I Thought I Was Fine… Then I Had an Out-of-Body Experience | Trauma, Burnout & Healing

Hazel looked like she had it all together.

Successful career. High functioning. Always coping. Always achieving.

But underneath it all… she was surviving.

In this episode of the Becoming Lucy, Hazel opens up about childhood trauma, family breakdown, emotional disconnection, burnout, people pleasing, and the hidden reality of living in survival mode for years without even realising it.

From growing up constantly moving around the Scottish Borders, to losing close family relationships at just 13 years old, Hazel shares how trauma shaped her identity, relationships, nervous system, self-worth, and need for external validation.

Hazel also shares the terrifying moment her body finally shut down after years of emotional suppression — leading to a profound out-of-body experience that completely changed the direction of her life. She describes feeling disconnected from herself physically and emotionally, the spiritual guidance she believes she received afterwards, and how that moment became the catalyst for her healing journey.

We also talk about the powerful moment “little Ted saved my life,” and how spirituality, coaching, therapy, and self-reflection helped her finally reconnect with herself after years of masking pain behind achievement.

If you’ve ever felt emotionally exhausted while still functioning… struggled with self-worth… constantly needed validation… or felt disconnected from yourself while appearing “fine” to everyone else — this episode will hit deeply.

This is a raw conversation about trauma recovery, emotional healing, burnout, spirituality, anxiety, self-love, nervous system healing, identity, and becoming the person you actually needed growing up.

We talk about:

• High-functioning anxiety and burnout

• Childhood trauma and emotional neglect

• Survival mode and nervous system dysregulation

• Self-worth, people pleasing, and validation

• Therapy, coaching, and emotional healing

• Spirituality, intuition, and emotional awakening

• Out-of-body experiences and spiritual guidance

• How trauma affects the body physically

• Emotional numbness and disconnection

• Healing through vulnerability and self-acceptance

• The unconditional love of dogs during mental health struggles

• Rebuilding identity after trauma

• Learning to feel safe, seen, and enough

✨ A powerful episode for anyone healing from trauma, burnout, anxiety, emotional neglect, or survival mode.

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Resources and Links

To connect with Hazel or learn more about her work:

🌐 Clear Mind With Hazel

📧 clearmindwithhazel@gmail.com

📱 Instagram, Facebook & TikTok: @clearmindwithhazel

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Hazel is also ACCPH accredited and listed on the official ACCPH register.

🎙️ Follow @becominglucy for more episodes, clips and behind-the-scenes content.

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Chapters

00:00 Living in Survival Mode Without Realising

03:50 A Childhood Full of Change and Instability

10:51 The Christmas Everything Changed

16:46 Numbing Pain and Shutting Down Emotionally

21:04 When Trauma Starts Affecting the Body

23:19 “I Was Looking Down on Myself”

26:54 Vomiting Blood, Burnout and Ignoring the Signs

30:54 Why We Chase Love From the Wrong People

34:45 Feeling Broken, Unlovable and Never Enough

39:40 Therapy, Spiritual Healing and Asking for Help

43:29 The Coach That Changed Everything

48:38 Burning the Letter and Letting Go

49:42 The Facebook Post That Shocked Her

52:04 “Little Ted Saved My Life”

56:45 Learning Who You Really Are

01:01:34 Helping Women Heal From Survival Mode

01:07:05 Becoming the Coach I Once Needed

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