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Lunch with a Life CoachThe Quest for Healing & How to Responsibly use Somatic Approaches with Amanda Chils Ep 11: You’re not broken. You don’t need to be fixed. You just need to stop putting peanuts in your coffee grinder. With the background musical stylings of Puff Daddy (the turkey), you’ll hear trauma specialist and licensed clinical therapist Amanda Chils and I getting real about healing on this episode. We reveal the problem with a lot of traditional therapy and why the body is key to healing the root of trauma. Amanda shares about the transformative technique of RRT (Rapid Resolution Therapy) and gets candid about the problem with just using somatic tools as coping techni...
2024-06-111h 01Lunch with a Life CoachThe Quest for Healing & How to Responsibly use Somatic Approaches with Amanda Chils Ep 11: You’re not broken. You don’t need to be fixed. You just need to stop putting peanuts in your coffee grinder. With the background musical stylings of Puff Daddy (the turkey), you’ll hear trauma specialist and licensed clinical therapist Amanda Chils and I getting real about healing on this episode. We reveal the problem with a lot of traditional therapy and why the body is key to healing the root of trauma. Amanda shares about the transformative technique of RRT (Rapid Resolution Therapy) and gets candid about the problem with just using somatic tools as coping techni...
2024-06-111h 01
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be Happy"I don't know who I am" -- This episode is for youTrauma disconnects from self, leaves no room for exploration or building a self concept Dont confuse your occupation with your purpose You are what you love, not who loves you Healing means being the you that you've always been but didn't have the space to be because you had to survive. Authenticity and survival mode don't exist at the same time, because authenticity requires presence of safety. Ways to start exploring: MTBI test Enneagram test Human Design Astrology/Birth Chart Write down a list of things you enjoy or used to enjoy or think you might enjoy or that you e...
2024-01-3020 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyStop Making Up Bullshit Rules For Your LifeMost automatic things we do are conditioned responses that we learned during childhood, but they're no longer serving us. Until we are 6, we exist mostly in theta brainwaves, which is associated with a hypnotic state. We are the most suggestible we will ever be. Everything a child that young hears is taken as true, nothing is questioned. Most people then never question the programming they received as children. This is good for adults who need to teach a child how to behave in the world quickly, and not so good for the child that becomes the adult if they don't...
2024-01-2329 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyWhat's Therapy Like: Interview with my past client Emily CI love when clients fire me (meaning graduate y'all, relax). In this series, I give you an inside look at what therapy's like by interviewing clients who have worked with me and graduated. They share their experience, what they learned and how therapy impacted their life. If you're looking into therapy, or you're just a nosey gremlin like me, you'll love this series. The intention for this series is to give you insight into what transformational therapy looks like, what can change in the course of working with a therapist and to demystify the process. Who better to tell you...
2023-11-2355 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyWhat's Therapy Like: Interview with my past client Noah OFree Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free I love when clients fire me (meaning graduate y'all, relax). In this series, I give you an inside look at what therapy's like by interviewing clients who have worked with me and graduated. They share their experience, what they learned and how therapy impacted their life. If you're looking into therapy, or you're just a nosey gremlin like me, you'll love this series. The intention for this series is to give you insight into what transformational therapy looks like, what can change in the course of working with a therapist and to demystify the...
2023-11-2256 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyDear Gratitude List, Its Not Me, It's You: Why Keeping A Gratitude List Didnt Work For You And What To Do Instead: Thoughts From A Licensed TherapistFree Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free Exhale & Release: www.exhaleandrelease.com If you've feel like practicing gratitude hasn't worked for you, you're probably right. And it's not you, its that the most common way doesn't work for everybody. There are a million ways to practice gratitude, but all I seem to see is gratitude lists. Well, just like there's a million ways to make a sandwich, there's a million ways to incorporate a gratitude practice. In this episode I talk about why the typical way - gratitude lists - don't work for some people and other ways to start a...
2023-11-1418 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyWhat's Therapy Like: Interview with my past client Morgan EFree Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free I love when clients fire me (meaning graduate y'all, relax). In this series, I give you an inside look at what therapy's like by interviewing clients who have worked with me and graduated. They share their experience, what they learned and how therapy impacted their life. If you're looking into therapy, or you're just a nosey gremlin like me, you'll love this series. The intention for this series is to give you insight into what transformational therapy looks like, what can change in the course of working with a therapist and to demystify the...
2023-11-0942 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyLeather Jacket Leadership: How To Lead From Your Authentic Magic - Interview With Brand Architect Kat TorreFree Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free Exhale & Release: www.exhaleandrelease.com There's a revolution and a reckoning coming in the leadership space. Incompetent leaders are no longer allowed to get away with mediocrity. Quality leadership requires so many skills. Embodying authenticity, emotional regulation, excellent communication, holding a vision - all these things combine into a leader that people are happy to follow. Kat developed her particular brand of leadership by going against the status quo - which we all know wasn't built for visionaries, marginalized identities or women who are fiercely themselves. Kat realized early that there was a place...
2023-11-071h 03
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyWhat's Therapy Like: Interview with my past client Haley NFree Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free I love when clients fire me (meaning graduate y'all, relax). In this series, I give you an inside look at what therapy's like by interviewing clients who have worked with me and graduated. They share their experience, what they learned and how therapy impacted their life. If you're looking into therapy, or you're just a nosey gremlin like me, you'll love this series. The intention for this series is to give you insight into what transformational therapy looks like, what can change in the course of working with a therapist and to demystify the...
2023-11-0337 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyWhat's Therapy Like: Interview with my past client Emily BFree Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free I love when clients fire me (meaning graduate y'all, relax). In this series, I give you an inside look at what therapy's like by interviewing clients who have worked with me and graduated. They share their experience, what they learned and how therapy impacted their life. If you're looking into therapy, or you're just a nosey gremlin like me, you'll love this series. The intention for this series is to give you insight into what transformational therapy looks like, what can change in the course of working with a therapist and to demystify the...
2023-10-2747 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyWhat transformational therapy looks like - Interview with Kate VasquezFree Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free I love when clients fire me (meaning graduate y'all, relax). In this series, I give you an inside look at what therapy's like by interviewing clients who have worked with me and graduated. They share their experience, what they learned and how therapy impacted their life. If you're looking into therapy, or you're just a nosey gremlin like me, you'll love this series. The intention for this series is to give you insight into what transformational therapy looks like, what can change in the course of working with a therapist and to demystify the...
2023-10-2453 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyWhat's Therapy Like: Interview with my past client Kim RFree Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free I love when clients fire me (meaning graduate y'all, relax). In this series, I give you an inside look at what therapy's like by interviewing clients who have worked with me and graduated. They share their experience, what they learned and how therapy impacted their life. If you're looking into therapy, or you're just a nosey gremlin like me, you'll love this series. The intention for this series is to give you insight into what transformational therapy looks like, what can change in the course of working with a therapist and to demystify the...
2023-10-1953 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyShame Aint It Honey. Becoming Your Favorite Self Using Compassion Based Change - Interview with Behavior Change Expert Dr. Karin NordinFree Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free Changing can feel big and scary and hard, but it doesn't have to actually be any of those things. Ok, then, how does it become easy? Well, for one, listening to experts help. Behavior change is creating a future that you're excited to wake up to, a life you love living, a person you love being. Karin's company - Body Brain Alliance - takes a compassionate approach to growth and change, and instead of focusing on goals, they focus on values and becoming someone you want to be. If you've been thinking that you'd...
2023-10-1051 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyIf You Want More, Stop Accepting Less. How To Hold The Standard For Your Dreams.Free Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free It's so human to want more right? More money, more love, more pleasure, more fun, more delight. And yet so many people struggle to step into more, for so many reasons. Not holding the standard is one of the most common reasons people don't manifest their desires. This is something I come across so often with clients, and afer digging into the things holding them back with two hundred people and counting, I started to see some themes. In this episode I talk about the common blocks people experience to getting more, including how...
2023-10-0320 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyHyper-Independence Is A Trauma Response: What To Do When Asking For Help Feels Like Eating Hot Mayonnaise - From A Trauma Therapist.Free Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free Repeat after me: "I am not a burden. Relationships are supposed to be reciprocal." Sure you can try and go through life alone, but it's literally not possible. Humans have come this far only because we help each other. Hell, you didn't even come into this life alone, you were supported to come into this world and were supported to get to where you are now. Were you well supported? Maybe not. Maybe you learned early on that your job was to take care of others. Maybe you learned early on that the way...
2023-09-0532 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyLikeability Is Not An Antidote For Loneliness - How Vulnerability Builds Connection.Free Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free Maybe you try and cover up your loneliness by becoming what you think other people will like. This is one of the fastest ways to lose yourself, to feel miserable and alone. Being palatable isn't the cure you think it is, and in fact it makes you more isolated because then no one knows the real you. "Yeah, Amanda, thats the point, if no one really gets to know me they can't decide they actually hate me." I hear that and I'll challenge it. If no one really knows you, no one can really...
2023-07-1816 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyHow To Use An Abundance Mindset To Release Pressure And Stop Operating From Fear Free Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free People who operate from abundance just MOVE differently. When you have an abundant mindset, there is no need to worry or protect or brace; because you know and understand that there is always more then enough. More than enough money, love, opportunities, time. This mindset allows you to focus on you, take your time, trust that the things that are meant for you will always be yours. Operating in abundance opens you up. Compare that to a scarcity mindset which tells you to take every opportunity (even the ones you know are wrong for...
2023-06-0627 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyHow To Be Happier? Stop Doing These Things Immediately - Lessons From A Therapist Free Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free You can be doing all things in all the books, but if you aren't consciously choosing to avoid the things I talk about in this episode, you will still find yourself miserable. My dream for you is to be happy - truly, smiling ear to ear when you think about your life and how awesome it is - happy. In order to do that, there are some things you need to stop doing, because they actively sabotage your happiness. If you ask most people if they want to be happy, they would say yes...
2023-05-1624 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be Happy"I want to learn to love myself." Amazing, here's why that is going to make everything better for you. Free Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free "I want to learn to love myself" is something almost all my clients say, all my girl friends have said at one point, and honestly I've lost count of how many times I've heard it. It's a great goal and its necessary, but most people get the actual process wrong. When I'm teaching clients and students to love themselves, first you need to understand what it looks like when you aren't operating in that space. This insight is going to help you understand all the spaces where you are self abandoning and self betraying...
2023-02-2820 min
Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations10 Simple Self-Care Ideas [Round Up]Text your thoughts and questions!As we’ve learned from past episodes, self-care ties into almost everything we talk about on the podcast including decluttering, stress management, mental health, and mindset practices. This week, episode 146 of the Positively Living Podcast, I’m featuring 10 episodes where we’ve tackled the topic of self-care from different angles.The episodes I cover today include:Ep #5: The WHOLE Self Lifestyle with Sarah Argenal where we discuss how surface-level tactics will not truly heal us so we need to define self-care through self-awareness.Ep #10: Building Resilience Through Self-care with Gillia...
2023-02-2718 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyPrioritizing Balance And Happiness To Build A Thriving Business- Interview with Business Coach Cory Zacker Free Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free Cory takes her training in Positive Psychology to help service based entrepreneurs build businesses that they not only love, but make good money and create freedom instead of accidently creating a prison. Cory set out to work for herself and accidently built a business she felt overwhelmed by, and then realized that she needed systems and support in order to have a business that holistically supports her life. Not only is starting and running a business a whole thing in and of itself, most people aren't prepared for the absolute mindf*ck that happens...
2022-12-0646 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyWhat Does It Actually Take To Be Happy? Thoughts From A Therapist. Free Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free Waitlist to work with me: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/coachingwaitlist Can you train yourself to be happy? Research says yes. I have taught hundreds of people how to be happy, with the majority having a significant trauma history. Trust me friend, if they can do it, you can do it. No, its not particularly easy, but I promise you its a lot easier than suffering for the rest of your life, and its way more fun. Today I talk about 11 skills that you need in order to be happy. Y'all know I love to say...
2022-11-0144 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyHow To Heal Your Relationship With Money To Build Wealth- Interview with Wealth Expansion Coach Sonya Highfield Free Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free Heal People Pleasing: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/becominglight Money amplifies who you are, which means that you can apply your values to your wealth. Want to give more? Great, more money allows you to do that. You can make really good money while doing what you love, and you can still be a good person while doing it. We all have money stories that create discomfort and incongruence within our bodies and that keep us playing small and probably poor. You can be ethical and build wealth. Healing your relationship with money allows you to...
2022-10-1351 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyGood To Grow: How To Step Into Your Growth With Courage And Build A Thriving Business- Interview With Business Mentor Laura Valvasori Free Stuff: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/free Heal People Pleasing: https://livemyhappyhealth.com/becominglight Building a business that you love takes a lot of intentionality. When you're first starting, you struggle with confidence and overwhelm and sometimes lonliness. Laura drops some wonderful nuggies for us to think about when it comes to building a business. She and I discuss a few things - intentionally creating a community and finding a network of people who adore you and who you adore; how to grow authentic confidence in yourself as a business owner; and how to manage the transition to entrepreneur when your...
2022-09-2056 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyUsing Your Values To Guide Your Career - Interview With Career Coach Emmy Petersson Understanding your values leads to alignment in your career. Emmy gives us the one question that you need to ask yourself to determine if your career is the right fit for you - and what to do if the answer is no. She discussed the trap of chasing money or status and how to build a career that you love. If you're not sure what to do next in your career, Emmy gives us a simple framework to determine what to do next - and if you love your job, how to make the most of it. If you have...
2022-07-261h 01
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyCan You Rewire Your Brain For Happiness? Start rewiring your brain for happiness: www.livemyhappyhealth.com/selfjournal Your brain isn't actually wired for growth and happiness, it's main goal is safety and efficiency. Because your brains goal is to keep your meat suit alive, it tries to avoid doing anything that requires too much work - such as growing and building a life you love. Today I'm going to share with you my four step framework for rewiring your brain.
2022-06-0730 min
Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity ConversationsSetting Boundaries for Sustainable Self-Care with Justine SonesText your thoughts and questions!Our self-care can gradually decline and lead us to burnout before we even realize it. Thankfully, by understanding how the nature of self-care, our feelings, and the stress cycle are all connected, we can put boundaries in place to protect ourselves from reaching that point again. This week, episode 105 of the Positively Living Podcast is about setting boundaries for sustainable self-care!In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, my guest Justine Sones shares the importance of pinpointing what self-care means to you and provides actionable steps you can take...
2022-05-1638 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyHow To Build Your Kids Confidence At School - Interview with Educator Meghan Schelzi Kids are having a harder time than ever doing well at school - Covid, online learning, overwhelmed parents, teachers leaving - and you may be struggling with how to help your child at school. Meghan runs Next Step Education, a tutoring agency that helps kids love learning again. If you're feeling at a loss on how to help your kids with school, this episode is for you.
2022-04-1946 min
The Serene CEOEp10 The Power of Alignment for Business and Life SuccessWelcome back to another podcast episode! In today's episode I intervew Amanda Chils on all things alignment and how being in alignment is your magnet to attracting the opportunities, clients, ideas and more to achieving business and life success. Amanda is a therapist and coach who specializes in trauma work and helping people heal so they can build a life they love. She has a practice in central North Carolina, USA and coaches women online who want to give themselves the same love they give to others. She believes in seeing the light in others, and treating them as...
2022-03-2553 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyHow To Honor And Love Your Body After Giving Birth - Interview With Sara Olszewski Start rewiring your brain for happiness: www.livemyhappyhealth.com/selfjournal Having a baby is a lot - not only do you have a baby you have to keep alive - you deal with mom guilt, body shaming, post partum depression and anxiety, lack of maternity leave and support. Mom's have so much pressure put on them to get back to their pre-body baby, and its so toxic. Sara works with moms who want to feel good in their body again.
2022-02-2250 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyHow Following Your Heart Creates A Life You Love - My Journey And Lessons Learned So Far Start rewiring your brain for happiness: www.livemyhappyhealth.com/selfjournal Can I tell you a secret? A life you LOVE is created by relentlessly chasing choices you love, and being able to fully love means being able to fully feel everything. Following your heart and being true to yourself is the only way to love your life. Today I'm sharing my story of how I got to where I am, and how each step I took lead me to the exact right place, even if I didn't think so at the time. Maybe you can relate?
2022-01-1838 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyHow To Create A Life You Love Through Movement And Mindfulness - Interview With Coach Sarah Buckley3 Steps To Change Your Life >> www.livemyhappyhealth.com Instagram: @Amanda_Chils_Therapist Your intuition is built through connection to your body, and you connect to your body through movement and mindfulness. If you want to manifest your potential and really live IN your life, then you need a connection to your body. Once you create a relationship with your body, you break through mental barriers and hit your goals. Sarah coaches women to take aligned action using mindset, mindfulness and movement.
2021-10-2646 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyHow To Love Your Body And Break Up With Diet Culture Forever - Interview with Anti Dieting And Empowerment Coach Ali SempekChange Your Life: www.livemyhappyhealth.com Ali gets it- the struggle to be thinner, smaller and to look like a model. She is a fitness instructor, empowerment coach and anti-diet advocate who understands the pressure on women to take up less space and to obsess over their body. Ali and I discuss diet culture, toxic fitness trends and how to cultivate self love and body acceptance. Instagram: @askcoachali Website: www.coach-ali.com
2021-08-3159 min
Toxic Person ProofEpisode 152: What We Get Wrong About Confidence With Amanda ChilsAmanda Chils is a Holistic Health Coach and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who takes people from burned out to fearless, aligned, confident, and thriving so you can LIVE your dream. Find more of Amanda at:https://www.livemyhappyhealth.com/https://www.instagram.com/amanda_chils/About Sarah K. RamseyJoin Sarah’s FREE Facebook Group “Finding Love & Success After A Toxic Relationship” Before trying Sarah K Ramsey’s programs her clients were super...
2021-07-1231 min
The Savvy ScribeEpisode 108: 6 Steps to Build Confidence to Stop Doing the Same Thing With Amanda ChilsSend us a textOur today’s guest is Amanda Chils, host of Root of Power Podcast and owner of Live MyHappy Health, a therapist that does mindset coaching, confidence empowerment, and teaching people how to be happy.She will share some steps to build your confidence and for you to stop doing the same thing and get NOTHING from it. She sees you trying every morning ritual, vitamins, and piece of advice from every “influencer” out there, only to feel like a failure when you finally give up. It’s not your fault; you didn’t f...
2021-06-0857 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyHow To Stop People Pleasing - Set boundaries, Love Yourself, Stop Being A People PleaserEver feel like everyone takes advantage of you, or that you are a doormat in your relationships? If you are always the one compromising and feel unfulfilled in your relationships, you may be a people pleaser. This episode will walk you through characteristics of people pleasing and codependent relationships, and teach you how to start breaking free from people pleasing. If you want more equal and healthy relationships, this episode gives you a step by step guide to start building it! Want to build habits that you'll actually keep? www.livemyhappyhealth.com Instagram: @amanda_chils
2021-05-0446 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyHealing From Loss And Honoring Grief - Interview with Zach FryeHow do you move on from a tragic loss? Zach Frye talks about how his friends, family, work and honoring the process helped him. We also talk about his favorite bizarre sandwich (around 31:00) - feel free to judge him. Zach and I discuss moving on from grief, finding purpose in your work and life and honoring people you love. Website: https://www.the-wearhouse.com/ Instagram: @the.wearhouse Want to up-level your life? Amanda: www.livemyhappyhealth.com/contact Instagram: @Amanda_Chils
2021-04-2758 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyAffirmations For Body Love: Heal Your Relationship With Your Body Using AffirmationsStruggling with hating your body? Affirmations train your brain for love and positivity. Use affirmations to heal your relationship with your body, practice body acceptance and to love your body. If you struggle with loving your body or accepting your body, this episode is for you. Want more energy? www.amandachils.com/energy Instagram: @amanda_chils Facebook: @amandachilscoach
2021-03-2318 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyLove Yourself To Love Others - Interview With Mike FanelliStruggling to meet and maintain a partner who is worthy of you? Mike educates people on aligning with their authentic truth and using those truths to help them build a life they love, while taking control of their narrative and taking action. Mike discusses his journey into self discovery and how he has used the Law of Attraction to manifest his dreams. @divinesoulconnection https://www.mikefanelli.com/ Want more energy? https://www.amandachils.com/energy
2021-02-0259 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyInterview with Elise Fermin - Don't Eat Sh!t BurgersElise Fermin is one hell of a woman - multi-talented, work circles around anyone, witty to no end, and huge hearted. She will love you and give you a good kick in the pants any day. She moved out to CO when she was a wee one, just 18, and has since worked to find herself, tune into her intuition and build a life she is proud of and happy with. She currently owns her own business doing photography and graphic design (hire her, you need her) - and she is in her element when she is making your dream...
2020-11-1059 min
The Root of Power - Embody Peace, Heal Trauma & Be HappyLove Languages ExplainedYour love language - aka how you give and receive love - has a HUGE impact on the strength and happiness of your relationships. I teach what they are, how to figure out which one you align with and how to use love languages to improve your relationship. Website: www.amandachils.com/podcast Instagram: @Amanda_Chils
2020-10-2025 min