The Mending Trauma Podcast

In today’s episode of The Universe Is Your Therapist , Dr. Amy Hoyt and licensed therapist Leina Hoyt, MFT discusses Internal Family Systems (IFS) theory. IFS is a therapy approach that helps people recover from cPTSD. At the core of IFS is self-compassion and learning to accept and love all parts of ourselves. Join them as they discuss how IFS works and how to implement it into your daily life. L...

In today’s episode of The Universe Is Your Therapist , Dr. Amy Hoyt and licensed therapist Leina Hoyt, MFT discusses the trauma response of not trusting ourselves. This can show up as risk avoidance or fear of making mistakes to the point of indecision. Join them as they guide you in learning to take calculated risks as you grow through your past trauma. Learn more about the Whole Health Lab Trans...

In today’s episode of The Universe Is Your Therapist ,  Dr. Amy Hoyt and licensed therapist Leina Hoyt, MFT dive into one of the symptoms of complex trauma (also called cPTSD): rigid thinking. Join them as they discuss how trauma tricks us into thinking patterns that pretend to keep us safe when in reality they keep us stuck. As usual, they deliver practical and real life tips that you can impleme...

Building emotional resilience can help us reduce the adverse reactions to the challenges that we will inevitably continue to face in life. In this episode, Leina Hoyt, MFT, MA, discusses how many of us have a disconnection between our body and our emotions. Learning how to connect these two things will give us the ability to better navigate life's challenges. Listen to hear Leina explain how! -- C...

In this episode, Leina explores the impact of some western medicine assumptions. She discusses the disconnect between mind and body and teaches a tool to use when you are struggling with your own health journey. -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/ Instagram: @mendingtrauma Facebook: @mendingtrauma Youtube: Mending Trauma LinkedIn: Mending Trauma Twitter: @akhoyt1 Tik Tok: @...

Join Leina as she explains how we often accidentally hurt our own feelings by straying away from the facts of a situation and only pay attention to our assumptions. Find a concrete tool to help you reduce the pain that comes with assumptions, such as using a 3x5 card to record only the facts you know of the situation. -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/ Instagram: @mendingt...

In this episode, Leina explores how some difficult decisions can be painful. The human tendency to delay the painful decisions in the moment and avoid dealing with it can lead to more pain over time. Leina also discusses how you can best support somebody who’s decisions seem disastrous and why insisting people do things a certain way often backfires. -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendin...

Join Leina as she discusses some of the perils of staying focused on the past and provides concrete micro steps to take to help your brain focus on the present. Developing tools to stay in the present can offer emotional freedom and peace in our lives. Transcript -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/ Instagram: @mendingtrauma Facebook: @mendingtrauma Youtube: Mending Trauma L...

In this episode, Leina explores ways to take small steps to help you be aware of and notice what the dynamics are in your own relationships. She then explores some changes that can be made to help you make decisions from a strong sense of self. Transcript -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/ Instagram: @mendingtrauma Facebook: @mendingtrauma Youtube: Mending Trauma LinkedIn:...

Join Leina today as she discusses the concept and definition of trauma bonds and explores ways that we can find ourselves in a trauma bond. Leina clarifies that this is not something that we do to ourselves, but is part of a dynamic that develops often times starting in childhood. Take One Small Step towards healing your trauma by going to: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/peaceaftertrauma Transcript...

The Whole Health Lab www.mendingtrauma.com/wholehealthlab Transcript -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/ Instagram: @mendingtrauma Facebook: @mendingtrauma Youtube: Mending Trauma LinkedIn: Mending Trauma Twitter: @akhoyt1 Tik Tok: @mendingtrauma Please rate, review, & subscribe to The Universe is Your Therapist on Apple Podcasts

Explore with Leina how the shame of trauma can lead to defensiveness and difficulty communicating in a way that leads to problem solving. Common and unnecessary arguments with your partner can easily be diffused using awareness and tools that Leina explains further in this episode. Transcript -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/ Instagram: @mendingtrauma Facebook: @mendingtr...

Join Leina today as she explores the buddhist saying: "Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional". Understand how our thoughts and assumptions about an event can contribute to a lot of emotional distress and suffering. Leina uses the concept of clean pain vs dirty pain to help us identify when we are in a place of suffering and how to do to relieve the suffering. Transcript -- Connect with us! Web...

In this episode, Leina Hoyt joins us to explore how shame and anger can become a cycle, and ways to calm down the nervous system. Learn how you can use 2-3 easy tools to combat shame and the anger that results. Radical acceptance, separating one's sense of self, and double breath sigh, are a few ways that we suggest to reduce the intensity and frequency of this cycle.  Take One Small Step towards...

Learn how something small but consistent can help you on your healing journey. We discuss how steps including the double breath sigh, and somatic swaying can help reduce your trauma symptoms. Take One Small Step towards healing your trauma by going to: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/peaceaftertrauma Transcript -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/ Instagram: @mendingtrauma Fac...

Leina discusses that each of us have had experiences in our lifetime that have been overwhelming, and that those experiences can create trauma responses/symptoms. Most of us will not have a PTSD diagnosis, but all of us have been impacted by overwhelming events at some point in our life. Transcript -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/ Instagram: @mendingtrauma Facebook: @men...

Today's episode is a journey through what our signature program, the whole health lab, offers to clients. We speak to current client Dayna Del Val about her experience healing with mending trauma. We talk about what exactly constitutes trauma, what she has learned along her healing journey, and how her professional and personal life has been greatly helped by her work in the whole health lab. Tran...

In today’s episode, we explore how trauma can be impacted by faith. We also explore how traumatic events can contribute to difficulty of the concept of faith. https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/care/spirituality_trauma.asp Transcript -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/ Instagram: @mendingtrauma Facebook: @mendingtrauma Youtube: Mending Trauma LinkedIn: Mending Traum...

Conscious parenting coach, Rachel Duffy, joins us to talk about parenting skills to help have a calm home environment, with a trauma informed approach. We go over parenting teenagers, toddlers, and creating expectations that allow you to find joy in parenting. Register now for the Understanding Your Trauma Masterclass Today at this link Transcript Guest Bio: Rachel Duffy Rachel is a former divorce...

Today’s episode is a very basic introduction to the nervous system and why it is critical to address when we’re healing trauma and toxic stress. This short introduction is critical for understanding the bottom-up approach to healing trauma. Timestamps: 0:54 - Understanding the nervous system 3:21 - Your body is the first indicator of your feelings 10:00 - The Bottom-Up approach Transcript -- Conne...

All humans have two biological imperatives that affect their behavior: the drive to feel safe and the drive to connect. This episode looks at the drive to connect and gives you helpful tips to lean into connection even when it is difficult or feels vulnerable. Transcript -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/ Instagram: @mendingtrauma Facebook: @mendingtrauma Youtube: Mending...

Timestamps: 1:38 - Symptoms of feeling triggered or blocked 6:11 - recognizing and dealing with triggers or upsetting events 10:07 - Closing the gap between the event that is upsetting us and our realization of our feelings Transcript -- Connect with us! Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/ Instagram: @mendingtrauma Facebook: @mendingtrauma Youtube: Mending Trauma LinkedIn: Mending Trauma Tik T...

This week we talk about the anxiety of social obligations during the holiday season. We discuss the anxieties associated with food, alcohol, gatherings, gifting, and family. We also give you some tools to help you have more regulation this season, such as helpful phrases and breathing techniques. Timestamps: 6:41 - Handling expectations around food and alcohol 12:57 - Limiting alcohol consumption...

This week we look at how childhood financial dynamics can affect the way we spend money during the holiday season. We dive into the dynamics between couples, family members, and parents and children while looking at ways to prioritize connection over the stress of finances during the holidays. Timestamps: 0:38 - What is financial Trauma? 5:49 - How do we set financial boundaries? 10:50 - You child...

This episode addresses how to finally get rid of our inner critic. We discuss how comparison and perfectionism fuel self-criticism and give simple and effective tips to minimize our inner critic so that we can stay more connected to our wise mind. Timestamps: 0:47 - The human brain is built to compare 5:06 - Staying out of the past 6:27 - Self-compassion while battling your inner critic 8:37 - Mod...