Embodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation

239. Self-Worth, Trauma, & Getting Unstuck ft. Nigel Brown

Kayla MacDonald

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What if healing didn’t have to be a two-hour deep dive into every detail of your past?

In this episode, I’m joined by Nigel, a coach who helps people get unstuck by aligning conscious awareness, subconscious beliefs, and the energy stored in the body. We talk about why simplicity is often the most powerful path to transformation, how emotional “stuckness” can live beneath patterns like food struggles, self-sabotage, and overwhelm, and why the goal of healing isn’t to remove difficulty, but to choose better challenges.

Nigel shares two practical embodied tools you can use right now:

  1. The “Pretzel Position” (cross ankles + cross wrists) to calm your nervous system and help your brain hemispheres communicate.
  2. A simple identity-shifting practice that reminds you: you are not your thoughts, you are the awareness behind them.

If you’re in a season of growth, identity expansion, or you’re noticing old patterns surfacing as you level up, this conversation will meet you with grounded hope, real tools, and a refreshing reframe.

Connect with Nigel: TransformationalAlchemy.com.au