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    Emotional Trauma, Eating Disorder Recovery, and Self Discovery with Kate Van Horn

    enJune 22, 2020
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    About this Episode

    As an entrepreneur, co-founder of the Good Fest, and radically transformed human, today’s guest, Kate Van Horn, has done it all. By leaning into self discovery and finding her authentic self, Kate was able to overcome an eating disorder, heal past trauma, tap into her intuition, and build a life of her choosing all because she was willing to do the work.  She would have to let go of the societal conditioning and work through the emotional trauma of her past in order to lead an authentic life. In this time she was able to try many different career options and even co-founded the Good Fest; ultimately leading her to the path she desired. Along the way Kate found solace and power through movement, meditation, therapy, and learning the art of tarot. With the tools and foundation she built, Kate was able to turn her life around from struggle and restriction to flourishing abundance. 

    In this episode we discuss:`

    • Kate’s path to self discovery and learning to be resilient
    • Admitting hard truths to ourselves
    • How to remove the conditioning of society and choose change
    • Finding your authentic voice and setting boundaries through speech
    • How uncertainty and a need for control led to an eating disorder
    • Starting the Good Fest and growing alongside it
    • The balance between logic and intuition
    • Doing inner child work to heal past trauma
    • Utilizing grounding techniques
    • Learning Tarot and finding guidance in the cards

    Connect with Kate @kate.van.horn and me @emilyfeikls and @letsthrivepodcast

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