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Ep. #232: Getting Back Into Your Body, Deconstructing Catholicism & Living Uncaged with Phuong-Thao Nguyen

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Phuong-Thao (she/her) is a Somatic Practitioner, ReBloom Coach and Trauma Educator supporting QTBIWOC & 1st and 2nd generation immigrants in navigating life transitions and moving from a place of survival to thriving & living life on their own terms from a place of deep self trust and connection to their bodies, voices, and aliveness so they can live an uncaged life.

In this episode, Eryn and Phung-Tao discuss:

• Phuong-Thao’s healing journey
• Fight, flight, freeze, and fawn trauma responses
• Shame over our body’s trauma responses
• What fills the gap when we don’t understand our lizard brain responses
• Seeking safety after trauma
• Telling the truth as an act of love
• Phuong-Thao’s deconstruction journey
• Her journey with self-trust after Catholicism
• How Catholicism reinforced that she should disconnect from herself and not trust herself
• Feeling like too much & feeling like you’re bad
• The pedestal of “goodness”
• Shame from church
• Moving towards sexual liberation and including yourself in the pleasure equation
• The power of choice
• How to start connecting with your body

Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/phuong-thao-nguyen

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Connect with Phuong-Thao on her website and Instagram. Download her free 30 day observe your yes and no worksheet here.