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Merle Yost is the author of Facing the Truth of Your Life. Stephanie and Merle discuss the book, Merle’s healing journey and passion for sharing the possibilities for healing and claiming one’s life.

Show Highlights

Stephanie proposed new ways to measure emotional and spiritual growth and encourages, “I did that,” proclamations.

Merle shares a definition of intimacy and encourages more thought about what intimacy is and why we need more of it.

Stephanie and Merle explore different aspects of emotional trauma with the acknowledgment that recovery work is not easy but always worth doing.  What is also interesting about their conversation is how they both used lightheartedness in the context of the heavy things they were talking about.  Humor may not always seem appropriate to everyone at any given time. Humor can be used as a mask but humor can also be a sign of the frequency of joy being switched on after clearing out the noise and confusion that trauma creates.

Resources Mentioned

Merle’s Website

Merle’s Book, Facing the Truth of Your Life 

Backstory Behind Stephanie and Guest

I learned about Merle’s work via The Relational Center. Our first conversation over the phone is marked as an exceptional human encounter for me. I could feel Merle’s heart in each of his words. He made it comfortable to share things that were heavy on my mind.    –  Stephanie Michele

Social Challenge of the Week

Developing a Daily Check-in Routine

1. 1. Set an alarm for morning, afternoon and night.
   2. When the alarm goes off ask yourself the following questions:
      • What am I feeling right now? (physically, emotionally)
      • What do I want right now?
      • What do I need right now?

   “Keep a record, if you can. In the beginning, it is common to find you have no answers. Do not force it. Do not panic. These three questions add up to the first step. In may take some time for you to begin to get some clues about what is going on inside yourself.” – Merle Yost, from Facing the Truth of Your Life

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