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HI Friends, I kept feeling this quiet tug to share the original, raw download and transmission of Episode 4: The Missing Piece in Your Healing Journey and Why it's Not Your Fault.

Last Monday, April 13th, 2026, I received this message. It came through me without any planning or preparation. I had simply been moved while listening to music while driving home from drop off that morning.

I came home ready to record an episode around the power of music in regulating our nervous systems, and out came this episode around:

-my own healing journey

-the importance to stay with modalities that are "safe enough" while you find your more synchronistic space or person to do the work (especially when you know you need support)

-How I knew I had found my "right person & container" during my own dark night of the soul

-& more! 

In last weeks episode, I spoke from a more structured truth-- from an outline and bulleted notes ...in an attempt to make what flowed through me in *this episode* in a more chaotic way...make more sense to you, my sweet listener. 

However, in doing so, it felt like there was something special that was lost in that re-recording. 

If you do happen to listen to both, I invite you to let me know which style of transmission comes across better for you:

Do you prefer more scripted and structured messages , as in Episode 4?

Or do you prefer a channeled raw message, even if it feels a bit more "all over the place"?

Please, let me know over on instagram @therediscoveredself in my DMs! I'd be so grateful to hear your thoughts.

In this episode, I share about my own nervous system dysregulation, the difference between understanding healing conceptually and actually experiencing it in the body, and how I began to recognize what true support felt like in a therapeutic relationship.

This original episode landed with a natural guided practice that invites you to tune into a felt sense of safety and support that is available to you in any moment-- without you having to do or be anything at all-- (other than being willing to notice what might be possible).

Inside this episode, I explore:

• why education is important, but not always the first thing the body needs
• how to recognize when a healing space feels safe enough *for you*
• the role of connection, co-regulation, and presence in deep healing
• how your nervous system may be protecting you (not working against you)

This episode is for anyone who has ever:

–felt stuck in their healing

–blamed themselves for not “doing the work well enough” or for not “being motivated enough to make changes”

–or has ever wondered why change isn’t lasting

when what they may have really needed was a more aligned, supportive, and safe container for their unique and wise nervous system.

This is not about blame.

This is about unapologetically honoring your body’s unique and sacred wisdom.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding your health or wellbeing.

In this episode, I share a personal reflection on something I have come to understand about healing: 

information alone is not what transforms us. 

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your healing journey—despite doing the work, learning, making changes and trying to understand yourself—this episode offers a different perspective.

Sometimes what we need most is not more education, more strategy, more pushing, or even more insight. 

Sometimes what we need is a safe enough space for the body to soften, open, and finally receive support.

In this episode, I share my own nervous system dysregulation, the difference between understanding healing conceptually and actually experiencing it in the body, and how I began to recognize what true support felt like in a therapeutic relationship.

This understanding has deeply shaped how I now discern:

–relationships

–environment

–and healing containers

This episode is for anyone who has ever:

–felt stuck in their healing

–blamed themselves for not “doing the work well enough” or for not “being motivated enough to make changes”

–or has ever wondered why change isn’t lasting

when what they may have really needed was a more aligned, supportive, and safe container for their unique and wise nervous system.

This is not about blame.

This is about unapologetically honoring your body’s unique and sacred wisdom.

Inside this episode, I explore:

• why education is important, but not always the first thing the body needs
• how to recognize when a healing space feels safe enough *for you*
• the role of connection, co-regulation, and presence in deep healing
• how your nervous system may be protecting you (not working against you)

If you feel called to experience a gentle guided practice to help you reconnect with support in your body, you can reach out to me on instagram @therediscoveredself – I would love to share it with you.

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You are not failing if healing has felt hard.

If you’ve made changes and found yourself right back where you started…

It may not be a lack of effort, motivation, or strength.

Sometimes the body is simply waiting for the conditions that communicate enough of a felt sense of safety to your beautiful & wise system, so that you can open once more.

And that is not weakness.

That is wisdom, friend.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding your health or wellbeing.

There’s a quiet moment many mothers experience—but rarely speak about.

The moment you realize… you don’t quite feel like yourself anymore.

In this episode of The Rediscovered Self, Erica explores the subtle, often invisible ways mothers can lose connection with who they are—through the demands of caregiving, the pressure to hold everything together, and the slow drift away from their own inner world.

This isn’t about self judgement, blame, or even the pressure to do something to "fix yourself."

This is about bringing this very common and understandable experience into the light, so that we can have more compassion with ourselves...

It’s about gently noticing...

The invitation that this disconnection lays at our feet.

The one that invites us back home to ourselves.

Through honest reflection and grounded insight, this episode opens a compassionate conversation around identity loss in motherhood—and the beginning of the return.

Inside this episode, we explore:

• Why losing yourself in motherhood is more common than we admit
• The quiet signs you’ve drifted away from yourself
• Why this experience isn’t a failure—but an invitation
• Small, meaningful ways to begin reconnecting with who you are (without having to do more)

This episode is for the mother who feels a little disconnected… a little tired (or a lot)… & a little unsure of where she went.

Remember, your light isn't lost It's waiting to be rediscovered.

Thank you for listening and joining in on the conversation. If you found this meaningful or inspiring in any way...

please follow the show so that you won't miss out on weekly episodes, and share this episode with a friend who this might encourage, too. 

In this episode of The Rediscovered Self, Erica shares more of her personal story and the journey that brought her back home to herself.

Through the lens of motherhood, burnout, and chronic illness, she explores what it means to pause, reflect, and process in a world that asks us to hustle, push through, and ignore the wisdom of the body. 

Instead of seeing our symptoms as wrong, Erica invites us to consider them as the sacred communication of our body’s wisdom— an invitation toward healing, deeper presence, and transformation.

She reflects on:

• the season before her own unraveling, 
• the breakdown that became a turning point, 
• and the combination of tools and healing modalities that helped her begin to release unprocessed emotions, old wounds, and conditioning that were keeping her disconnected, stuck in illness, and her light dimmed.

This episode is a reminder that while each healing journey looks different, many of us know the moment when life asks us to surrender, listen, and remember who we really are.

Inside this conversation, Erica explores:

• Remembering yourself in the midst of motherhood, illness, and survival mode
• Listening to and responding to the body’s whispers instead of overriding them
• How healing can restore the flow of energy, creativity, love, and aliveness
• The role of compassion, mindfulness, and presence in transformation
• Coming back into deeper connection with yourself, your loved ones, your life, and the creative path of your soul. 

This is an episode about responding to the body’s call and the soul’s whispers to come home to yourself — gently, honestly, and one layer at a time.

In this opening episode of The Rediscovered Self, Erica explores the idea that healing isn’t about becoming someone new — it’s about remembering who you were before survival mode took over.

Through reflections on motherhood, burnout, nervous system regulation, and spiritual integration, this episode reframes exhaustion, over-researching, and self-doubt as protective intelligence and a doorway toward growth, rather than personal failure.

You’ll hear about:

• Motherhood as an initiation into deeper embodiment
• Burnout as information, not weakness
• The nervous system as sacred intelligence
• Rest and creativity as wisdom, not indulgence
• Moving from survival mode into grounded presence

This podcast is for women — especially mothers — who feel the quiet tug toward something softer, steadier, and more aligned.

You are not broken. You are remembering.

Welcome to The Rediscovered Self.

This short trailer introduces the heart behind the podcast — a space for women, especially mothers, who feel the quiet pull to slow down, reconnect with themselves, and live a life that feels more grounded, aligned, and alive.

Every Wednesday, host, Erica Cortis, explores themes of burnout, motherhood, mindfulness, creativity, emotional processing, and the process of remembering who we are beneath survival mode and various layers of conditioning.

If you’ve ever felt like you've lost pieces of yourself along the way...this space is an invitation to return.

If you've ever felt a quiet tug toward deeper presence, connection and alignment in your life...this space is an invitation to rediscover.

Listen to the trailer and follow the show, so that you don't miss upcoming episodes, released every Wednesday.