From Survival to Safety

From Survival to Safety

Hosted by: Calysta Watkins

You can be successful, capable, and high functioning… and still be deeply overwhelmed internally. This podcast is a space for the women who are exhausted from surviving. The women carrying chronic stress, trauma,...

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Regulated vs Dysregulated

Have you ever wondered why you can know exactly what to do to feel better... but your body just won't let you do it? In this episode, we're diving into one of the biggest misconceptions about nervous system...
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Big Emotions from a 10 year old

This is a special episode with my first guest, my daughter Madison. Madison technically has been diagnosed with what she calls, the 3 A's (Autism, Anxiety, & ADHD). This means we've had lots of conversations about...
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Trauma: "Was It Really Bad Enough?" Understanding What Trauma Is and Isn't

Have you ever questioned whether what happened to you "counts" as trauma? Maybe you've told yourself other people have had it worse, wondered why you're still affected by something that happened years ago, or felt...
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Who am I and how did I get here?

In this first episode, I share my personal journey of becoming a trauma therapist — and how, despite everything I knew professionally, I still found myself physically and emotionally depleted from chronic stress and...
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