220. I Was Never Broken: Lisa Hartle Rewrote Her Bone Beliefs and Broke Generational Chains

About this episode

Lisa Hartle discusses her healing journey and the impact of generational trauma on personal beliefs.

Some of the heaviest things we carry aren't even ours — they were handed down so quietly we never noticed. In this episode, Mechelle sits down with Lisa Hartle, a neurofeedback practitioner, coach, and author of I Was Never Broken, to talk about what happens when your body finally stops letting you outrun your past. Lisa shares how a perfect storm — empty nesting, a cross-state move, a job she hated, and anxiety she'd never experienced before — cracked open five memories she'd spent a lifetime shoving and stuffing. What followed was one of the most honest healing journeys you'll hear: writing 20 ways each painful experience had blessed her life, going back as her adult self to sit with a three-year-old girl who had taken on shame that was never hers, and ultimately breaking a generational chain of addiction and silence that had run through her family for decades. This conversation covers bone beliefs, the "sonic boom" of delayed trauma, epigenetics, IFS, and why true gratitude can't be rushed to — it has to be earned through the journey. If you've ever thought, "That was a long time ago, I should be over it" — this one's for you. I Was Never Broken is available on Amazon…

People in this episode

Host: Mechelle

Guest: Lisa Hartle

Topics covered

• healing journey
• generational trauma
• neurofeedback
• epigenetics
• addiction
• self-discovery

Keywords

• bone beliefs
• delayed trauma
• IFS
• gratitude
• anxiety
• healing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mind Body Spirit.fm

Books & works: I Was Never Broken

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