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In today’s episode, we’re going down a rabbit hole I’ve been exploring deeply over the past month — a trail that started with my shamanic soul-retrieval work, moved into inner child healing, and has now led me into the world of attachment styles in romantic relationships.

If relationships feel confusing, draining, or chaotic for you… this is an episode you don’t want to miss.

I’m sharing insights from the brilliant book Attached by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller (linked in the show notes). If you struggle in romantic partnerships, I’m practically ordering you to read or listen to this book — it will give you clarity, language, and tools that make everything make sense.

This episode explores why you show up the way you do in relationships, how your early experiences shaped that, and—most importantly—how you can shift toward secure, grounded, self-led connection.

What We Explore in This Episode

✨ Why attachment styles matter more than you think

✨ The 3 main attachment styles (plus the rare 4th)

✨ How childhood shapes attachment

✨ Triggers and attachment activation

✨ The anxious–avoidant trap

✨ How to shift toward secure attachment

✨ The power of secure partners

Resources Mentioned

📘 Attached by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller — Find it on Amazon HERE.

If this episode has brought some lightbulb moments or stirred something meaningful for you, I’d love to hear from you. Send me a DM on Instagram at @EmmaOBrienCoach

If you’d like support with healing your attachment patterns, inner child work, or building emotional safety in your nervous system, you can book a free connection call. Coaching is where this work becomes truly transformational.

✨ Book a free connection call → HERE

Thank you for being here with me. There’s so much exciting self-discovery happening behind the scenes, and I can’t wait to bring you into the next layer in the upcoming episode.

Happy healing, and see you next week!

If you’re done playing small and ready to lead yourself — you’re in the right place.

I’m Emma O’Brien — Martha Beck trained and certified life coach, HeartMath practitioner, and shamanic healer helping high-achieving women stop second-guessing themselves and finally trust their own voice.

Through nervous system re-calibration, strategic coaching, and deep energetic work, I help you move from self-doubt to self-trust so you can create a life you actually want to be in — no external approval required.

🌀 Want to work together?

Explore the 6-week Nervous System Reset, 1:1 coaching, or Shamanic Soul Retrieval sessions here: emmaobriencoach.com

Questions or ready to chat?

DM me on Instagram @emmaobriencoach
or book a free connection call HERE.

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In this episode I’m diving into one of my favourite topics: inner child healing and how re-parenting yourself can help you reconnect to your brilliant, innate, authentic self.

We explore why so many of your current triggers, perfectionism, people-pleasing and “why am I reacting like THIS?!” moments are actually being run by a much younger version of you – and how to lovingly take back the wheel.

In this episode, I talk about:

• What “inner child” actually means
• Why even a “good” childhood leaves imprints
• Signs your inner child needs attention
• Re-parenting yourself in real time
  
  
• Inner child work & your nervous system
• Triggers as teachers
• Internal Family Systems (parts work)
• Shamanic soul retrieval & inner child healing
• Practical ways to start today
• Integration – where real change happens
  

Resources mentioned:

• Books

No Bad Parts – Richard Schwartz

You Are the One You’ve Been Looking For – Richard Schwartz

• On my website

Blog post on Shamanic Soul Retrieval which you can find HERE.

If this episode stirred something in you…

If you’ve listened and thought, “Okay, this is me, and I don’t want my 6-year-old self running my adult life anymore”, this is exactly the kind of work I love supporting women with.

I blend:

• Thought work & practical strategy
• Shamanic journeying and soul retrieval
• HeartMath nervous system regulation
• Direct, honest, compassionate coaching

…to help women in midlife step into their sovereignty, heal old patterns, and reconnect with the most authentic version of themselves.

Work with me

• Book a free connection call HERE
  If you’re curious about inner child work, soul retrieval, or nervous system support, you’re very welcome to book a free connection call with me. We’ll explore what’s coming up for you and whether working together feels like a good fit.
• Say hello on Instagram @EmmaOBrienCoach
  
  Pop me a message and let me know what landed for you in this episode.

If you’re done playing small and ready to lead yourself — you’re in the right place.

I’m Emma O’Brien — Martha Beck trained and certified life coach, HeartMath practitioner, and shamanic healer helping high-achieving women stop second-guessing themselves and finally trust their own voice.

Through nervous system re-calibration, strategic coaching, and deep energetic work, I help you move from self-doubt to self-trust so you can create a life you actually want to be in — no external approval required.

🌀 Want to work together?

Explore the 6-week Nervous System Reset, 1:1 coaching, or Shamanic Soul Retrieval sessions here: emmaobriencoach.com

Questions or ready to chat?

DM me on Instagram @emmaobriencoach
or book a free connection call HERE.

Send us a text

In this episode I dive into the Witch Wound: the ancestral, collective trauma rooted in the Burning Times that still shapes how women show up today. If you’ve ever felt afraid to be visible, worried about being “too much”, or guilty for wanting more than the bare minimum… this one is for you.

Drawing on Celeste Larsen’s powerful book Heal the Witch Wound I explore how historic persecution of women—healers, midwives, herbalists, independent women—still echoes in our nervous systems, beliefs & behaviours.

In this episode, I talk about:

• What the Witch Wound actually is
  How the “Burning Times” weren’t just a gruesome chapter in history, but a systemic campaign to control women’s power, wisdom, bodies & resources.
• How ancestral trauma shows up in modern life
  Why you might feel unsafe being visible online, charging well for your work, having strong opinions, or leaving relationships that deplete you.
• Powerful women as a “threat”
  The social conditioning that still rewards the quiet “good girl” & punishes outspoken, sovereign women.
• Nervous system & Witch Wound links
  How your fear of criticism, trolling, rejection, conflict, or taking up space isn’t weakness—it’s your nervous system remembering old danger patterns.
• Money, safety & fear of success
  Why so many women are subconsciously afraid of wealth & how this links back to women once being punished & stripped of everything for having power.
• Where to begin your healing
  Simple starting points: noticing your triggers, journaling your beliefs & learning to regulate your nervous system instead of abandoning yourself.

If this episode hit a nerve (in a good way) & you’re done playing small, diluting yourself, outsourcing your safety & power & you’re ready to step into your sovereignty:

• Send me a DM on Instagram @EmmaOBrienCoach and tell me what landed.
• Book a free connection call HERE and let’s talk.

If you’re done playing small and ready to lead yourself — you’re in the right place.

I’m Emma O’Brien — Martha Beck trained and certified life coach, HeartMath practitioner, and shamanic healer helping high-achieving women stop second-guessing themselves and finally trust their own voice.

Through nervous system re-calibration, strategic coaching, and deep energetic work, I help you move from self-doubt to self-trust so you can create a life you actually want to be in — no external approval required.

🌀 Want to work together?

Explore the 6-week Nervous System Reset, 1:1 coaching, or Shamanic Soul Retrieval sessions here: emmaobriencoach.com

Questions or ready to chat?

DM me on Instagram @emmaobriencoach
or book a free connection call HERE.