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You’ve optimized your calendar, your habits, your business.
But what if your nervous system is still stuck in survival mode?
If you’re ambitious, driven, and always chasing the next level…
You’ve probably mastered mindset.
But what if what’s holding you back isn’t in your head?
In this powerful episode of Purpose Driven, we sit down with Rupda, a world-renowned somatic expert who has helped over 30,000 professionals, leaders, and entrepreneurs release deep trauma, regulate their nervous system, and lead from presence instead of pressure.
Her message?
🚫 You can’t think your way through emotional blocks.
✅ But your nervous system holds the key to real, lasting change.
📌 What you’ll walk away with:
• Why working harder doesn’t solve what’s driving your stress and fatigue
• How emotional numbness shows up as disconnection, overthinking, or burnout
• The link between early life pressure and today’s overachievement patterns
• Why saying “I’m fine” can quietly hold you back from real change
• What somatic work actually looks like, and how it helps you lead with clarity and calm
Chapters:
(00:00) The biggest misconception about trauma | Intro Rupda
(04:35) The body as a gateway to healing
(09:10) The origin of internal beliefs
(13:45) Upbringing and its influence on self-image
(18:20) Doing nothing is also a message
(22:55) The epidemic of feeling numb
(27:30) What Rupda’s work entails
(32:05) Deep Dive Retreats and their impact
(36:40) Leadership training and humanity
(41:15) Transformation requires radical reconsideration
(45:50) When someone is truly ready for change
(50:25) The illusion of “I’m fine”
(55:00) Rupda’s early trauma and childhood
(59:35) The breaking experience at age five
(01:04:10) Finding safety in a Buddhist monastery
(01:08:45) Spiritual upbringing and first teacher
(01:13:20) Critique of the guru model
(01:17:55) The shadow side of leadership
(01:22:30) Trauma as a driving force for success
(01:27:05) What was written in the boarding school file
(01:31:40) Consequences of suppressed emotions
(01:36:15) Living in the “normal world” with success and emptiness
(01:40:50) Returning to meaning through somatic work
(01:45:25) What somatics really means and how it works