Stop Living in Your Head (And Start Feeling Your Body) With Lindsay Troxell | Convos With Friends
In this episode with Lindsay Troxell, we explore the intersection of business coaching, mindset work, and somatic healing—going far beyond traditional financial services talk. Lindsay shares her 20-year journey in financial services, from insurance sales to becoming a coach who integrates somatics into her work with clients.
We dive deep into what somatic work actually is and how our bodies experience the world alongside our minds. Lindsay explains how to start practicing—beginning with simply sitting still and noticing internal sensations without judgment. We discuss body scans, completing stress cycles, and why telling yourself "you are safe" matters more than you might think.
Lindsay shares her recent LinkedIn post about plant medicine journeys—psilocybin and ayahuasca—and how these experiences have shaped her path toward authenticity. She reveals her own trauma story and how she's been collecting tools for healing over the past two and a half years, including working with a somatic therapist and becoming certified as a psychosomatic practitioner. I share my own interest in taking a journey and why I believe these tools can help us know ourselves better.
We discuss the stigma around psychedelics, the science supporting their therapeutic use, and why ancient wisdom combined with modern understanding might be exactly what we need. This conversation challenges you to consider: What does it take to stop masking who you are? How can we reconnect our minds and bodies to live more authentically? And what tools are available to help us do that work?
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Takeaways
- Somatics is the practice of looking inward.
- Introspection helps in understanding bodily sensations.
- Our body can signal when we need to protect ourselves.
- Exhaustion can be a response to fear of challenges.
- The nervous system significantly influences our lived experiences.
- Recognizing tension can aid in emotional regulation.
- Body awareness is crucial for personal growth.
- Understanding sensations can improve decision-making.
- Somatics can enhance our interactions with the world.
- Emotional responses are often tied to physical sensations.
