A Self-Havening Guided Meditation for Releasing Judgement and Shame with Dr. Kate Truitt

This is a guided meditation to support the mind/body in releasing shame or judgement, and moving into a state of grounded self acceptance/presence. Dr. Kate will invite you to gently and lovingly float back to an experience where you felt shame, or where you criticized/judged yourself for an action taken.
Instead of identifying with the memory, gripping and holding on tightly to it, she encourages you to take a bird’s eye view and treat it as if it was a video that you can rewind/fast-forward. By viewing the memory as truly in the past, something that you can look back on and play through, you are letting your amygdala know that the moment has ended.
Our brain wants us to remember the hard moments because sometimes it doesn’t know that those moments are over, and this is also one way that our brain and our body attempt to feel safe. We judge ourselves and shame ourselves in an endeavor to stay alive. When we recognize this, we can instead practice gratitude and gentleness.
Dr. Kate also invites you to examine what real, tangible, physical sensations arise when you are reminded of this moment, and explains that this physical experience is a data point that your mind has encoded to make you pay attention to what is happening. The physical experience has no actual meaning other than what is applied by your thinking mind and driven by your survival brain. You of course then can create your own meaning instead, after all, it is decided and defined by you.
Lastly, Dr. Kate encourages you to imagine talking to your past self that recently survived this experience of shame or judgement, and think of what wisdom you can impart, now that you have the knowledge you do. This can be as simple as “That moment has passed,” or as beautiful and powerful as the fact that you have healed/recovered, or that you are currently on a healing journey, and you are recovering.
Dr. Kate will help you to use breathing exercises that will further enhance relaxation. This calming video will take you to a safe space within your mind’s eye. Join Dr. Kate to learn more and start creating actionable change today!
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Dr. Kate Truitt is a clinical psychologist, neuroscientist, as well as holds a MBA in Healthcare Administration. She is the CEO of the Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles, Chairman of the Board of the Amy Research Foundation, and leads her flagship organization Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates located in Pasadena, CA. Her teams of expert psychologists and psychotherapists provide individual therapy, group therapy, executive coaching, and neurofeedback throughout California via telehealth.
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