Episode 123: Risking Authenticity - Madison gets personal with Melissa Benintendi
Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Melissa Benintendi.
Melissa Benintendi is an owner and the Director of Clinical Embodiment at Beyond Healing Institute in Springfield, MO. Melissa began her career as a trauma therapist primarily practicing EMDR. She is now an international EMDR consultant and trainer and specifically focuses on practicing therapy with the body in mind. She is a coauthor and trainer of Somatic Integration and Processing, which is a case conceptualization model that teaches therapists to understand their work through the lenses of somatic psychology, interpersonal neurobiology and adaptive information processing models. She is also a cohost and creator of ‘Notice That – An EMDR Podcast’ which reaches an international audience of over 40,000 listeners monthly. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Transpersonal and Somatic Psychology through the California Institute of Integral Studies. Melissa has also been trained in CranioSacral Therapy and Reiki Energy Healing and utilizes both in her private practice.
In this episode the tables are turned as our guest, Melissa guides our host, Madison on a heartfelt exploration of authenticity, fear around expressing the True Self, and a guided practice to creating a Fortress of safety in the heart.
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In this episode the tables are turned as our guest, Melissa guides our host, Madison on a heartfelt exploration of authenticity, fear around expressing the True Self, and a guided practice to creating a Fortress of safety in the heart.
We talk about:
The risks of authenticity
Riding the waves of fear as we lean into healthy discomfort
Embracing our full humanity
Our desire to be seen and known
Having clear mirrors
Reconciling fakeness in the relational field
Heartfelt humility
Expressing our heart
Catching our younger parts up to it being safe here and now
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