Episode Overview:
This week, Emma talks with Sarah Shoemaker, an educator and coach who specializes in trauma-informed mindfulness practice.
Sarah’s focus is on an embodied practice – one that focuses on breath and body, rather than imagination-based meditation.
They discuss the ways our brains respond to trauma and how our trauma can reveal to us the next opportunity in our businesses. They dive deep into how our bodies can lead the way towards healing trauma and Sarah leads listeners through a breath exercise.
Guest Information
Sarah says: I want to connect with others in ways that allow the individual to feel resourced, empowered, and regulated in their bodies. As a mother, teacher, coach, school administrator, and self-aware human, I have experienced the negative affects of the hyper-productive society in which we live and I am very interested in helping to build resiliency in children and adults. There is so much beautiful work to be done in the world, and so much for each of us to learn. We are so much better able to do this when we feel safe, balanced, and aware in our bodies and whole beings. This is my work – to uplift, support, and facilitate resiliency and true well-being in the world.
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Day 75 of the Apocalypse, Gerton, NC
I practiced being a normal human being today.
My friend and colleague Angie Mattson Stegall and I got together at the Biltmore Estate for a mastermind session to talk about business goals and projects for 2025.
I paused my business after Hurricane Helene on September 27th. My client contracts are on hold until January. I’m not sending out marketing messages or making sales right now. I am recalibrating and reorienting.
This is the longest break I’ve had from my business in over a decade.
Tod…
Day 73 of the Apocalypse, Ground Zero, Gerton, NC pop. 231
I’ve never had so much fun picking up trash.
Gerton residents and others gathered together yesterday for a cleanup in the downtown area of Gerton. Our friend Shannon donated a dumpster, and over 30 of us spent several hours cleaning up trash.
I worked along a creek with my friend Julia. We sorted through rummage caught on the now expanded creek bed, managing to save a couple of stuffed animals and other toys belonging to a neighbor whose home was destroyed by flood water.
It was a big emotion…
Day 63 of the Apocalypse, Ground Zero, Gerton, NC pop. 231
Gratitude has changed for me since Hurricane Helene.
It’s no longer a litany of things I am grateful for or should be grateful for.
It’s not a way of encouraging myself to be more positive - hyping myself up when I’m irritated at reality. Reminding myself to focus on my desire instead of what I see in front of me.
Gratitude isn’t something I’m working towards every day.
It’s a fundamental shift in consciousness.
Every resident of Gerton is alive. No one is missing.
There were no bodies to …