The Simple Source: Self-Love, Healing, and Spiritual Growth
Linda Villines
63 episodes
1 week ago
Your nervous system doesn’t distinguish between internal and external harm. In this episode, I break down why chronic self-criticism is a form of self-harm and is traumatic over time. We’re conditioned to believe that being hard on ourselves is how we stay motivated or disciplined, but the body doesn’t distinguish between harm coming from someone else and harm coming from you. We unpack why chronic self-criticism, self-shaming, and self-rejection create the same stress chemistry as exte...
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Your nervous system doesn’t distinguish between internal and external harm. In this episode, I break down why chronic self-criticism is a form of self-harm and is traumatic over time. We’re conditioned to believe that being hard on ourselves is how we stay motivated or disciplined, but the body doesn’t distinguish between harm coming from someone else and harm coming from you. We unpack why chronic self-criticism, self-shaming, and self-rejection create the same stress chemistry as exte...
You Don’t Need to Remember Everything to Heal Trauma
The Simple Source: Self-Love, Healing, and Spiritual Growth
50 minutes
3 months ago
You Don’t Need to Remember Everything to Heal Trauma
You're not broken because you don't remember your past. In this episode, I challenge one of the biggest myths about healing—the belief that you have to remember every detail of your past trauma to truly heal. Exploring neuroscience, somatic experiencing, and sharing my own personal journey with repressed memories surfacing, I explain why forcing memory recall can actually re-traumatize you, keep you stuck in your healing, and erode self-trust. Healing doesn't require digging up every aspect o...
The Simple Source: Self-Love, Healing, and Spiritual Growth
Your nervous system doesn’t distinguish between internal and external harm. In this episode, I break down why chronic self-criticism is a form of self-harm and is traumatic over time. We’re conditioned to believe that being hard on ourselves is how we stay motivated or disciplined, but the body doesn’t distinguish between harm coming from someone else and harm coming from you. We unpack why chronic self-criticism, self-shaming, and self-rejection create the same stress chemistry as exte...
