Feeling Is the Healing

In this soul-shaking episode, Leticia sits down with Lena, a speaker and emotional intelligence consultant whose entire life shifted three and a half years ago when every buried emotion, fear, memory, and childhood wound erupted at once. What she thought was depression was actually the collapse of years of survival mode. What she thought was “just burnout” was her nervous system screaming for release. This conversation dives into emotional suppression, spiritual awakenings, ancestral trauma, nervous system pressure, and what it actually looks like to purify your energy and feel your emotions instead of running from them.

Highlights include:

1. How the inability to relax is a MAJOR sign of survival mode
2. The moment Lena’s entire emotional backlog surfaced
3. Why triggers aren’t about other people — they’re about unhealed memories
4. How emotional suppression becomes a coping mechanism
5. Why self-awareness is the first step to exiting survival mode
6. How to feel emotions without drowning in them
7. Why reprogramming feels like “one step forward, two steps back”
8. The truth about reinvention and why you can’t go back to who you were before the trauma
9. How to protect your energy without abandoning your healing

🎙️ What We Talk About

1. The emotional collapse that forced Lena to finally face her wounds
2. Spiritual awakening vs ego death — and why both can feel terrifying
3. How childhood trauma resurfaces as adult anxiety, fear, burnout, and overthinking
4. The danger of living in “potential” instead of reality
5. Emotional triggers as memories — not reactions to people
6. How to sit with painful emotions without fleeing or numbing
7. The risk of surrounding yourself with emotional vampires
8. Reinventing yourself after trauma instead of trying to “go back”
9. The power of allowing your emotions to move through your body
10. Why healing requires presence, patience, and self-compassion

🔑 Key Takeaways

“We’re not reacting to the person — we’re reacting to a memory.”

“Feeling is the healing. The only way out is through.”

“Your nervous system can’t lie. It tells the truth your mind keeps trying to escape.”

“You can’t go back to who you were before the trauma — but you can become someone more whole.”

🙌 Why This Episode Matters

Too many women believe emotional breakdowns mean they’re failing. In reality, they’re usually the moment your body finally feels safe enough to show you everything it’s been carrying. This episode is a lifeline for anyone who’s ever collapsed under their own silence, stuffed their emotions, or lived their life avoiding triggers instead of healing them. If you’ve been trying to think your way out of trauma… Lena’s story will show you why your body holds the truth.

💬 Connect with Lena

LinkedIn: Lena Thompson

YouTube: Lena Thompson

🔗 Resources & Links:

1. 💣 Download the Survival Mode Exit Blueprint
2. 👉🏾 Join the Survival Mode Exodus Membership
3. 🎧 Subscribe to Survival Mode Disrupted: The Podcast on YouTube
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5. 💬 Book a 1:1 Session with Leticia
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7. 😉 Join the free FB Group Disrupting Survival Mode