You Make Sense12 Aug 2025

Summer Somatic Reset: Finding Your Community and Building Authentic Connection

Have you ever struggled to build or maintain meaningful friendships, felt isolated despite doing the inner work, or wondered why community can feel so hard to create? In the final episode of the Summer Somatic Reset series, Sarah explores one of the most essential yet misunderstood human needs – connection.

You’ll learn how your attachment style and nervous system influence your ability to connect, and why experiences of trauma can lead to patterns of fawning, isolation, or forming unhealthy relationships. This episode will also equip you with tangible somatic tools to build your capacity for connection, recognize the types of relationships you desire, and begin cultivating community from a place of authenticity.

Join Sarah to discover the power of creating internal safety and belonging to navigate social anxiety, shift inner dialogue, and find your chosen family.

Episode Highlights:

[00:00] Why community and safe connection are essential
[01:46] How trauma impacts creating authentic connection
[04:14] Sarah shares her experience of fawning and isolation
[06:59] Masking, dysregulation, and misconceptions surrounding anxiety
[10:34] What it means to be the ‘different one’ in your family or community
[13:18] Attachment styles and how they influence connection
[19:18] Examples of secure attachment and healthy connection
[21:59] The healing journey and finding your chosen family
[25:39] How to cultivate inner belonging and relational authenticity
[28:48] Learn how to find and form the right connections for you
[32:56] Reciprocity and the evolving nature of relationships
[34:57] Question 1: Healing past relational wounds to form friendship and trust
[41:14] Question 2: How to find an aligned community and build a chosen family
[45:17] Question 3: Why it’s hard to reenter a community after healing

Enter the Summer Somatic Reset Giveaway:

Looking for even more tools to transform your life? For a limited time, you can get a FREE 1-hour group call with Sarah for more resources to regulate your nervous system and a chance to ask her questions live!

All you have to do is rate, review, and/or subscribe to claim your spot. Click below to learn more.

bit.ly/sp-podcast-giveaway

Connect with Sarah on:

Email Community (YouTube): bit.ly/yms-yt-newsletter

Email Community (Apple/Spotify): bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletter

Instagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoaching

Website — sarahbaldwincoaching.com

Submit a Question:

sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Summer Somatic Reset: Are They Wrong For Me? Or Is It My Nervous System?

Summer Somatic Reset: High-Performance Leadership Without Engaging in Hustle Culture

Summer Somatic Reset: Healing the Scarcity Wound: A Nervous System Approach to

Trauma & Finances

Understanding Social Anxiety: Are you Actually an Introvert/Extrovert or Is It Trauma?

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(105)

Healing Can Feel Worse Before It Feels Better

You’ll also learn why protective parts may block you from pursuing what you want, and how healing unfolds through cycles of expansion and contraction as the nervous system gathers evidence that the pr...

22 Sep 48min

Why Does My Mind Always Go to the Worst-Case Scenario?

Much of the catastrophizing we experience is actually a result of protective parts that formed in our early childhood to keep us safe. You’ll learn how to come to the aid of these parts by first acces...

15 Sep 1h 14min

Developmental Trauma and How Your Past Shapes Your Present

Healing requires more than understanding where our wounds came from. Sarah explores how somatic healing and parts work are necessary components to bringing resolution to painful childhood experiences....

8 Sep 50min

The Spiritual Nature of Somatic Healing and Parts Work

We explore the connection between our spiritual nature and the healing process, along with the spiritual and scientific foundations of parts work. Sarah explains how to begin working with your parts a...

1 Sep 59min

The Fundamentals of Nervous System Regulation

You’ll learn about the four primary states of your autonomic nervous system and how each one directly impacts your lived experience. Then, Sarah will guide you through gentle steps to begin accessing ...

25 Aug 1h 11min

Understanding Self-Sabotaging Behaviors and Why We Do Them

Instead of seeing these behaviors as flaws, Sarah invites you to view them through a more compassionate lens. You’ll also get tools to regulate your nervous system and reparent your younger parts, so ...

18 Aug 55min

Is It My Intuition? Or Is It a Trauma Response?

Through personal stories and practical examples, Sarah offers a compassionate framework for recognizing when the past is shaping your perception. She explains the importance of nervous system regulati...

11 Aug 1h

Suppressed Emotions & Moving Feelings Through Your Body

Rather than trying to rationalize your way through difficult emotions, Sarah explores the science of why healing begins in the body. She unpacks how the nervous system learns to disconnect from emotio...

4 Aug 42min