Transform your Mind
Transform Your Mind is a health and longevity podcast exploring mental health, mindset, trauma healing, emotional healing, relationships, and personal growth—because living a longer, healthier life begins with transforming the way you think, feel, heal, and live.
Hosted by Myrna Young, trauma recovery expert, life coach and author The Transform Your Mind radio and Podcast brings together doctors, researchers, authors, psychologists, wellness experts, and thought leaders for powerful conversations about the connection between the mind and body.
Discover practical strategies for trauma healing, emotional resilience, brain health, nervous system regulation, healthy relationships, metabolic health, women’s health, and longevity. Episodes explore everything from childhood trauma, attachment and emotional regulation to neuroplasticity, addiction recovery, healthy aging, spirituality, self-worth, and the science of living well.
Whether you’re working to heal your past, improve your mental health, strengthen your relationships, develop a healthier mindset, or simply live longer and feel better while doing it, these conversations are designed to help you turn knowledge into meaningful change.
At its heart, Transform Your Mind is about self-improvement, personal development, and transformation—giving you the insights and tools to create a healthier mind, a stronger body, better relationships, and a more fulfilling life.
Join Myrna and her guests each week and discover how changing your mind can change your health, your relationships, and ultimately, your life.
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Sex as a Healing Modality: Understanding Relationships and the Nervous System
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Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Lechford is a multi-faceted professional with expertise spanning mentoring, coaching, clinical work, research, and the arts. With over 17 years of experience, Dr. Liz is celebrated for her contributions to health and movement, particularly through the lens of emotional wellness. Holding a Ph.D. in Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Services, she has successfully guided thousands in demystifying the body's functioning while encouraging them to realize their potential. Dr. Liz's work delves deeply into body intelligence, aiding individuals in understanding the interconnections of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and sensual health. Her ongoing research focuses on relationships' impact on the nervous system and her unique transformational movement practice, known as Body Church, based in Santa Barbara.
Episode Summary:
In an enlightening episode of the Transforming Mind to Transform Your Life radio, podcast, and television show, host Myrna Young converses with Dr. Liz Lechford about an often-overlooked perspective on sex — its potential as a healing modality. The conversation opens the audience's eyes to new dimensions of relationships, happiness, and personal growth.
Dr. Liz brings to light the concept of our "erotically innocent" nature and how the traditional view of sexuality may ignore profound elements of healing and emotional release. The episode intricately weaves the themes of vulnerability, relationship dynamics, and the nervous system's response to emotional trauma. Dr. Liz outlines her philosophy and the life-changing approach she uses — Body Church, a breath movement technique to train the nervous system and foster more fulfilling intimate connections.
Key Takeaways:
- Sex can serve as a profound healing modality when approached with vulnerability and emotional transparency.
- Emotional reactions in relationships often stem from past experiences, including unresolved childhood events.
- The nervous system retains memories of trauma, which can impact relationships and sexual experiences.
- It's possible to rewrite the nervous system's response by embodying different energies, such as the "giving" masculine or "receiving" feminine.
- Body Church is a dynamic movement practice that helps individuals from diverse backgrounds connect, empathize, and heal through psychosomatic play.
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