Why You Still Feel Stuck (Even After Doing the Work) | Somatic Healing with Melanie Smithson

About this episode

Marianne DeMello-Smith discusses with Melanie Smithson why insight alone may not lead to healing in midlife.

There’s a moment many women reach in midlife where they realize something frustrating… They’ve done the work. They understand their patterns. They’ve processed their experiences. They can talk about their past with clarity and insight. And yet, something still feels stuck. In this episode of Message in the Middle, Marianne sits down with somatic psychotherapist and author Melanie Smithson to explore why insight alone doesn’t always create the healing we’re looking for—and what might be missin...

People in this episode

Host: Marianne DeMello-Smith

Guest: Melanie Smithson

Topics covered

• somatic healing
• midlife
• personal growth
• psychotherapy
• emotional healing

Keywords

• stuck
• healing
• patterns
• midlife crisis
• somatic therapy

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