Grace + Boundaries: Navigating Intergenerational Trauma with Erin Hearts

Are you a Highly Sensitive Person?  One out of five humans (and animals!) are innately more sensitive than the rest of the world. Identifying these traits helps me accept and validate the times that I have felt different when I have been slower or more emotive than the others around me. Being highly sensitive is not celebrated in American culture, and can lead people like me to have felt less-than...

Have you noticed that music can sooth your mood and help you feel more connected? Singing and using our voice calms our nervous system.  It's scientifically proven! Today I'll talk about the ways that we can use music as a powerful tool for our healing. I'll discuss my history playing music and how I've incorporated the love of music into my home and shared it with my son. YOU...

I share my top five Delectable Delights of the moment: a food, a show, music, a book, a podcast. Today I even add on a 6th, Bonus delight! What are your top five delectable delights of the month? Share them with me! YOU can be the one you've always wanted to take care of you. My delectable delights: Mint M&M's M&m's Holiday Mint Chocolate Candies - 9.2oz : Target Jingle Jang...

Emotional abuse is severly damaging and can cause long-term health problems including anxiety, depression, low self-worth, and suicidal ideation. Today I discuss how to identify emotional abuse. I give many examples from my own experience in a dysfunctional marriage, and I share how I sought help to grow in emotional maturity so I could find my way out of the unhealthy relationships in my life. Di...

What does forgiveness mean to you? I've spent years avoiding the concept. But today I see that I need to forgive those most difficult ones in my life so that I can have peace and speak with impecability. I discuss forgiveness as a spiritual practice to bring more freedom into my life.   Thanks for listening! YOU can be the one you've always wanted to take care of you.  Healing is possibl...

Are you a survivor of trauma big or small? Does your past make navagation of daily life just that much harder? Do you ever feel like an outsider when you see everyone else walking around acting like life is easy, when it doesn't feel easy to you?  This podcast is the supportive, loving environment you're looking for. Each week I will discuss self-care through a different lense. We will e...

Self-care for me means EMOTIONAL self-care for all the invisible stuff going on in my body and mind.  I share about my non-religious spirituality and the top six things I do daily to take care of myself to keep as even-keeled as possible. I want to show up for my students and for my son with the love and presence they deserve.  Thanks for listening! YOU can be the one you've always wanted to...