Episode 9: From a Norm of Depression to a Bedrock of Self-Love and Happiness, with Joanna Jane Delves

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Past Imperfect: The Alchemy of Transforming Trauma

Samantha Seager and Jude Claybourne

25 episodes

1 week ago

Have past events tainted your present experience? Do you want a new perspective? In Past Imperfect, Sam Seager and Jude Claybourne take an honest and personal look at recovery from trauma, addiction and narcissistic abuse from a refreshingly light perspective. We’re two friends who love each other, have experienced trauma and have (ultimately) felt enriched by it. We've found that moving the focus away from blame and towards taking responsibility for our own conscious growth can transform trauma from a crippling burden to a nourishing gift. Join us in our conversations and explorations

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Episode 9: From a Norm of Depression to a Bedrock of Self-Love and Happiness, with Joanna Jane Delves

Past Imperfect: The Alchemy of Transforming Trauma

58 minutes 42 seconds

5 years ago

Episode 9: From a Norm of Depression to a Bedrock of Self-Love and Happiness, with Joanna Jane Delves

Do you think of depression as an abnormality or a natural state of being? Has self-loathing become so familiar that it's become a norm?

This week we welcome our first guest, the gentle and brilliant Joanna Jane Delves, the queen of taking gentle responsibility for your own feelings, and doing the work. She explains her own process of healing herself from deep grief and childhood trauma, talks us through the inner child and shadow work she uses and shares some of the techniques and practices that have helped her.

She talks about her past depression, her decision and her determination to live in happiness. "We're supposed to be happy beings, when we're not weighed down by all of our life experiences. We should be having beautiful lives, right? The bedrock of it, for me, is self-love." Joanna Jane Delves Joanna talks about the daily practice of turning towards the 'monsters' of your own feelings instead of away from them, feeling them and noticing what they're telling you, and about her experience of the healing power of psychotropic plant medicines such as ayahuasca. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." ~ Maya Angelou If you'd like to work with Joanna, you can contact her on joannajanedelves@gmail.com Trigger warning: we discuss different forms of abuse and manipulation in this podcast. If you may be triggered by these topics, please make sure you have support or resources in place before you listen. The opinions we express here are based on subjective personal experience. You can also expect a bit of swearing. Email us at pastimperfectpodcast@gmail.com with comments and questions. Resources: Contact Joanna: joannajanedelves@gmail.com Gabor Maté on healing from trauma and addiction with ayahuasca. Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Program by Melanie Tonia Evans. Sign up for her Gold Membership narcissistic abuse recovery program here https://bit.ly/3g5g0gl Music: New Dawn by Ruth Blake. Listen to her musilic at www.ruthblake.com Logo image based on Psychopomp by Hollie Chastain. www.holliechastain.com Logo design @ebz_agg