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In this heart-centered episode of The FEEL Podcast, Jessica Vanrose of the Life After Trauma Podcast joins us for a powerful conversation on emotional regulation, nervous system healing, authenticity, and recovery after trauma.
Following Melissa’s appearance on Jessica’s two-part series Choosing You: Self-Care, Boundaries, and Breaking the Good Girl Script, Jessica returns to share her own insights on emotional wellness, self-awareness, and learning how to stop shrinking yourself to fit the expectations of others.
Together, we explore how emotional suppression can lead to Burnout, overwhelm, and unresolved trauma patterns, especially for women conditioned to prioritize everyone else’s comfort over their own needs. Jessica explains why emotional Health is not about “fixing” every feeling, but instead about acknowledging Emotions with compassion and revisiting them when you have the capacity to process them safely.
A central theme of this episode is nervous system regulation and the idea that regulation is better than resolution. Rather than constantly searching for answers or trying to solve every emotional experience immediately, Jessica encourages listeners to focus on creating emotional safety through mindfulness, movement, emotional check-ins, and healthy boundaries.
We also dive into authenticity, people-pleasing recovery, and breaking free from the “good girl” script that teaches women to stay small, quiet, and accommodating. Jessica shares how embracing all parts of herself transformed her confidence, Relationships, gratitude, and inner peace—reminding listeners that healing is not about perfection, but permission.
This episode is for anyone navigating trauma healing, emotional overwhelm, self-Love, or the journey toward authentic living and emotional resilience.
Ways To Engage: The next time overwhelming emotions arise and you don’t have the space to process them fully, try saying:
“I acknowledge these feelings, and I will revisit them when I have the capacity.”
Then intentionally return to those emotions later with compassion, curiosity, and care. Healing begins when we stop abandoning ourselves.
Timestamps:
Prioritizing Self Care – ( 2:49 )
Confidently Setting Boundaries – ( 7:49 )
Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health – ( 12:41 )
Support self & other women unapologetically – ( 18:06 )
Coming Back to Your WHY and Your VALUES – ( 23:51 )
Living Out of Your Own Expectations – ( 25:09 )
Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself – ( 30:03 )
Living out FEEL, how does it affect your relationships – ( 40:30 )
5 Activities That Nourish You – ( 53:07 )
5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months – ( 54:18 )
Original Music by Rio & Valencia Saint-Louis
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