What happens when losing the life you thought you wanted finally sets you free? G-Rex and Dirty Skittles sit down with Anat Peri to talk about hitting rock bottom, uncovering childhood wounds, learning to feel your feelings, and building the kind of self-love that changes everything. Awards & Downloads Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads is a 2024 People’s Choice Podcast Award Winner (Best Health), 2024 Women in Podcasting Award Winner (Best Mental Health Podcast), 2026 Podcast Tonight Award Winner (Best Mental Health Podcast), and 2026 NYC Podcast Award Audience Choice Winner (Best Hosts), with over 4.5 million downloads and listened to in over 160 countries. Feedback We’d love to hear your thoughts! Leave us written or voice feedback here: https://castfeedback.com/67521f0bde0b101c7b10442a Mental Health Quote “The only way to feel better is to get better at feeling.” — Anat Peri Trigger Notice and Crisis Reminder This episode includes conversations about emotional trauma, anxiety, substance misuse, depression, and suicide rates. Please take care of yourself while listening. If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis or considering suicide, call or text 988 in the United States and Canada. For international crisis resources, visit: https://findahelpline.com Episode Description When Anat Peri discovered evidence that her five-year relationship was ending, she felt devastated—but underneath the heartbreak was an unexpected realization: she was finally free. Three weeks later, she boarded a one-way flight to California with $2,000, $40,000 in debt, no car, no job, and no permanent home. That rock-bottom moment became the beginning of her real journey toward self-love. In this raw and deeply practical conversation, Anat joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to explain why personal growth requires more than positive thinking and intellectual breakthroughs. She shares how codependency, emotional disconnection, and an unhealed father wound shaped her relationships, career choices, and belief that she had to work harder to be worthy. Anat also breaks down what it means to reparent yourself, recognize the childhood scripts still directing your adult life, and safely express emotions instead of judging, suppressing, or analyzing them. She explains why unfamiliar feelings can register as threats to the nervous system—and how giving an emotion your full attention for just 90 seconds can begin building emotional capacity. This episode is a powerful reminder that healing is not about becoming someone else. It is about letting go of inherited roles, reconnecting with your body, and trusting that you are worthy without hustling, performing, or proving yourself. Your feelings are not the enemy. They are part of the path home. Keywords: Anat Peri, self-love, emotional healing, inner child healing, reparenting, nervous system regulation, somatic healing, childhood trauma, father wound, codependency recovery, emotional expression, anxiety support, personal transformation, self-worth, generational healing Meet Our Guest — Anat Peri Anat Peri is the CEO and Founder of Training Camp for the Soul and the creator and Master Facilitator of the TCS Method, a transformational coaching framework that blends mindset work, somatic healing, and inner-child reparenting. With nearly two decades of experience in developmental and trauma-informed coaching, she helps coaches, healers, and business leaders move beyond survival, break painful patterns, and create lasting emotional freedom. Website: https://trainingcampforthesoul.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anat.peri/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anat-peri Key Takeaways Rock bottom can become the moment you finally stop living a life that no longer belongs to you. Self-love means becoming your own inner best friend, cheerleader, protector, and nurturer. Many adult relationship patterns are childhood survival strategies playing out in a different setting. Positive thinking cannot replace the emotional work of grieving, feeling, and healing. Emotions are not dangerous; they often feel threatening simply because they are unfamiliar. You do not have to hustle, overperform, or overgive to prove that you are worthy of receiving. Actionable Items Use an emotion or mood chart to identify exactly what you are feeling instead of defaulting to words such as “sad,” “bad,” or “anxious.” Set a timer for 90 seconds and allow an emotion to move through your body using sound, facial expression, movement, and breath—without judging or explaining it. Ask yourself: “Am I choosing this because it is aligned with who I am, or am I repeating a role I learned in childhood?” References Mentioned Training Camp for the Soul: https://trainingcampforthesoul.com Yale Mood Meter: https://moodmeterapp.com 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: https://988lifeline.org Global Crisis Resources: https://findahelpline.com The Chopra Center and the teachings of Deepak Chopra were also discussed as part of Anat’s healing environment and professional journey. Important Chapters 00:00:37 – Meet Anat Peri Anat shares how growing up on the East Coast eventually led her to San Diego—and why California always felt like home. 00:02:17 – Arriving at Rock Bottom With limited money, significant debt, and no job or home, Anat makes the life-changing decision to move across the country. 00:04:06 – Codependency, Heartbreak, and Freedom Anat reflects on losing herself in relationships and the betrayal that finally gave her permission to leave. 00:06:35 – One Hundred Days of Dating Herself Unable to enjoy her own company, Anat commits to spending 100 days building a relationship with herself. 00:08:35 – Reconnecting With Her Body She discusses dissociation, plant medicine, stored tension, and realizing how much of her life had been lived inside her head. 00:10:05 – The Relationship That Revealed Her Father Wound An emotionally significant relationship uncovers childhood grief and introduces Anat to deeper inner child work. 00:12:11 – The Support Behind the Healing Anat explains how mentorship, meditation, yoga, friendships, and her work environment supported her transformation. 00:15:40 – Recognizing Childhood Relationship Patterns She examines how her father’s absence shaped beliefs about being invisible, unimportant, and repeatedly chosen second. 00:20:13 – Relationships as Mirrors for Growth G-Rex and Anat discuss healthy partnerships, vulnerability, and why lasting relationships require ongoing inner work. 00:22:10 – Moving From Survivor to Creator Anat explains how inherited family scripts and generational learning can quietly control adult decisions. 00:26:08 – Why the Work Never Really Ends Marriage, entrepreneurship, and reinvention continue to reveal new levels of healing and personal growth. 00:29:47 – Choosing Joy Over External Success The conversation turns to money, career expectations, social media comparison, and defining success for yourself. 00:34:31 – The Only Way to Feel Better Anat explains why talking about feelings is different from physically and emotionally expressing them. 00:38:16 – Teaching Children Emotional Safety Dirty Skittles shares how she helps her son name and process emotions rather than dismissing or suppressing them. 00:40:53 – Building Your Emotional Vocabulary Anat introduces the Mood Meter and a 90-second practice for making unfamiliar emotions feel safer in the nervous system. 00:44:09 – What Anat Would Tell Her Younger Self She offers her 12-year-old self a message about intelligence, talent, self-acceptance, and future impact. 00:44:37 – The Cost of Not Believing in Herself Anat reflects on leadership, business mistakes, overgiving, and learning that she is worthy simply because she exists. 00:46:46 – Anxiety, Alignment, and Letting Go of “Try” The episode closes with Anat’s reflections on anxiety, her word of the year, and her choice to align with her authentic self. 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