How to Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Body | Simone Saunders, Being Well

We’ve all been told to “feel our feelings,” but what does that actually mean, and how do you do it? I talk with trauma therapist ‪@Simonecsaunders‬ about how to go from knowing your patterns to being able to do something about them, particularly when things get intense. Key Topics: 0:00 Intro: overthinking, cognitive bypassing, and intellectualizing 5:08 What it means to “be in the body” 10:13 Bottom-up approaches and trauma 19:00 How to recognize disconnection and functional freeze 27:47 [Sponsor] Rocket Money 29:01 Moving out of a dictatorship and into a partnership with your body 35:15 How to actually feel your feelings 46:53 The difference between emotions and feelings 52:36 Meeting your needs 56:44 [Sponsor] MasterClass 58:02 The limits of self-understanding, frameworks, and tools 1:00:30 Moving into experiments, titration, and when you feel too much or not enough 1:17:50 Recap I'm not a clinician, and what I say on this channel should not be taken as medical advice. Subscribe to Being Well on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5d87ZU1... Who Am I: I'm Forrest, the co-author of Resilient (https://amzn.to/3iXLerD) and host of the Being Well Podcast (https://apple.co/38ufGG0). I'm making videos focused on simplifying psychology, mental health, and personal growth. Subscribe to Rick on YouTube:    / @rickhanson   Get Rick's Free Newsletters: https://rickhanson.com/writings/newsl... Follow Rick Here: 🌍 https://rickhanson.com/ 📸   / rickhansonphd   You can follow me here: 🎤 https://apple.co/38ufGG0 🌍 https://www.forresthanson.com 📸   / f.hanson