Healing Self-Worth: Embrace Your Quirks with Somatic Therapy
Episode Overview
Challenge your inner critic by fact-checking negative thoughts. Normalise quirks as part of the human experience. Focus on personal values instead of seeking approval. Use somatic practices to connect with your younger self. Build new experiences to gently shift self-worth perceptions.
Healing self-worth isn't about flipping a switch; it's about gently building new experiences until your body learns over time that you are enough.
Ever wondered what it takes to heal self-worth? Shelley Treacher, a BACP Accredited Somatic Psychotherapist, offers a fresh perspective on the struggle many face with self-esteem. If you've ever caught yourself thinking 'I'm not good enough' or 'I don't belong', this episode is your chance to explore why these thoughts are so common and how somatic psychotherapy can help shift them. Shelley explains how early experiences and the nervous system play a role in shaping our self-worth.
With a sprinkle of humour, she challenges listeners to fact-check their inner critic and embrace their quirks. Imagine normalising those moments when you talk to yourself aloud, as Shelley shares her own amusing anecdote about her neighbours thinking she was being attacked due to her increasing volume. The episode provides practical exercises, like keeping a belief log and focusing on personal values rather than seeking approval from others.
Shelley guides you through a somatic practice that helps connect with younger parts of yourself, offering kindness to the child or teenager who felt they weren't good enough. It's about allowing your body to relearn and accept compliments and care from others. Healing self-worth is not about flipping a switch but gently building new experiences until your body learns over time that you are enough.
This episode is part of Shelley's three-part series on self-worth, offering insights into what it is, how to improve it, and deeper body-focused healing methods. Ready to challenge your inner critic and embrace your quirks? Tune in for an inspiring journey towards building self-worth.