Tami Talks: Stories to Heal Your Inner Child

What if silence held the answers and healing you’ve been searching for? In this episode, I dive into the transformative power of stillness and the healing that comes from embracing intentional quiet time with your Higher Power, Highest Self, and your Inner Child.
From intuitive downloads to rethinking your comfort zone, this episode is an invitation to slow down, tune in, and uncover the healing waiting within.
Show Notes:
00:45 – Navigating Spirituality and Religion: Who has the right to channel God’s message?
06:06 – How this episode came to be: The intuitive hits and downloads I received.
09:27 – Embracing Winter’s Energy: A shift from New Year’s momentum to introspection.
12:55 – Insights from "The Sound of Silence": What the song was trying to tell us.
14:37 – Ego vs. Inner Child: Why your Ego hates silence but your Inner Child needs it.
16:42 – The Power of Listening: How people often talk without truly speaking or hearing.
18:28 – Energetic Safety: How not feeling safe in someone’s energy can block communication. 21:08 – Creating Intentional Silence: Why it’s essential for self-revelation.
29:29 – Rethinking the Comfort Zone: Is it truly comfortable or just familiar discomfort?
34:54 – The Fear of Dreams and Desires: Why allowing them can feel just as scary.
37:26 – A Personal Breakthrough: How silence uncovered my block around dating.
49:34 – Reconnecting with Yourself: Embracing silence and stillness to rediscover your true self.
Join the Conversation: Share your thoughts on this episode and how silence has impacted your life. Don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast!
 
Episodes Mentioned: 
Episode #40: Milestones, Memories & the Depths Beneath the Surface
Episode #7: The Missing Piece - Healing Her Inner Child (Karen's Original Episode)
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Start your New Year with a fresh perspective! In this episode of Tami Talks: Unscripted Healing Podcast, we explore how to set resolutions that stick by involving your Inner Child in the process. Discover why traditional goal-setting often leads to self-sabotage and how shifting from restriction to self-love can transform your year.
Learn tips for navigating Ego-driven behaviors, avoiding the pitfalls of perfectionism, and setting healthy boundaries that empower your Inner Child. Whether focusing on personal growth, relationships, or creating balance, this episode offers practical tools and insights to guide your healing journey into 2025.
Show Notes:
00:46: New Year Reflections and Intentions
06:58: Setting Resolutions With Your Inner Child
13:23: The Role of Ego In Self-Sabotage 19:47: Understanding Worthiness and Success
28:57: Creating Joyful Resolutions
37:35: Connecting With Your Inner Child
39:31: Setting Intentions and Goals
43:59: The Importance of Hydration
48:20: Building Flexibility and Freedom in Goals
53:04: Embracing Imperfection in Resolutions
57:54: Using Setbacks as Launching Pads
1:02:40: Creating Supportive Environments
1:07:51: The Power of Vulnerability and Support
Episodes Mentioned:
Episode #42: Andrew Bontz: The Dance Between Masculine & Feminine Energy
Episode: 41: Inner Child Healing: Rebirth Retreat
Episode: 37: Navigating the Holidays
Episode #33: Help & Hope - Tellurian
Episode: 11: Control vs Surrender
Episode #4: Your Inner Child is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss

In this episode, Andrew shares the wisdom he has gained along his post-divorce healing journey. From balancing masculine and feminine energies to creating micro habits that heal the Inner Child, Andrew offers powerful insights for anyone seeking to understand themselves and their relationships better.
We discuss topics like childhood trauma, self-worth, emotional awareness, and how modeling healthy relationships can help us—and our children—thrive. Andrew’s wisdom on healing wounded energies, changing old stories, and finding community will leave you feeling empowered and ready to show up with intention every day.
This conversation is packed with tips, tools, and thought-provoking perspectives that will inspire you to balance the masculine and feminine energy within!
Show Notes:
03:39 – Andrew’s Healing Journey and Mission
06:52 – How micro habits helped Andrew use his pain
09:11 – The inspiration behind “The Resisting Beta Podcast”
11:45 – Defining Healthy Masculinity by understanding what it isn’t
13:47 – Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energy
18:12 – The difference between self-esteem and self-worth
20:16 – Childhood trauma and emotional awareness
22:31 – Finding self-love and community
28:23 – How to move through emotions as a healthy masculine man
31:54 – Modeling healthy relationships (including with ourselves) for our kids
35:50 – The Dance Between Masculine and Feminine Energy
44:40 – How wounded masculine and feminine energy shows up
48:12 – Where to find the “healed people” and why healing is not linear
54:26 – How to show up in your masculine energy for a woman
55:56 – Why the “Nice Guy” and the “Tough Guy” need male support
59:46 – Why daily discipline helps you show up better energetically
1:02:33 – Why guilting and shaming yourself never works
1:08:18 – How rejection as a kid can show up as fear of rejection as an adult
1:12:29 – How emotionally unavailable parents impact their children
1:16:34 – How having self-worth can help bring in abundance
1:19:04 – Rating daily joy and how it can transform your life
1:22:30 – Energetic expansion and putting yourself back out there
1:25:57 – Showing up every day with intention is healing for your Inner Child
1:32:51 – Andrew’s parting words of wisdom about micro habits
Connect with Andrew:
Instagram
LinkedIn
Website
The Resisting Beta Podcast
Resources Mentions:
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering Masculinity Through the Lens of Archetypal Psychology
Esther Perel

In this powerful episode, we take you inside the Inner Child Healing Rebirth Retreat. Four women from different walks of life shared their transformational journeys as they reconnected with their Inner Child and tapped into the Divine Feminine energy within.
From releasing guilt and shame to embracing joy and vulnerability, their stories reveal the profound shifts that happen when you give yourself permission to heal. Whether you're on a healing journey or simply curious about the retreat experience, this episode will inspire you to step into your power.
Registration is OPEN for the next retreat, April 9-13, 2025! Only 8 spots are available. So, take inspired action now and save $500 before January 12, 2025! 
Show Notes:
00:53 - Introduction to the Healing Retreat
06:53 - Personal Journeys and Motivations for Attending
13:28 - The Power of Vulnerability and Releasing Guilt and Shame
22:50 - How Validating Your Story Can Open Up Your Gifts
25:33 - Reconnecting on the Inner Child Healing Hike
33:52 - How Worrying About Others Robs Us of Our Own Experiences
36:53 - The Power of Being Playful and Reconnecting with Joy
40:44 - What Inspired the Birthing Cave Experience & The Shifts it Created
46:00 - The Difference Between Operating From Ego & Soul
50:40 - When a Woman Speaks Up and Asks for What She Wants & Needs
58:18 - When a Woman Taps Into Her Power and Shares Her Heart & Dreams
1:05:36 - What Happens When You Give But Don’t Allow Yourself to Receive
1:08:35 - The Younger Generations are Waking Up & Healing
1:10:15 - Activating Your Gifts and Lighting the Fire Within
1:15:17 - The Final Day of the Retreat & the Validation They Received
1:19:26 - Parting Words and Advice From Each Woman & Their Inner Child

This very special episode is packed with celebration, reflection, and connection! So, it's a good mix of fun, silliness, and soul. 💕
In the first half, I’m joined by my 11-year-old daughter as we mark 40 episodes, my 42nd birthday, and the kickoff of my "My Favorite Things" social media giveaways! We get the party started with a fun Q&A and follow it with lots of laughs!
In the second half of the episode, I explore the importance of looking beneath the surface of our emotions to unlock the depth and richness life has to offer and how to feel safe while doing so. 
Show Notes: 
00:53 - That time my daughter hilariously butchered the name of this podcast in her intro
02:36 - Why my daughter is joining me on this very special episode
05:17 - Why working out and meal prep are so important to me & how they help me show up for my Inner Child
08:16 - The one thing I love doing with my kids that makes me feel like a kid again
09:33 - The one piece of advice I would give to my 11-year-old self
11:40 - My silliest “Mom Fail” and how it triggered some childhood trauma
14:35 - Do I ever eat fast food?
16:20 - What trait of mine does my daughter want to inherit?
19:32 - That time I overly embraced my Inner Child and embarrassed my daughter
23:42 - Part 2 of the episode and why my energy shifted so much
25:55 - Why talking about my paddleboard made me cry
27:52 - Why I have to constantly focus on surrendering to God’s plan for me
30:33 - How a frozen lake reminded me to explore the depths of my emotions
34:05 - Where are you staying surface level and why I was afraid to be alone in my thoughts
38:02 - Why emotional availability is so important but feels vulnerable
43:48 - Why your feedback helps keep me and this podcast going
46:33 - My Favorite Things GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT!
Episodes Mentioned:
Episode 22: Healing My Relationship with My Inner Child & Daughter
Episode 11: Control vs Surrender
Businesses Participating in the "My Favorite Things" Giveaway
Everly, Miko Poke, Wingra Boats, Isthmus Wellness, and Front Porch Realty
 
 

Brenée Royalty had no intentions of writing the book, Abundance in the Bedroom: Four Things Women Desire From A Man, but when God spoke, she listened!
Before Brenée became an author, speaker, and mentor, she followed the path she felt she “should,” choosing a career that felt safe for her family. But at just 10 years old, her body began screaming for her attention with a rare autoimmune disorder that became the catalyst for profound emotional and spiritual healing.
In this episode, Brenée shares how she turned her pain into purpose, found her voice after being silenced by societal conditioning, and overcame imposter syndrome to step into her purpose!
Show Notes:
02:00 – Giveaway Reminder: Follow me on Facebook & Instagram
02:44 – Introducing Brenée Royalty and how we met in 2021
10:05 – Brenée’s journey of following society’s “shoulds”
16:51 – How a rare autoimmune diagnosis at age 10 changed her life
19:37 – When her self-worth was tied to achievements, and it all fell apart
26:58 – Realizing she was living her purpose and channeling her pain into her book
32:30 – Conquering self-doubt and imposter syndrome to step into her calling
37:30 – How Abundance in the Bedroom helped her shed her “Good Girl” persona and connect with her tribe 42:29 – A look into her book: Abundance in the Bedroom: 4 Things Women Desire from a Man
48:25 – Upcoming book signing (December 9th), one-on-one coaching, and workshops
53:23 – The power of just starting, even when self-doubt looms
58:53 – Asking, “Who am I to…?” and finding the courage to keep going
1:00:41 – Where to find Brenée and her book, Abundance in the Bedroom
Resources Mentioned: What services does Brenée offer? Brenee is a consultant who mentors others on how to connect to and live in their purpose through workshops and 1:1 mentorship.
Link to Purchase Abundance in the Bedroom (Paperback, Ebook, Audio Book)
FB Link to Download Start Living in Your Purpose Guide
Link to Schedule Time with Brenee 
Find Brenée on Social Media @BreneeRoyaltySpeaks IG, TT

In this holiday-themed episode of Tami Talks: Unscripted Healing, I’m putting my Dietitian “hat” back on to dive into the emotional, energetic, and nutritional challenges of the season. From family dynamics to food triggers, I’m sharing personal stories, practical tips, and heartfelt insights to help you navigate the holidays with grace and intention. Whether it’s managing stress, supporting your Inner Child, or creating non-negotiables for your well-being, this episode has everything you need to show up for yourself this season.
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Want support throughout the holidays? Schedule a 90-minute session with Tami! 
Show Notes:01:10 – Why I’m putting my Dietitian “hat” back on for this holiday episode02:51 – Join the Tami Talks Patreon and grab your FREE Unscripted Healing Journal07:35 – December is BIRTHDAY MONTH and a giveaway announcement08:40 – Special announcement about the next Inner Child Healing Retreat10:22 – Why the holidays aren’t always so “happy”15:30 – Arlo’s meltdown and my panic attack last Thanksgiving25:47 – How to emotionally support yourself during the holidays27:34 – Discussing holiday food and its connection to emotional triggers31:13 – How family projects their own childhood wounds onto you35:45 – Missed last week’s episode on reclaiming your power? Tune in!36:57 – Why we use food to avoid feeling emotions during the holidays38:33 – My favorite tool for healthy holiday eating43:00 – The emotional and energetic impact of how you eat45:10 – The biggest contributor to holiday stress and weight gain50:48 – Why “Santa Talk” can create a “betrayal wound” in kids56:15 – Setting “non-negotiables” to prioritize yourself during the holidays1:02:17 – Why your Inner Child gets upset with YOU during the holidays1:05:37 – The one habit you must maintain: drink water!1:10:48 – Practicing good energetic hygiene during the holidays1:13:18 – The importance of tending to your Inner Child during this season1:16:30 – My mic-drop moment: a message from my Inner Child to yours!
Tune in for actionable strategies, heart-centered advice, and tools to reclaim your peace and joy during the holidays. 💫

In this episode, we dive deep into reclaiming your personal power, protecting your energy, and understanding how your body and mind react to the world around you.
This episode features insights on navigating holiday triggers, handling workplace challenges, and cutting negative energetic cords. Tune in to discover how you can harness self-awareness to create more meaningful, positive connections and reclaim your power!
If anything in this episode resonated and you want help to reclaim your power, you can schedule a 90-minute "Clearing Conversation" with Tami!
Show Notes:
01:26 – Why having notes can hinder the natural flow of channeling podcast content.
04:44 – The surprising message found in a simple piece of wood.
10:00 – How to tell if something resonates with you based on your body's feedback.
11:48 – Ways we unintentionally give our power to unwanted situations and people.
17:05 – Tips for protecting your energy in the workplace.
20:50 – Techniques for cutting negative energetic cords to people and situations.
24:50 – Why forgiving someone benefits you more than the person you're forgiving.
25:44 – The impact of blocked energy on accessing your personal power (Referenced in Episode #21).
30:12 – Strategies to reclaim your power.
37:00 – Understanding how ego can lead to the loss of power.
41:09 – The reason holidays can be emotionally triggering (Referenced in Episode #16).
47:55 – Why small talk can feel draining and unfulfilling.
50:22 – Why not everyone deserves unrestricted access to your energy (Referenced in Episode #35).
55:28 – Conducting a self-assessment to identify what gives you energy and what drains it.
59:42 – What makes a session with me a unique “Clearing Conversation.”
Episodes Referenced:
Episode #21: Helping Loved Ones Transition
Episode #35: Why Being the Superhero Doesn't Actually Save Anyone
Episode #16: Be the Editor of Your Story
Episode #35: Why Being the Superhero Doesn't Actually Save Anyone

In this VERY unscripted, unfiltered, and heartfelt episode, my guest, Santino, dives deep into how he addressed his childhood wounds that fueled his "Tough Guy" persona and how he learned to embrace healthy masculine energy to become his most authentic self with the help of his wife.
In this episode, Santino redefines what it means to "be a man" making this a MUST-LISTEN episode for every couple who wants to show up better in their relationship with and for their significant other!
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Show Notes:
00:51 - The most unscripted intro and podcast EVER with Santino.
04:30 - Officially welcoming Santino after some playful shenanigans.
08:02 - Where his love for Hulk originated and how it shaped his approach to manhood.
15:25 - Santino’s childhood story and the creation of his “Tough Guy” persona.
22:55 - A rage blackout triggered by the absence of tortillas.
26:00 - The impactful comment from a priest that challenged Santino's ego.
30:45 - How Santino’s wife created a safe space for him to be his true self.
32:06 - The effects of constant moving and childhood bullying on Santino.
35:50 - How Santino nurtures a safe environment for his wife’s healthy submission.
42:25 - Insights on what women truly desire from their husbands.
49:49 - Breaking free from painkiller dependency with the support of his wife.
55:09 - The distinction between "dying for your wife" and "suffering for her."
1:04:09 - Why Santino’s “Man Card” might be revoked.
1:13:30 - Santino’s wishes for men and confronting his hardest emotion.
1:16:43 - Santino’s thoughts on what makes the best sex.
1:21:26 - How boundaries express what you need to be loved.
1:26:55 - Santino’s “Best Vacation Rule” for reconnecting with his wife.
If this episode resonated with you in any way and you want someone to hold space for you (and perhaps your significant other), please take advantage of Tami's Free Discovery Call to explore ways she can support you. 

In Episode #35, "Why Being a Superhero Isn’t Actually Saving Anyone," we explore the emotional weight of constantly playing the hero in other people’s lives and how it can backfire on your own well-being and goals.
From people-pleasing to boundary-setting, this episode takes a deep dive into why some of us feel compelled to save others, the toll it takes, and the liberation that comes when we step back and allow others to become their own superhero so you can become your own!
If your Inner Child is nudging you to set up a 90-minute session to dive into your story, you can use this link!
Show Notes:
00:52 – Why I recorded this episode in a Wonder Woman costume
02:24 – The most profound question I have ever been asked
06:11 – Why people take on the Superhero role in other people’s lives
13:44 – The crumbling of personal life while saving others
15:16 – How the Inner Child and body signal us through symptoms
18:57 – "Who are you if you’re not the Superhero?"
22:24 – The struggle with boundaries and building resentment
31:49 – When the Ego takes the Superhero role too far
37:14 – How couples can trigger each other’s childhood wounds
39:37 – Why people-pleasers fear and struggle with boundaries
41:40 – When helping someone actually hinders them
46:13 – Embracing the role of the "villain" in someone else’s story
49:10 – Why being seen as the villain can be liberating yet challenging