About this episode

In this episode, Barbara Parker and Alicia Gilmore discuss why self-awareness alone is insufficient for personal change and explore emotional training and relationship patterns.

You don’t have a knowledge problem… You have an application problem. In this episode of the Powerfully Broken Podcast, therapists Barbara Parker and Alicia Gilmore breaks down the truth most people avoid: 👉 Self-awareness alone does NOT change your life. We talk about: Why most people are emotionally untrained, not mentally unstable The difference between trauma vs. victim mentality Why you keep repeating the same patterns in relationships Why you’re stu...

People in this episode

Host: Barbara Parker

Guest: Alicia Gilmore

Topics covered

• self-awareness
• emotional training
• trauma
• victim mentality
• relationship patterns

Keywords

• self-awareness
• emotional training
• trauma
• victim mentality
• relationship patterns
• personal change
• mental health

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