As the calendar has moved to another new year, many rest their hopes and desires on creating something different for themselves. While this intention is beautiful, for most a new year does little to help them leave their feelings of being stuck or triggered in the past, and rightfully so.

As we focus our attention on resolutions and kicking this year’s tail, I sat down with Britt Frank, the Psychotherapist who literally wrote the book on being stuck in your life to help us see ourselves in a new light. In an open and honest conversation about triggers, feeling emotional stuck, Britt Franks shares the deep lessons she learned from her own “stuckness” from past trauma.

If you want to make this year the best year yet, you first have to identify where you are, what you want, and how you are willing to process it. This conversation kicks off the new year in a way that shows each of us anything is possible once we know where we are.

Warning: this episode includes language not suitable for children.

Key Takeaways:

00:00 Introduction

02:15 Britt’s story and her why

03:29 What a trigger is and how to know if you are triggered

05:22 Others are not responsible for our triggers      

10:54 You can’t figure out the trigger when “your brain is on fire.”

15:15 Defining stuck

17:45 Fight, Flight, and Freeze and understanding why most people live there

25:45 A hard conversation about “healed”  

27:12 Zoomed in focus keeps us stuck and how to still frame your life to look at what is working

29:45 Celebrate the small efforts when stuck is winning

32:45 We train our brains where to go

36:05 “I suck,” is the language of stuck and social media isn’t helping, but here’s a new perspective—what’s the whole truth

40:05 “Where do you think you are stuck?” And “Do you want to make changes in that area?”

41:25 The checkboard tool

43:35 “There’s no such thing as crazy!” All things make sense in context

45:05 Your brain is always motivated. “What is motivating me the most?”

47:25 Britt’s three things

What a brilliant conversation. You can follow Britt on Instagram @BrittFrank.

You also purchase the book, “The Science of Stuck” at all major retailers and online.

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