Monica Yearwood is a relationship trauma recovery expert and holistic practitioner who serves high-achieving women. She holds advanced certifications in trauma recovery and holistic healing, with specializations in somatic parts work, Ayurvedic medicine, and detoxification therapies. Monica is also the architect of the Resilient for Life methodology — a system designed to help women who are winning everywhere else finally heal from the trauma of toxic and narcissistic relationships, regulate their nervous system, stop the rumination loops, and rebuild the self-trust that betrayal tries to steal.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why high-achieving women have higher exposure to narcissistic dynamics — and why the trauma so often gets met with self-blame instead of validation
- The difference between resistance to the word "trauma" vs. the word "abuse," and why naming abuse is often what slows women down from leaving
- Why self-blame after betrayal isn't just a thinking problem — it's a nervous system shame reflex
- The "I Know" exercise — building a fact-based inventory so your mind stops re-interpreting what happened
- The "I Want" exercise — a 15-minute practice that pulls your attention back from what you don't want to what actually brings you joy
- Hypervigilance, walking on eggshells, and how a long-term partnership can blow up in one moment of discovery
- Emotions as neurological processes with a beginning, a middle, and an end — and why we get stuck when that cycle never completes
- How suppressed emotional charge shows up physically — headaches, backaches, digestive issues, autoimmune conditions
- The identity crisis that hits after divorce — especially for women who never thought divorce was on the table
- Lymphatic health for women 35–55 navigating toxic relationships — rhodiola, skeletal movement, breath work
Connect with Monica:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monicayearwood
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@monicayearwood
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