Episode 43: "Hey, wait!" with Jay Moon Fields

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Dr. Santi Tanikella and Jay Moon Fields discuss how childhood stories influence adult relationships.

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the stories you learned as a child about what it means to be “good,” “kind,” or “easy to love” become the very patterns that keep you stuck in one-sided relationships as an adult? In this deep resonating episode of The I AM Well MD Podcast, Dr. Santi Tanikella sits down with Jay Moon Fields, somatic coach, author, and creator of the “Hey, Wait!” framework to explore how childhood conditioning shapes our emotional landscape in adulthood. Jay’s work has ...

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Host: Santi Tanikella, MD

Guest: Jay Moon Fields

Topics covered

• childhood conditioning
• emotional landscape
• one-sided relationships
• somatic coaching
• personal growth

Keywords

• childhood stories
• relationships
• emotional patterns
• somatic coach
• personal development

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Books & works: Hey, Wait!

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