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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com (0:00 - 3:50) Hi and welcome back to our book club where we are diving into the book Are You Mad At Me?, all about fawning and our survival strategies from childhood. This week we’re going to be reading a chapter that addresses grief, anger, and emotional loneliness. These are feelings that will be very familiar...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com (0:00 - 8:47) Hi and welcome back to our read-along of Are You Mad At Me? In this chapter, we’re going to be exploring a little bit about this idea of being good and looking at a couple of case studies of how this might develop in different homes. And while we’re exploring this, maybe we’re just going to hold th...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Hi and welcome back to our book club. I’m so excited to be reading this summer, Are You Mad At Me?, a deep dive into how to stop focusing on what others think and start living for you. I’m excited to have a little bit of a different book this time.

In this episode of our Unlocking the Emotional Brain book club, we explore the final case study in the book, a Somatic Experiencing demo led by Peter Levine with a client named Bonnie. The episode looks at how somatic experiencing, a bottom-up modality developed by Peter Levine and focused on the felt sense and body sensations, uses the very same unifying process of memory reconsolidation as every...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Hello and welcome back to our book club read-along of Unlocking the Emotional Brain. If you’re new here, I release a new podcast episode every two weeks where we slowly and thoughtfully explore this book together. You can also listen on Spotify & Apple Music. These episodes are meant to help translate dense theo...

Hello and welcome back to our book club read-along of Unlocking the Emotional Brain. If you’re new here, I release a new podcast episode every two weeks where we slowly and thoughtfully explore this book together. You can also listen on Spotify & Apple Music. These episodes are meant to help translate dense theory into everyday language and to connect the science to real life, real patterns, and r...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Hello and welcome back to our book club read-along of Unlocking the Emotional Brain. If you’re new here, I release a new podcast episode every two weeks where we slowly and thoughtfully explore this book together. You can also listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. These episodes are meant to help translate dense...

Hello and welcome back to our book club read-along of Unlocking the Emotional Brain. If you’re new here, I release a new podcast episode every two weeks where we slowly and thoughtfully explore this book together. You can also listen on Spotify. These episodes are meant to help translate dense theory into everyday language and to connect the science to real life, real patterns, and real change. We...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Hello and welcome back to our book club read-along of Unlocking the Emotional Brain. If you’re new here, I release a new podcast episode every two weeks where we slowly and thoughtfully explore this book together. You can also listen on Spotify. These episodes are meant to help translate dense theory into everyd...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Episode Overview In this episode, we continue exploring Part Two of Unlocking the Emotional Brain , examining how memory reconsolidation works within two powerful therapeutic modalities: Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Through detailed case studies, we unpa...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Understanding AEDP and Memory Reconsolidation: A Deep Dive into Transformational Therapy Episode Overview This episode explores Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) and how different therapy modalities create transformational change through memory reconsolidation. Using the case study of "Daniel...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Chapter 6 pulls back to show us the bigger picture: how all the different therapy approaches - IFS, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and more - work through the same underlying process when they create real, lasting change. We explore the decades-long specific factors vs. common factors debate in therapy research, an...

(0:00 - 1:23) Hello, my friends, and welcome back to our Substack Book Club. We have a lot of new people here, and so this is going to be a free episode for everyone to listen to, to learn a little bit more about what we do in our book club here. Just to catch you up, we’re currently reading Unlocking the Emotional Brain, which is the seminal book on coherence therapy and memory reconsolidation. M...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Hello and welcome back to our book club read-a-long of Unlocking the Emotional Brain ! If you’re new here, I release a new podcast episode every two weeks, where we explore a chapter from the book together (you can also listen on Spotify !). I help translate the theory into everyday language and show you how to...

Hello, tiny sparks readers! Have a new podcast episode for you today about my thoughts on the endless optimization of healing. Before we dive in, I want to share something tender and exciting. I have just started writing a book and was recently accepted into a 12-month writing program to help bring it to life, with the hope of it landing in the world in 2026. If you want to be part of that process...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Hello and welcome back to our book club read-a-long of Unlocking the Emotional Brain ! If you’re new here, I release a new podcast episode every two weeks, where we explore a chapter from the book together (you can also listen on Spotify !). I help translate the theory into everyday language and show you how to...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Hello and welcome back to our book club read-a-long of Unlocking the Emotional Brain ! If you’re new here, I release a new podcast episode every two weeks, where we explore a chapter from the book together. I help translate the theory into everyday language and show you how to apply it in your own life. We also...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Hello Book Club Friends! Wow, I am so loving reading Unlocking the Emotional Brain together! We’re just getting started but I’m having so much fun learning more about the science of transformational change. I know this book can be a bit dense/clinical, so don’t worry too much if it feels like a lot to get throug...

Welcome back book club readers and welcome to our new members! SO beyond excited to dive into transformational change and memory reconsolidation together in Unlocking the Emotional Brain. If you start reading and find this one a bit dense, don’t worry, it is! That’s why I’m here: to translate and share this truly life-changing material into something practical and applicable to our lives. Memory r...

Hi, and welcome back to Tiny Sparks. This week, we have a little mini podcast episode. I like to change up the way I present the information to you, because some of us like to listen, some of us like to read, and the good thing is, with the podcast episode, if you don't want to listen, you can read the full transcript below. I’m re-sharing this old episode because it relates perfectly to the conve...

In the final episode of our book club, we explore the last few chapters of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents. The focus shifts from recognizing emotionally immature people to seeking and building relationships that nourish us. Skepticism may arise, as many of us have experienced emotional immaturity from our parents or caretakers in the past. Our survival system may make it feel like...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Welcome back, book club read-a-long friends! This week, we are diving into chapters 8 and 9 of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents! It’s hard to believe we’re almost finished with this book - it’s truly been such a wonderful exploration. Our live meeting will be Saturday, August 30th, at 10 am Eastern...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Welcome, new book club friends! So glad you’re here. We’re diving into Chapter 7 today, but remember, you have full access to the archive, too! So feel free to go back and begin at Chapter 1. Also - it’s already time to start thinking about our next book - please drop any titles you may be curious about in the c...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Hi, tiny sparks readers and listeners! Two quick notes for you: first, a gift! I created this free ritual guide for another area of my work, Field Day, where I create tools and practices to help you engage more deeply with the world around you. As a supporter of my work, you can find it free here . Second, I sta...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trishawolfe.substack.com Welcome back to week 5 - so glad you’re here! Here’s my little reminder, as always, that it’s okay (and recommended!) to take this material slowly. Your brain might say, no, go faster, learn it all, do more! But in reality, making change requires us to titrate, i.e., take things one small step at a time. You hav...