Episode 329: Frequent Feelers, Big Emotions, and the Feeling Muscle with Dr. Jenn Rapkin

About this episode

Erin Kerry and Dr. Jenn Rapkin discuss the challenges of feeling emotions and how reconnecting with the body can enhance emotional and physical health.

Host Erin Kerry sits down with naturopathic physician, bodyworker, former dancer, and “Frequent Feeler” Dr. Jenn Rapkin to explore why so many of us struggle to feel our feelings—and how reconnecting with the body can completely transform emotional and physical health. Drawing from more than 25 years of mind-body work and her new book The Feeling Muscle, Jenn explains the cultural stigma around emotions, the four common forms of emotional avoidance, and why the body often carries what the mind refuses to process. Erin and Jenn unpack everything from grief and distraction to parenting “frequent feelers,” the difference between rumination and true emotional presence, and practical ways to build emotional resilience. Whether you’re a parent, a healer, a highly sensitive person, or someone who’s spent years pushing feelings down, this conversation offers compassionate, nonjudgmental tools for befriending difficult emotions, expanding your emotional capacity, and healing from the inside out. Key Topics: - What it means to be a “Frequent Feeler” - Why emotions get suppressed—and the cost to the body - Jenn’s four categories of emotional avoidance - Rumination vs. body-centered…

People in this episode

Hosts: Erin Kerry, Erin

Guest: Dr Jenn Rapkin

Topics covered

• Frequent Feelers
• emotional avoidance
• emotional resilience
• parenting strategies
• mind-body connection
• processing emotions
• grief
• distraction
• rumination
• body-centered awareness

Keywords

• naturopathic physician
• bodyworker
• emotional capacity
• healing
• art
• movement

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Feeling Muscle

Books & works: Frequent Feelers, The Feeling Muscle, Live Beyond Your Label

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