What if the patterns you’ve spent your entire life trying to “fix” were never personality flaws at all… but survival responses rooted deep in the body?

In this episode, Kelly sits down with trauma-informed adoptee coach Julie Brumley to explore the hidden impact of pre-verbal trauma, abandonment wounds, nervous system regulation, and the journey back to radical self-belonging.

Together, they explore how trauma is stored in the body long before we have words for it, why adoptees often struggle with identity and belonging, and how somatic healing can help us reconnect to ourselves in profound ways.

This episode is a powerful invitation to stop abandoning yourself and begin coming home to who you truly are.

Tune in to hear:

• Why adoptees often carry deep pre-verbal trauma and abandonment wounds
• How trauma can live in the body long before the mind understands it
• The connection between nervous system dysregulation, people pleasing, and self-worth
• Why many adoptees struggle with identity, belonging, and fear of rejection
• The difference between intellectual healing and somatic healing
• How the body communicates through sensations, symptoms, and emotional responses
• Why learning the “language of the body” changes everything
• The role of somatics, parts work, and nervous system regulation in healing trauma
• How fear of abandonment impacts relationships, visibility, money, and success
• What “radical self-belonging” actually means and how to begin practicing it
• Why true healing is about insourcing your worth instead of outsourcing it
• How to begin feeling safe within yourself no matter what is happening around you

Connect with Julie Brumley:

https://www.cominghometoself.co

www.instagram.com/juliebrumley_

The Resilience Project Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-resilience-project/id1849822021

Adoptee Healing Retreat: https://www.lizdebetta.com/un-m-othered-adoptee-healing-retreat

Watch the full episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/XCkp8yI2ZPo

Connect with Kelly:

Website: https://www.kellybrockco.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kellybrock/
Substack: https://substack.com/@kellybrock