Breaking Free From Polished Pain: A Journey From Performance to Authentic Healing

In this powerful episode, Lynda Carmouche shares her transformative journey from polishing pain to embracing authentic healing. With remarkable vulnerability, Lynda reveals how her experience with divorce and betrayal led her to a breaking point—and the closet where she cried when no one was watching. As a psychotherapist expected to have all the answers, Lynda's story illuminates the dangerous disconnect between our public strength and private struggles.

You'll hear about:

• Lynda's personal story of betrayal and the emotional crisis that followed
• The generational and spiritual messages that keep us trapped in "being strong"
• Why processing pain is essential—and how "polishing" it creates deeper wounds
• The importance of identifying your safe space to authentically be human
• How childhood wounds create "cracks in our foundation" that affect adult relationships
• Practical strategies for setting and maintaining meaningful boundaries
• The transformative power of giving yourself "permission to pause"
• Breaking free from unrealistic expectations of perfectionism and constant service

Today, as a licensed therapist, speaker, and best-selling author of "Polished Pain: The Cost of Burnout and Unresolved Trauma," Lynda helps high-functioning professionals who appear strong on the outside but are silently unraveling inside. Her powerful message reveals that burnout isn't the problem—it's the proof of unprocessed pain and trauma.

Through Lynda's compassionate insights and lived experience, this episode illuminates how confronting our deepest wounds can lead to authentic healing and wholeness beyond the masks we wear.

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