Trauma Healing & Soul Alignment: How to Finally Stop Abandoning Yourself | Tara Wiskow
Release Date: 04/12/2026
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info_outlineYou can lose 220 pounds and still feel invisible to yourself.
That's where true healing begins - not in the body, but in the patterns of self-abandonment, unresolved grief, and identities we've outgrown but still live inside.
In this deeply activating episode of Awaken Your Authentic Self, host Jessica Rooks sits down with Tara Wiskow - intuitive healer, energy coach, NLP practitioner, and founder of Be The Change You Need - to explore self-abandonment healing, identity transformation, and what it truly takes to return to your authentic self.
After surviving multiple suicide attempts, losing 220 pounds naturally, navigating devastating grief after losing her sister to cancer, and walking away from a marriage that slowly erased her identity, Tara didn't just rebuid her life - she reclaimed her power and created a global movement.
Today, she helps women release emotional weight, heal trauma at the subconscious level, and step into the version of themselves their soul has always known.
This is not surface-level mindset work.
This is deep healing work - where trauma meets truth, identity meets embodiment, and healing becomes liberation.
🌿What You'll Discover in This Episode:
- What self-abandonment actually looks like - and how it silently shapes your life
- How emotional weight and physical weight are deeply connected
- The hidden impact of expired identities and how to release them
- Tara's Unravel, Upgrade, Uplevel framework for identity transformation
- How to heal trauma, grief, and subconscious patterns at the root
- The connection between nervous system safety and lasting change
- How modalities like NLP, Integrated Energy Therapy, and Theta Healing support deep healing
- The first step you can take within 24 hours to begin reclaiming your power
🌿About Tara Wiskow
Tara Wiskow is an intuitive healer, energy coach, NLP practitioner, and founder of Be The Change You Need. Through her She Rises program and her Be The Change You Need podcast, she supports women in healing emotional wounds, releasing energetic blocks, and stepping into aligned, empowered living.
Her work integrates Integrated Energy Therapy, Theta Healing, and subconscious reprogramming, creating transformation at the identity and soul level.
🔗Connect with Tara:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeTheChangeYouNeedToday
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara.wiskow/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tara_wiskow
Website: https://tara-wiskow.com/
📲Explore the She Rises Program:
https://tara-wiskow.com/services
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/be-the-change-you-need-podcast/id1689118909
💫Continue Your Healing Journey
If this episode resonated with you, continue your journey here:
The 7 Universal Laws: A Spiritual Deep Dive into Healing, Alignment & Resistance
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Are You Listening to Your Body? The Importance of Properly Feeding the Mind, Body & Spirit
https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/37295150
Unresolved Grief: How it Affects Your Life & Why Healing from Grief is Essential for Your Spiritual Growth
https://directory.libsyn.com.episode/index/id/37209025
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