Untangling the Heart

Sometimes the emotions we avoid don’t disappear. They wait. Hidden beneath reactions, behaviors, anxiety, or pain we don’t fully understand yet. In this clip from Untangling the Heart , Camille Singleton shares how uncovering hidden emotions helped her begin understanding herself in a completely different way. Awareness changes everything. Because healing often begins with finally allowing yoursel...

In this deeply honest episode of Untangling the Heart , Elizabeth sits down with Camille Singleton to explore what happens when we stop running from our emotions and begin listening to what they’re trying to tell us. Camille shares her powerful story of childhood illness, emotional neglect, addiction, delayed emotional responses, and the long journey of learning how to reconnect with herself. Toge...

Sometimes emotions don’t show up as thoughts. They show up as exhaustion. Tension. Tightness in the chest. Headaches. Anxiety. Resistance. The body remembers what the mind tries to move past. In this clip, Elizabeth explores how emotional experiences can become physical sensations — and why learning to listen to the body matters. Awareness is where healing begins. 🎧 Untangling the Heart

You don’t have to keep living inside the same emotional story. The past may explain where the pain began… but it does not have to define your future. In this conversation, Elizabeth shares how emotional freedom begins by creating safety, awareness, and new emotional patterns — instead of replaying old ones. You are allowed to create a new reality. One where healing becomes possible. 🎧 Untangling...

Your body is always communicating with you. The tension in your shoulders. The heaviness in your chest. The knot in your stomach. What if those sensations aren’t random? What if your body is simply asking to be heard? In this clip from Untangling the Heart , Elizabeth explores how speaking gently to your body — with awareness, compassion, and safety — can begin the healing process. Your body isn’t...

In this episode of Untangling the Heart , Elizabeth explores the deep connection between emotional experiences and the physical body — and how unprocessed emotions can quietly shape the way we feel, react, and move through life. From stress and anxiety to grief, rejection, fear, and emotional overwhelm, many of the emotions we suppress don’t simply disappear. Instead, the body may carry them as te...

Healing isn’t always one big breakthrough. Sometimes it’s a daily practice. A memory flashes back. Your body reacts. Your mind spirals. And in that moment, you gently remind yourself: “I’m safe now.” In this powerful clip, Patti Brown Sword shares how she learned to work through PTSD flashes with awareness, compassion, and emotional grounding — one moment at a time. Healing can be gentle.

We all build armor. Sometimes to survive. Sometimes to protect ourselves from getting hurt again. But armor was never meant to keep you trapped. It was meant to help you move through life — not hide from it. In this episode, Patti Brown Sword shares the difference between protective strength and the kind of emotional armor that keeps us disconnected from ourselves and others. There’s a difference...

Fear and anxiety can make us feel like we have to armor up just to get through the day. But what if healing isn’t about becoming harder… What if it’s about learning how to feel safe enough to soften? In this conversation, Patti Brown Sword shares how awareness, gratitude, and daily emotional practices helped her move through fear without letting it control her life. Because strength doesn’t mean y...

In this episode of Untangling the Heart , Elizabeth sits down with Patti Brown Sword for a heartfelt conversation about emotional resilience, survival, and the ways strength can sometimes become emotional armor. Together, they explore how life experiences shape the protective walls we build around ourselves, the impact those defenses can have on connection and healing, and what it means to soften...

Procrastination isn’t always about being lazy. Sometimes… it’s protection. Avoiding the conversation. Delaying the next step. Staying “busy” instead of moving forward. Not because you don’t care, but because something underneath feels uncomfortable. What might you be protecting yourself from?

Every emotion has its own “station.” And the more you’ve experienced something… the easier it is to tune into it again. Rejection. Embarrassment. Feeling left out. It’s not random. It’s familiar. But just because it’s familiar… doesn’t mean you have to stay there.

Have you ever replayed a conversation in your head… wondering what you should have said differently? Second guessing doesn’t come from nowhere. It’s often a quiet form of protection — trying to keep you from feeling embarrassed, rejected, or misunderstood. But what if nothing went wrong? What if you were enough… in that moment?

In this episode of Untangling the Heart, Elizabeth explores the subtle ways we emotionally brace ourselves — often without even realizing it. From overthinking and second-guessing to people-pleasing and procrastination, these patterns can quietly shape how we show up in our lives. But what if these behaviors aren’t flaws? What if they’re forms of protection — learned over time to help us avoid dis...

You don’t have to stay stuck in old patterns. Awareness gives you something powerful: Choice. You can keep responding the way you always have… or you can pause and choose something different. A new response. A new story. You have more control than you think.

Past hurts don’t just disappear. They stay with you… until you begin to understand them. But healing isn’t about pretending it didn’t happen. It’s about choosing not to carry it the same way anymore.

Gratitude doesn’t erase what you’ve been through. But it changes how you carry it. It shifts your focus… from what hurt to what’s still here. And sometimes, that’s where strength begins.

Vulnerability isn’t about sharing everything. It’s about being honest… with yourself first. Because the more you hide, the harder it becomes to truly connect. And the more you allow yourself to be seen, the more real everything becomes.

What if protecting your heart is actually keeping you stuck? In this episode of Untangling the Heart , Elizabeth Maffei sits down with Orlando Darden for an honest and deeply human conversation about heartbreak, healing, and learning how to trust again. After experiencing divorce and emotional pain, Orlando shares how he moved through shame, self-blame, and guardedness—and what it really took to o...

You don’t reach your full potential by protecting yourself from everything. You reach it when you allow yourself to be seen. Vulnerability isn’t weakness. It’s the space where growth, connection, and truth begin. It may feel uncomfortable… but it’s also where everything starts to open.

Shyness isn’t a flaw. It can be something learned… when it didn’t feel safe to be seen. So instead of trying to “overcome” it, what if you understood it? What if that quiet part of you was once protecting something important? Awareness softens what force never could.

Hesitation isn’t always fear. Sometimes… it’s your system pausing. Observing. Protecting. What if instead of pushing through it, you got curious about it? What is this trying to protect? There may be wisdom in the pause.

Hesitation isn’t always fear. Sometimes… it’s your system pausing. Observing. Protecting. What if instead of pushing through it, you got curious about it? What is this trying to protect? There may be wisdom in the pause.

What if the hesitation you feel isn’t fear—but wisdom? In this episode, Elizabeth Maffei sits down to explore the emotional complexity of the “tangled heart”—those moments where clarity, intuition, and doubt all collide. She brings a powerful perspective on how our inner world shapes the choices we make, and why slowing down might be the most strategic move you can take. Together, you'll unpack: T...

Tomorrow we begin. Untangling the Heart. If you’ve been carrying silent knots… If you’ve been taking brave breaths… If you’ve wondered whether you’re falling apart — You’re not. You’re untangling. See you tomorrow