E10 | Katie Gray | From Me to We: Cultivating Collective Care Through Trauma Healing
“We have been programmed, trained, and encouraged not to care because it is not logical. The answer is to go back into our hearts.”
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We begin this episode by reflecting on the belief that we "deserve to suffer" and its impact on our lives, leading us to explore the nature and pervasiveness of trauma. Our guest, Katie, introduces her trauma resolution and healing methodology, The Empowered Heart, and shares insights on courageously deepening our connection to the heart. We discuss how intimate relationships can act as catalysts for healing, the importance of developing a healthy relationship with pain, and the concept of safety and self-trust.
Katie emphasizes the need to resensitize ourselves to the natural world and the importance of “mothering the mother”. She shares her experience in caring for her mother who was diagnosed with dementia, and how it has deepened her connection to self, other, mother, and Earth. Throughout our conversation, Katie highlights the transformative power of healing trauma, encouraging us to shift from a "me" mentality to a collective "we" or "us," welcoming in a more connected and compassionate existence. Join us as we humbly explore how to rediscover our true selves beyond our past pains and build a harmonious relationship with the world around us.
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Thematic Show Notes
Understanding and Integrating Trauma:
We explore what it means to understand and integrate the complexity past trauma, including how intimate relationships can serve as powerful catalysts for healing.
Katie emphasizes the necessary interplay between fear, safety, disconnection, and reconnection within ourselves and our relationships.
Establishing a Healthy Relationship with Pain:
The importance of developing a healthy relationship with pain is underscored, along with the need to strengthen our ability to venture into the shadow territory of the unconscious to tend to the inner child for healing.
Safety, Security, and Self-Trust:
We discuss the true meaning of safety, contrasting security with insecurity, and the vital importance of staying close to oneself.
Katie shares her commitment to self-compassion and self-trust, asserting that true confidence arises from knowing and trusting oneself.
Connection to True Self and Radiant Life Force Energy:
Katie explains her understanding of being connected to the essence of her true self, describing it as the "wild essence" and "unafraid radiance of life force energy."
Healing Human and Planetary Trauma:
We address the need to heal human trauma to improve our relationship with the planet, emphasizing the bizarre need to control everything as a manifestation of unresolved trauma.
Katie highlights the importance of resensitizing ourselves to feel the natural world, fostering a deeper connection and understanding of how to be in right relationship with the wildness of Earth.
Heart-Centered Care and Eldercare:
Katie shares her experiences caring for her mother diagnosed with dementia, illustrating how this has strengthened her ability to communicate through the heart with the unseen, felt-sense dimensions of relationships.
Her journey in eldercare has deepened her connection to Mother Earth, reinforcing the notion of "mothering the mother."
From 'Me' to 'We':
Katie discusses how healing trauma helps shift the focus from individualism to a collective "we" or "us" mentality.
She encourages the recognition that caring and nurturing are innate abilities we remember and embody when we heal and connect deeply with ourselves and others.