"When we slow down enough to listen, we often realize the truth we’ve been searching for was already inside us.”In this conversation, Theresa and Walker are joined by therapist and writer Mirella Stoyanova to explore what it means to reconnect with your inner knowing — especially after experiences that ask you to fragment, mask, or move through the world in ways that aren’t fully your own.Mirella shares pieces of her story as an international adoptee, the early losses that shaped her inner world, and the long path of learning to trust herself again. She reflects on trauma, belonging, intuition, identity, and what it means to find self-connection after surviving circumstances that demanded adaptation over authenticity.They talk about practicing presence, noticing the body, honoring nuance, and allowing everyday life — even folding the laundry — to become a place of devotion, grounding, and remembering. This episode offers a gentle, steady invitation to slow down, feel what’s truly there, and choose how you want to show up for yourself with more clarity and compassion.What you’ll learn→ Why slowing down opens space for inner knowing to surface→ How trauma shapes identity and the stories we tell about ourselves→ Why nuance is essential for emotional maturity and deeper relationships→ How everyday rituals can become practices of devotion and grounding→ The difference between surviving your past and learning to truly liveAbout Mirella StoyanovaMirella Stoyanova is a therapist, writer, and international adoptee from Bulgaria of both Bulgarian and Iraqi origin. Her writing has appeared in HuffPost Personal, Business Insider, and Write Or Die Magazine, among other places. She is currently revising a memoir exploring how trauma fractures identity, the lifelong effects of unresolved grief, and the possibilities and limits of self-healing.Connect with her on Instagram @mirellastoyanova or visit mirellastoyanova.com.🎓 Special Holiday OfferGet 25% off the 10 Essential Skills to Build Stronger and Healthier Relationships course! Discount automatically applied at checkout.Episode Links & ResourcesWatch the episode on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Inner Knowing Full episode ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📘 Jack Kornfield — The Wise Heart📘 Miriam Greenspan — Healing Through the Dark Emotions📘 Pete Walker — Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving🌿 Explore Mirella’s website📱 Follow Mirella on InstagramConnect with My Inner Knowing📨 Join our newsletter + get a free meditation🔗 Explore our website📱 Connect with us on Instagram📘 Connect with us on Facebook💼 Connect with us on LinkedIn🎧 Listen on Apple PodcastsEpisode Chapters00:00 Welcome + meeting Mirella02:00 Identity, upbringing, and early losses09:00 Trauma, intuition, and the beginning of inner knowing15:00 Music, nature, and the practices that reconnect us20:00 Slowing down + listening to discomfort26:00 Nuance, boundaries, and emotional honesty33:00 Adoption, belonging, and cognitive dissonance44:00 Grace, growth, and choosing how we show up55:00 Writing, memoir, and the courage to be seen59:00 Closing reflections + what devotion looks likeTopics we explore in this episode include:inner knowing, trauma and identity, emotional nuance, self-awareness, belonging, adoption and loss, nervous system awareness, devotion in everyday life, slowing down, personal growth, resilience, grounding practices

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