapist, discusses the concept of self-trust and its importance in personal growth and mental well-being. She introduces the self-trust model, which is designed to help empower women to overcome self-doubt, insecurity, and overthinking. Emily shares her personal journey of discovering self-trust and highlights the importance of trusting oneself in decision-making processes. She also discusses common barriers and challenges people face when trying to develop self-trust, such as fear of making the wrong decision.

Keywords

self-trust, personal growth, mental well-being, self-doubt, decision-making, barriers, challenges, self-doubt, anxiety, decision paralysis, life scripts, self-trust, keeping promises, knowing oneself, slowing down, community, support

Takeaways

· Self-trust is a state of deep knowing that you can rely on your own internal compass to handle whatever life throws at you.

· Self-trust is the most important factor in personal growth and healing.

· Building self-trust is an indirect process that involves focusing on the root cause rather than trying to fix individual problems.

· Trusting yourself in decision-making allows for growth and learning, regardless of the outcome.

· Common barriers to developing self-trust include fear of making the wrong decision and external pressure to have everything figured out.

· Self-doubt manifests as indecision, overthinking, and a lack of trust in one's own abilities and intuition.

·Community and support are crucial in the journey of self-discovery and growth.

Sound Bites

· "People were lacking that trust in themselves"

· "Just trust yourself. Like, it's not that easy."

· "Self-trust is a state of deep knowing"

· "Decision paralysis... it all leads to anxiety and feeling often like this background hum of angst."

· "Society's life scripts... really be critical of those."

· "Knowing yourself deeply... who are you really?"

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

03:24 Defining Self-Trust and Its Importance

12:18 Personal Stories: Trusting Yourself in College and Career Choices

18:23 The Impact of Self-Doubt on Decision-Making

21:08 Understanding Self-Doubt: Overthinking, Second-Guessing, and Anxiety

23:35 Questioning the Societal Life Script

26:41 Building Self-Trust: Radical Honesty and Keeping Promises

29:11 Regulating the Nervous System for Self-Trust

31:06 Knowing Yourself Deeply

44:49 Kendra Closer.wav

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