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30 Mar 2026: All versions of Episode 2, Part II (audio podcast player, Youtube audio and full video) are now live!
NEW: A Chapter Guide tab is now available to help you navigate each Part.
About this episode: This episode was recorded over multiple weeks and ended up being a much more profound episode than I expected. In this pivotal episode (one I have a tremendous soft spot for), we continue our real, unscripted conversation about building unshakeable self-worth — this time focusing on the healing journey. This episode lays the healing foundation we’ll use throughout the rest of the series, where we learn not only how to build a foundation resistant to the turmoil of our times, but how to heal and strengthen it from within so we can remain unshakeable.
IMPORTANT NOTE/DISCLAIMER: This episode comes from my own healing journey — what I’ve learned through my experiences with deep wounding. The Healing Framework is offered as education and a potential approach to your healing process, not as a substitute for professional care. If you’re working through trauma, facing mental health challenges, or in crisis, I encourage you to reach out to a licensed therapist, counselor, or mental health professional. Getting support is part of the healing journey and an act of strength. You don’t have to do this alone.
- Show Notes
- Chapter Guide
- Download Materials – Why Healing Matters/Healing Frameworks
Building Self-Worth – The Healing Journey
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Part I
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In Part I of our Episode 2 we go deep into understanding the incredible importance of healing and why it matters as part of excavating your inner gold and building unshakeable self-worth. We’ll introduce a visual concept that will help you visualize why this work is so important.
In Part II, we introduce the complete roadmap for your healing journey. You’ll discover seven guiding concepts and nine practical principles to keep you grounded, a readiness checklist to assess where you are, and the five-phase Healing Framework designed to help you process wounds, reclaim your inner gold, and build unshakeable self-worth from within. We also explore a powerful truth: your worth doesn’t come from the world, it comes from your inner foundation. But the world can still be your teacher. Every reaction, reflection, and challenge is information (data), and when you use it wisely, you can heal, strengthen, and grow — even as everything around you changes.
Here’s what we’ll explore together in this foundation episode:
- Part I: Recaps (Ep 0 & 1): We’ll recap the work and concepts we introduced in episode 0 (Foundations) and episode 1 (Excavating Your Inner Gold).
- Part I: Why healing matters: We’ll talk in-depth about why healing matters — and introduce a five-part visual journey exploring the power of time and presence, and the integrated mind-heart-body-core self system we’ll use throughout this series, understanding how wounding affects us, and discovering what true healing makes possible. These illustrations are meant to help you visualize why healing matters and what happens when we don’t make that a practice for ourselves.
- Part II: Guiding Concepts & Principles: We’ll explore seven foundational concepts (terrain map) and nine guiding principles (rules for the road) that form a philosophical and conceptual map of the healing journey. These are the concepts, ideas and ways of showing up that will support you throughout this series and beyond.
- Part II: To Heal or Not to Heal — Personal Reflection/Readiness Checklist: Before we dive into the framework we cover a self-reflection/readiness checklist that invites you to look at where you are right now and assess whether you feel ready to begin the healing journey or whether you need more time, support, or stability first. There are no wrong answers here, only honest ones.
- Part II: The Healing Framework: We’ll introduce a visual guide that provides a framework for the healing cycle we’ll use throughout this series — a five-stage journey from Awareness to Understanding to Integration to Cohesion. At the center is Embodiment: living your truth authentically and being who you truly are as you return to wholeness.
- The journey ahead: This episode lays the healing groundwork for the rest of the Building Unshakeable Self-Worth / Value series, Episodes 3-5.
🗝️ Check Out: The Download Materials tab above for your supporting materials! ⭐ Remember: Your worth isn’t something you earn – it’s something you already have. The gold has always been there, you just need to heal it so you can find it, excavate it and then share it with the world (if you so choose ….).
⚡ Your Turn: Questions? Thoughts? Insights?: Feel free to leave a voice note, share your insights, or drop a comment about what resonated most. For deeper conversations you can reach me at carmen@thecrv.com.
Chapter Guide
Your timestamp guide to The Healing Journey – Part I & Part II
~36 min
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:54Recap of Episodes 0 & 1
- 7:52Handout 1: Why Healing Matters – Personal Story
- 12:09Visual Journey Part 1: Time – Wounds From the Past
- 17:51Visual Journey Part 2: We Are a System
- 19:57Visual Journey Part 3: The Cost of Not Healing
- 24:58Visual Journey Part 4: The Gift of Healing
- 28:37Visual Journey Part 5: Healing Expands Compassion
- 35:44Closing & Preview of Part Two
~1 hour
- 00:57Recap of Part One
- 08:42Guiding Concepts and Principles
- 10:48Guiding Concepts Overview
- 20:54Guiding Principles Overview
- 30:34Readiness Checklist
- 40:45Introduction to Healing Framework
- 1:06:27Summary & Next Episode Preview
Supporting Materials – Why Healing Matters & Healing Journey Framework
Supporting materials to help you navigate Episode 2
Episode Materials (4 Total):
- Download #1 (Part I): Why Healing Matters – provides a five-part visual concept exploring the power of time and presence, the integrated mind-heart-body-core self-system and the cost of not healing.
- Download #2 (Part II): Guiding Concepts & Principles – provides the essential foundation you’ll need as you embark on your healing journey. It includes seven guiding concepts and nine guiding principles that will support you every step of the way.
- Download #3 (Part II): Ready to Heal or Not To Heal Checklists – This reflection checklist invites you to look at where you are right now — whether you feel ready to begin the healing journey or whether you need more time, support, or stability first.
- Download #4 (Part II): Intro to The Healing Framework – a five-stage healing framework that helps you journey from Awareness to Understanding to Integration to Cohesion on the path to wholeness and embodiment.
- **New Coming Soon** Healing Journey Survey – For those serious about going deeper into the healing practice, I’m interested in feedback and what you may need to support you as you kickoff this journey. I’ll launch this survey after Part II is published – stay tuned.
⭐ These downloads are meant to be accessible and easy-to-read.
Use these to:
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- Reference key concepts and frameworks as you progress through Episodes 0-5
- Apply the guiding principles and tools to support your healing process
- Identify which model you’re currently operating from (see Episode 0: OLD external validation model (DOING mostly) vs. NEW unshakeable foundation model (BEING + DOING)
- Track how wounding has affected your mind-heart-body-core self system
- Understand why you may have felt faded, dimmed, or obscured when external circumstances changed
- Use these insights to support your transformation into becoming whole, vibrant, and unshakeable as we progress through our 5-part journey. Let’s do this together!
NOTE: These concepts may be refined over time – stay tuned as we evolve!
Click to download why healing matters with Part I
Click to download the guiding concepts & principles with Part II
Click to download the self-reflection ready to heal or not to heal checklists with Part II
Click to download introduction to the Healing Framework with Part II
🔔 Stay Tuned: With the healing foundation now set, in Episode 3, we continue our journey towards Building Unshakeable Self-Worth and discuss the limiting beliefs that keep us stuck and how to begin to get unstuck.⚡ Your Turn: Questions? Thoughts? Insights?: Feel free to leave a voice note, share your insights, or drop a comment about what resonated most. For deeper conversations you can reach me at carmen@thecrv.com.
