Ep #193: Sheridan Ruth: Losing My Hair, My Husband, and My Life—How I Rebuilt from Zero
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Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future
36 min
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6 chapters
transcribed 17 days ago
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What traumatic events did Sheridan experience that sparked her transformation?
The biggest thing those moments really taught me is how much our body really dislikes uncertainty. Yeah, that groundless falling feeling is exactly what we needed to create. Anything that we're going to enjoy. When I was about twenty five, it was following my ex-husband's suicide and the complete collapse of a lot of my life in Colombia. It kind of all came to a head and I lost the rest of my hair, which was incredibly challenging. I know that there's something in this experience of being in my body and breathing that is helping me, but it's not enough.
Mm-hmm.
And I came across somatic practitioners, meditation facilitators and coaches and wow, I do have control over my life. To this day it's one of the very best things that I've ever done.
Sharidin, you faced a massive loss. Your hair your relationship and your health. What did those moments confront you with? What were you forced to face?
The biggest thing that that moment, those moments really taught me that I've carried with me. The one thing that I have carried with me is how much our body really dislikes uncertainty and will do anything to keep us from it, yet at the same time how that groundless falling feeling in uncertainty is exactly what we need it to create. anything that we're possibly going to enjoy, um, anything that we want, we need that. that uncertainty and so so much of our work and our life over and over again is becoming in our bodies safer with that uncertainty, safer with that groundlessness, and then re-anchoring into something new and something that we do want.
So if we talk about this massive triggering moment, and for those of you who are uh listening to this podcast and are not seeing you, you have, you know, I'm pointing out the obvious you have no hair. So let's just talk about what happened.
Yeah. So there was a series of events, but essentially when I was seven years old, we found the first ball patch and that My hair fell out up until I was around about twenty five. And around about twenty-five, I started losing my eyelashes, my eyebrows, and that was like that was the hardest moment. When I was a kid, it was difficult for many reasons, and I had a lot of shame. And I was bullied a lot. And these are things that other people experience too. This is not unique to me. You know, kids are mean and it's hard being a young adult, uh, trying to figure out the world. And so much of my life was My body began to understand the world through I'm different. There's something wrong with me. People don't like me.
People are mean to me. and started expecting those things. And then when I was about twenty five It was following my ex-husband's suicide and the complete collapse of a lot of my life in Colombia. Uh It kind of all came to a head and I lost the rest of my hair, which was incredibly challenging because it's one thing to not have hair, but to not have eyebrows and eyelashes, it really changes the way that you see you literally see yourself in your face in the world. Um And uh Yeah, I was I was diagnosed with complex PTSD at the time and I was trying to build this this yoga therapy and coaching business and all of these compounding things all came together. In what in hindsight was the perfect storm. to be the person that I am today and to create the life that I have and to it for it to be marvelous and amazing and for me to be able to do hard things.
But in the moment it was so much it was
overwhelming. Take me through what you were going through at the time. Because it's one thing now to look back and say in the law of polarity, we know that if it exists on one side, it must exist on the other side. So I love that you found the other side of it. But that Took some time. I'm sure it wasn't that you woke up and you're like, I'm gonna just find the beauty in all of this and it's going it's going to be great. What did you really go through emotionally? Because I think our audience is experiencing a lot of hardship right now, or uncertainty, or just the question of how do I stay calm in this insane world? Tell us what you did.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What traumatic events did Sheridan experience that sparked her transformation?
0:00–6:19
2
How did the loss of her hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes affect Sheridan’s sense of identity?
6:19–11:58
3
What was the turning point that moved Sheridan from despair to seeking somatic healing?
11:58–19:16
4
Which somatic and interoceptive practices did Sheridan discover that finally helped her regulate her nervous system?
19:16–26:38
5
Why does Sheridan say traditional meditation didn’t work for her and what alternative does she recommend?
26:38–33:07
6
What is the step‑by‑step protocol Sheridan created for handling emotional overwhelm?
33:07–36:11