ARE YOU ADDICTED TO DRAMA? - how to break free from cycles of pain, limiting beliefs and trauma with Dr. Scott Lyons

Ep 89. Buckle up for this sassy yet super vulnerable conversation with Dr. Scott Lyons, PhD. Dr. Lyons is a holistic psychologist, educator, and author as well as a renowned body-based trauma expert and Doctor of Osteopathy. He helps people break free from cycles of pain, limited beliefs, and trauma to restore vitality and live a more stress-free life. Dr. Lyons' new book, “Addicted to Drama: Healing Dependency on Crisis and Chaos in Yourself and Others” gets into the juice of drama addiction and charts a path to healing, without any sugar coating! Links from the ep: use code mighty10 for 10% off Mighty Minerals on organicolivia.com Here’s the juice: When Scott realized he was addicted to a drama cycle as a way to distract from processing his own trauma and how he experienced withdrawals once he started dealing with it The endemic of loneliness that we’re experiencing as a society, and why we gossip How the drama that we create is really a survival response to avoid feelings of abandonment  The difference between primary emotions (that we feel deep in our core) and secondary emotions (essentially depositories) Why we do something Scott calls “revving” to give us a hit of stress or drama when we’re uncomfortable in a feeling – like scrolling social media or listening to a sad song How overscheduling or hyper performing academically/professionally can actually be a form of drama addiction 3 steps you can take if you want to unwind unhealthy patterns and come back to safety in your body How to break free from trauma bonding in relationships – do you pick fights for no reason? An exercise we can try to slowly and intentionally get more comfortable with being in our bodies instead of numbing out Why every time we take in a stimulus (a stressor) we need to balance it out with movement because that helps us actualize and complete a stress response  Connect with Dr. Lyons: Follow HERE Listen HERE Connect with Olivia: Follow HERE Shop herbal formulas HERE

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