Grow Yourself Up

Grow Yourself Up is a podcast to support all of us in our adult lives. Many of us did not get our needs adequately met in childhood. The devastating legacy of childhood trauma, wounding and traumatic stress lives on in our brains, our bodies, our nervous systems and our behaviour/reactions. Which in turn impacts the way we turn up to our lives in many ways. We are going to unpack all of this on Grow Yourself Up. This podcast will be a companion as you travel on your own road of healing and recovery. You will learn you are not alone. Someone has been where you are. There is hope. We will break down shame together and learn to cultivate self compassion. There is always the possibility for change. And regardless of what has happened in our past, as adults we have to take responsibility for our own lives. We have to tend to our pain, our sadness and our dysfunction so that we can live a life we love a

Grow Yourself Up is a health podcast hosted by Catherine Counihan, with 173 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Catherine Counihan hosts Grow Yourself Up, a health show with 173 episodes published.

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  Episode #172

  Ep 172: Giving Up on Being Good, Fawning, Shame and Discomfort

  Jun 1, 202638 minS0

  <p>In this episode Cath talks about her concept 'Giving Up on Being Good' and the 'Good Girl Grid'. The experience of emotional neglect produces a set of coping strategies based on our stress responses and unwinding these as we grow and develop as adults is really important so that we can live our own TRUE lives.</p><br><p>This work happens on multiple levels - cognitive, emotional, somatic, spiritual and we have to tolerate the discomfort of practising new ways of being in order that we live for ourselves, not to demonstrate goodness (for an imaginary audience!!)</p><...

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  Episode #171

  Ep 171: Anxiety, Somatics and Growing Up in Motherhood with Colleen Adrian. Re-release

  May 18, 202656 minS0

  <p>In the episode this week, Cath is joined by Colleen Adrian. Colleen is an author and a connected parenting coach for parents of sensitive spirited children. She’s a Mom, a Stepmom, and a Grandma and lives on a small island on the west coast of Canada.</p><br><p>Cath and Colleen talked about how Colleen has grown herself up in motherhood, how discovering neuroscience and better understanding her nervous system. And, why that of her child's shifted everything for her and how she continues to surrender to her journey. Colleen shared how astrology has supported her and ho...

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  Episode #170

  Ep 170: Longing, Adult Love Relationships and Feeling Seen and Heard

  May 11, 202638 minS0

  <p>In this episode Cath answers two listener questions. The first question is a short question related to attachment and trauma in our younger years. Have a listen to episode 14 which gives a broad overview of trauma and helps provide context for the first question. Cath will be doing a more detailed view on this material (from episode 14) in an upcoming episode.</p><br><p>The second question relates to feeling seen and heard in our adult love relationships and how this is impacted by various factors, how our inner children play a role and some suggestions for how this...

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  Episode #169

  Ep 169: Ambivalence, Love and Hate in Motherhood and Parenting

  Apr 20, 202644 minS0

  <p>In this episode Cath speaks about the expression of mixed feelings in motherhood and how we may move between two positions. With childhood trauma we may have more intense swings and not have much access to a ‘middle ground’.</p><br><p>Cath looks at how we label ourselves and challenges the notion of linking our emotional states to stories of us as mothers. She shares some of her own experiences and an anecdote about changing after swimming. As always go gently with yourself.</p><br><p>The book Cath references in the podcast is called 'Torn in Two' by R...

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  Episode #168

  Ep 168: Sensory Systems, Integration, Trauma and Family Considerations

  Apr 13, 202631 minS0

  <p>In this episode Cath talks about our 8 sensory systems, about the importance of sensory integration, how trauma can impact this and shares some specific sensory systems and a couple of anecdotes from her own life to give you an idea about how impactful our sensory experience is.</p><br><p>If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it.</p><br><p>To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to www.cathcounihan.com or @cathcounihan on Instagram. </p><br><p>Foll...

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