In this Sacred Harmony episode from Healthy Mind By Avik, licensed professional counselor and life coach Frank Healy unpacks how unresolved memories quietly drive anxiety, panic, grief and relationship patterns. Drawing on his rare highly superior autobiographical memory and 40 years in mental health, Frank shows how the past shapes your nervous system today and how you can consciously renegotiate that impact.
You will hear practical strategies for reframing painful experiences, using grounding tools, integrating left and right brain, and turning music into a powerful ally for trauma healing, emotional regulation and inner peace. This is a direct, no fluff conversation about what it really takes to move from reactivity to resilience and create mental health, not just talk about it.
About the Guest :
Frank Healy is a licensed professional counselor, life coach and author who lives with highly superior autobiographical memory. He remembers every day of his life since age six, including the emotions attached to those memories. This unique capacity led him to specialize in trauma healing, anxiety, grief and self help work. Through decades of counseling, coaching and writing, Frank helps people release the emotional charge of past events, reclaim inner peace and build a more grounded relationship with their own story.
Key Takeaways :
Unresolved memories do not stay “in the past”. They quietly drive anxiety, mistrust, panic attacks and relationship patterns until you work with the beliefs and emotions attached to them.
Telling people to “just move on” is not a strategy. Without consciously processing the past, it will resurface in the body and nervous system as tension, fear, avoidance or emotional shutdown.
A first step toward healing is simple awareness. Naming what you feel in the moment already reduces intensity and gives you more agency over anxiety, panic or depressive spirals.
Humor can be a regulating tool. Even saying “Oops, I am having a panic attack, no one can expect anything from me for the next half hour” can lower pressure and loosen fear loops.
Grounding exercises build resilience. Frank suggests deep breathing, naming the date, describing your current environment and reminding yourself that the flashback is a memory, not your present reality.
His highly superior autobiographical memory forced him to learn skills to keep the good memories and release the emotional charge of painful ones, using reframing, breathing, EFT tapping and spiritual practices.
Music can act as a therapeutic bridge. Soothing tracks help relaxation, nostalgic songs can lift mood, and at times sad music can safely support grief release when someone is mourning or processing a breakup.
Listening to music while thinking about specific facts can integrate left and right brain, support creativity and make self help or visualization practices more effective during trauma healing and emotional processing.
Connect with Frank Healy :
To connect with Frank Healy about counseling, coaching or his books on healing your past, please check his website.
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