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Empowered Hormones with Sheradyn Dekker#193 - The Nervous System Block: Is Trauma Stopping Your Gut From Healing? with Liz McComishIf you’ve spent years "doing the work" the diets, the supplements, the protocols but your gut symptoms and anxiety still won't budge, this episode might be the missing piece of your puzzle. We often talk about the gut-brain axis, but we rarely talk about what happens when the body doesn't feel safe enough to heal. Joining me for this deep dive is Liz McComish, an Integrated Trauma Healing Practitioner and Master of Counselling. Liz’s journey from battling addiction, eating disorders, and years of talk therapy to finding true healing through somatic work is incredibly powerful. We’r...
2026-03-0247 min
Align Yourself PodcastEp 26: The Link Between Illness, Suppressed Emotions, and Trauma with Liz McComish (Part 2)This is Part Two of my conversation with Liz somatic therapist, counsellor, and trauma specialist.
If you haven’t listened to Part One yet, I really encourage you to go back and start there we covered so much around how trauma lives in the body, suppressed emotions, and the power of somatic healing to bring you back into alignment.
In Part Two, we go even deeper. Liz and I unpack anxiety, emotional regulation, and relationships from how to work with anxiety instead of fighting it, to why feeling safe in your body changes everything.
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2025-11-0525 minAlign Yourself PodcastEp 26: The Link Between Illness, Suppressed Emotions, and Trauma with Liz McComish (Part 1)In today's episode, I sat down with Liz a somatic therapist, counsellor, and trauma specialist for a deeply embodied and eye-opening conversation about the way our bodies hold trauma, emotion, and truth.
We explore what somatic healing really is, how our nervous system stores past experiences, and why true healing happens when we come back into the body. Liz shares her personal story of surviving institutional abuse and addiction, and how learning to listen to her body completely changed the way she lived, parented, and connected with others.
Together, we unpack how suppressed emotions can m...
2025-10-271h 23
Finding FreedomEpisode 12 - Authentic LifeIn this episode, I am diving deep into nervous system regulation - what is it, why is it so important and how do we start to practice it to live our most authentic life.Your nervous system is the building block to be able to heal EVERYTHING in our life. From illnesses, to body pain, to emotional trauma stored in the body and so much more. If you're interested in journeying further with your nervous system, I have a 28 day reset where I teach you DAILY nervous system regulation practices. PLUS, there's coaching, workshops, classes, discussions, meditations as well as...
2023-08-0128 minFinding FreedomEpisode 11 - Mercury, Venus & Mars in your Astrology Chart & why they define how you show up in your life w/Michelle ScarottIn this episode, I am joined by the incredible Michelle Scarott, for the second time on this podcast. Michelle is an astrologer and is someone who has had a massive influence on my life personally.Today, we dived into Mercury, Venus & Mars in your Astrology Chart. Mercury plays a huge part in your communication style. Venus speaks to the way you express your desires, your passions, how you socialise, relate to, and attract others. Lastly, Mars represents the planet of energy, action and sexual relationships.You can also follow me on Instagram @lizmccomish_somatics. You can find Michelle at...
2023-07-181h 00Finding FreedomEpisode 10 - The Power of Breath w/Sharon JenningsIn this episode, I am joined by the incredible Sharon Jennings. Sharon Jennings is a Coach and an experienced Breath worker who teaches one day life changing immersions with me. In this podcast we discuss the power of the breath to release layers of psychological conditioning and why it’s so important for practitioners to leave their ego out of the breath work process so that clients can heal at their own pace - which is the only authentic way to heal.If you enjoy this episode, please share it with your friends and family. You can also follow me on...
2023-07-0452 minFinding FreedomEpisode 9 - The Dance of your inner and outer worlds w/Julia NorrisIn this episode, I am joined by the incredible Julia Norris. Julia is a breath-work practitioner and teaches mindfulness and relaxation techniques to adults, teenagers and children in some of Perth’s top schools.Julia and I I have always had a deep curiosity and passion for self-development and an inner knowing or calling that there had to be more than just this. At a young age, Julia had a powerful experience of being ‘pure consciousness’ and the witness and this experience never really left me. We dive into Julia's journey with spirituality, including 2 Dr Joe Dispenza week long retrea...
2023-06-2750 minFinding FreedomEpisode 8 - Psychedelics & Healing w/Holly LoxtonIn this episode, I am joined by the incredible Holly Loxton. Holly and I studied trauma together and since then she has trained in psychedelics and combines the two in her work with entrepreneurs. Psychedelics, particularly psilocybin, is making its way into mainstream medicine and I caught up with Holly to talk about what this might mean for future healing capacities and how this might affect both the traditional use of psychedelics and the way the medical model views healing. Wherever you are in the world, thank you for listening to me and Holly. If you enjoy this episode...
2023-04-2759 minFinding FreedomEpisode 7 - The Spiritual Destruction of Self through Alcohol w/Sarah RusbatchIn this episode, I am joined for another incredible episode by Sarah Rusbatch, who is a grey area drinking coach. We dive into the effects alcohol has on our connection to spirit, the universe and our nervous system. Alcohol keeps you small, it stops you from change. We aren't speaking our truths when we are drinking, so we are numbing ourselves from truly living in full freedom. Grey area drinking is a scale of drinking between 1 (never drinks) to 10 (fully dependent) - the grey area is a 4-8 on the scale and this is where we've started using alcohol for...
2023-04-131h 06Finding FreedomEpisode 6 - Healing Revelations from a Reiki Master w/Erin SchliebsIn this episode, I am joined by Erin Schliebs, who is an incredible Reiki Master. Reiki is a word very commonly used in today's society, especially over social media, so if you've ever been interested in what Reiki truly is to it's core, this is the episode for you. In this episode we dive into what Reiki is and how it uses life force energy to heal.Our bodies are beautiful tools that will speak to us, if given the chance, and Reiki is one of those incredible practices that allows the body to deeply surrender and speak it's...
2023-04-061h 15Finding FreedomEpisode 5 - Meeting your Soul with Astrology w/Michelle Scarott In this episode, I am joined by the incredible Michelle Scarott, who is an astrologer. Michelle is someone who has had a massive influence on my life personally, and she is here today to share her incredible wisdom in all things astrology.When I met Michelle, I felt like I had been truly seen for first time in my life. I wasn’t sure where astrology fit on my healing pathway but I was prepared to give it a go and what I found was a connection to my soul path that was unparalleled.You ar...
2023-03-301h 36Finding FreedomEpisode 4 - God is not in the churchIn this episode, I am diving deep into HOW our power gets misplaced in the world and how we can consistently look outside ourselves for Hope, Belonging, Love and Power. Every time we look outside ourselves for ANYTHING else, we misplace our power.Many systems encourage us to seek outside ourselves... we are indoctrinated into so many different systems and different societal roles, and if we don't fit into this tiny mould, we feel like we are living in lack.Wherever you are in the world, thank you for listening. If you enjoy this episode...
2023-03-1627 minFinding FreedomEpisode 3 - Dismantling toxic positivityIn this episode, I am dismantling the toxic positivity movement of dividing emotions into different categories, chasing certain "positive" emotions and pushing away "negative" emotions.I believe if we want to find our authenticity and find freedom to be ourselves in the world, we need to feel all the emotions.Wherever you are in the world, thank you for listening. If you enjoy this episode, please share it with your friends and family.You can also follow me on Instagram @lizmccomish_somatic_therapy
2023-03-0944 minFinding FreedomEpisode 2 - Finding freedom in Sobriety w/Sarah Rusbatch In this episode, I am joined by the incredible Sarah Rusbatch, who is a grey area drinking coach. We dive into the grey area of drinking, what happens when we start using alcohol for a reason and finding your authenticity when you remove alcohol from your life.Grey area drinking is a scale of drinking between 1 (never drinks) to 10 (fully dependent) - the grey area is a 4-8 on the scale and this is where we've started using alcohol for a reason.Wherever you are in the world, thank you for listening to me and...
2023-03-0258 min
Finding FreedomEpisode 1 - Finding the freedom withinWelcome to the Finding Freedom podcast. I am so happy to be here speaking to all of you about creating a profound life and teaching you how to access and harness the most important freedom: inner freedom. In this first episode, I am sharing with you my knowledge of nervous system regulation, what dysregulation looks like, and how your own regulation is the non-negotiable building block for realising your dreams, living with love and capturing the present moment with your heart. It’s time to step into your authentic self. You came to this earth to...
2023-02-0127 min
Bounce Out Of BedDiscovering 4 Deceptively Simple Ways To Find Happiness Within with Liz McComishAre you ready to feast on some juicyness. Here's another take on happiness, and some deceptively simple ways to find it within that you may not have thought about. Liz is a wealth of knowledge, the science and the woo. In this convo, elaborating on happiness you'll discover how to:- Tap into the innate knowing that you have within Choose to do things based on how you want to feel Be happy before you're successful (and what success actually is) Break the cycle of shame Notice societal pressure and it's subconscious effect Be p...
2023-01-171h 06