Join me as I sit down with one of my lifelong best friends, David Young for a conversation on all things trauma. 

As a certified meditation teacher, coach, and group facilitator David works with communities and organizations to heal from collective trauma, re-establish healthy communication, and love fearlessly.

In this episode, David speaks vulnerably about his own journey and how the dissolution of his 10-year marriage helped him reevaluate his life and healing path. 

Our conversation includes stories about parenting, what it looks like to begin embracing our own pain, and why we actually need others in order to begin healing.

There are no words to describe how beautiful, impactful, and wise this conversation is.

Trust me. You don’t want to miss this!

David is a 5/1 Emotional Manifestor

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• What is Trauma? What’s the difference between “big T” and “little t” trauma 

• What is a trauma response and how does it show up in our behavior?

• How personas and identities get invented in order to protect us from feeling our own pain

• How letting go of trauma patterns allows us to receive love 

• How acknowledging our emotions is the first step in the healing process

• How to communicate responsibly when we get triggered 

• How “therapy speak” takes us out of fully being present with ourselves and others

• How to become a better parent by dealing with our trauma 

• What it looks like to “be with” someone’s experience vs. “fixing” their experience 

• Why we live in a hyper-individualized culture and why we need healthy interdependence

• Why healing ourselves first is necessary in order to heal the collective 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• WholeHearted 

• What is NARM?

• Hakomi Method

• Somatic Experiencing 

Connect with Sam on Instagram here:

⁠⁠__@samwise⁠⁠

Connect with David here: 

• LinkedIn

• @david.jyoung

David is the co-creator and co-facilitator of Attuned: Becoming Trauma Informed & Trauma Responsive In Professional Settings and Radical Wholeness: A 10-Week Online Journey. He is a student of collective trauma healing with Thomas Hübl and loves traveling, hanging out in tea shops, and camping with his kids.

This episode is a continuation of the two-part story of my experience in Bali during the summer of 2022!

Join me as I walk into a Sex and Love Addicts meeting for the first time and begin to tell the truth about some of my addictive patterns.

I'll share how my genuine desire for sexual exploration + learning turned into addictive behavior and what it's looked like for me to step into resting and healing.

Stay tuned for updates about this story coming in the near future!

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How participating in a 12-step program works and what it looks like to recover from addiction

• Why Bali brings up people’s undealt with shit and why it’s important to accept and embrace our own shadows 

• What are some common triggers for addictive behavior and how to let go of it

• Why telling the truth about ourselves is the first step in the healing process



Resources mentioned in this episode:

• ⁠"Calling in the One" by Katherine Woodward Thomas⁠

• ⁠Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA)⁠

Connect with Sam on Instagram here:

⁠⁠__@samwise⁠⁠

Related Episodes:

Becoming Available for Love, Sex and Love Addiction, & Calling in the One Part 1

Join me for this two-part story where I share my journey about living in Bali for the summer of 2022!

In this episode, I recount what it was like to move to Bali, to become no longer available for dating apps and casual intimacy, and how I spent my time reading a book that would forever change my relationship with love.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why Sam decided to stop dating and become celibate

• Why Sam started wearing a wedding ring and how it shifted his relationship with Love

• Sam’s realizations about why and where he was blocking Love from coming into his life

• How Sam shifted his energy from being casual to being conscious

• How our environments and unspoken promises impact our ability to attract love into our lives

• How to allow the people we love the most to be disappointed in order to honor ourselves

• How Life is always giving us what we need in order to receive what we desire

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• ⁠"Calling in the One" by Katherine Woodward Thomas⁠

• ⁠Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA)⁠

Connect with Sam on Instagram here:

⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/__samwise/⁠⁠

Related Episodes:

• Becoming Available for Love, Sex + Love Addiction, and Calling in the One Part 2