49: The Pleasure of the Struggle

Today, Kelly dives into the tantalizing realm of pleasure found in life's struggles and disappointments. She candidly shares her journey of subconsciously crafting dramas to savor the thrill of betrayal, resentment, and the sweet sting of disappointment. Delving into the shadows of her psyche, Kelly unravels how these intense emotions are deeply rooted in childhood experiences and manifest through visceral bodily sensations. She boldly explores the concept of 'eroticized wounds' and challenges listeners to confront and dramatize these charged feelings.Today on Reclamation Radio:Exploring pleasure found in struggles and emotional disappointmentsSubconscious tendencies to create dramas reliving negative emotionsChildhood experiences shaping present emotional and bodily responsesUtilizing somatic experiencing to process and transform emotionsTransitioning from victimhood to empowered, intentional livingThis show is sponsored by:Lotus Wei | Go to lotuswei.com and use the code KELLY15 for 15% off.Connect with Kelly:Instagram: @kellybroganmd Website: kellybroganmd.comCheckout Kelly's monthly membership Vital Life Project hereWhat's your Reclamation Remedy? Take Kelly's quiz here.Get Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman hereThis show is produced by Soulfire Productions

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It hurts to have unmet needs. And it sucks to scurry after crumbs when you’re starving. Join Kelly Brogan MD, as she teaches us how our pain points are portals. She’ll help you discover a world where every seeming challenge is a new chapter in your most audacious story. Plot twists, body symptoms, and heartbreak each represent an opportunity to own ourselves and learn to better wield the power of choice. Kelly will take you on a reclamation journey from the battlefield of victim consciousness to the sovereignty of self-devoted pleasure and expose every surprising place you’ve given your power away. Explore the tools you’ll need to find out what you want, how to ask for it and how to stand in fierce alignment with yourself.Kelly Brogan is a soul alchemist and threshold guardian devoted to the transformation of collective consciousness. As a young know-it-all atheist, candy-addict, straight-A MIT neuroscience major and Ivy-league trained psychiatrist, she specialized in feeding women, herself included, straight into the mouth of the medicated beast. After a Hashimoto’s healing journey inspired her to sound the alarm on the bait-and-switch of big pharma, she became a renegade activist—authoring the New York Times bestseller, A Mind of Your Own, and its follow-up, Own Your Self; co-editing the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression; and eventually becoming an honorary member of the Disinformation Dozen. She is the creatrix of Vital Mind Reset, the online health reclamation program, and the membership community Vital Life Project. She’s a human, cat, and chicken mom.