44. Powerlessness: What It Is and How It Shapes Your Reactions
Release Date: 01/27/2026
45. A 15-Minute Nervous System Reset (Use When You're Numb, Anxious, Overwhelmed). A FOLLOW UP TO EPISODE #43.
The Energy to Heal- Faith-based Inner Healing, Emotional Freedom, Spiritual Growth and Inner Transformation, Trauma-Informed Christian Therapy, Subconscious Reset
*Please Note: This is a follow up to episode #43. A previous version of this episode was published in error with the wrong audio file. This is the correct version. If you’ve already listened to the earlier upload, please re-listen here for the correct content. Thanks for your patience! This is The Energy to Heal, your resource for all things Splankna, the faith-based inner healing modality that will help you achieve emotional freedom. In this episode, Laura Milliken guides listeners through a short, gentle nervous system practice designed to build emotional safety and regulation in the body....
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44. Powerlessness: What It Is and How It Shapes Your Reactions
The Energy to Heal- Faith-based Inner Healing, Emotional Freedom, Spiritual Growth and Inner Transformation, Trauma-Informed Christian Therapy, Subconscious Reset
🎟️ Training Discount Use promo code: PODCAST when you register for training to get a discount on your training cost. ______________________________________ This is The Energy to Heal, your resource for all things Splankna, the faith-based, nervous-system-focused modality that supports emotional freedom. In this episode, Laura Milliken takes a deep dive into one of the most avoided and misunderstood emotional experiences shaping human behavior: powerlessness. Powerlessness is not a mindset. It is not weakness. It is a nervous system state that forms when something overwhelming happens and...
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43. If You Feel Nothing, This Episode Is For You (For Part 2: See Episode #45)
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42. What Is Energy Psychology?
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This is The Energy to Heal, your resource for all things Splankna, the faith-based, nervous-system-focused modality that supports emotional freedom. In this episode, Laura Milliken takes a deep dive into one of the most avoided and misunderstood emotional experiences shaping human behavior: powerlessness.
Powerlessness is not a mindset. It is not weakness. It is a nervous system state that forms when something overwhelming happens and escape, protection, or help does not come.
In this episode, Laura explores how powerlessness becomes the emotional imprint of being trapped—and how it quietly organizes adult life through control, anxiety, anger, people-pleasing, hyper-independence, and emotional shutdown. She unpacks why so many reactions people dislike about themselves are actually attempts to never feel powerless again.
This conversation also addresses the difference between collapse and true surrender, why the nervous system resists this emotional state, and how life in Christ introduces an entirely different internal reality—one where connection, safety, and authority replace isolation and survival.
This episode is for anyone who feels reactive, controlling, numb, anxious, or exhausted from trying to keep life from falling apart.
🎧 In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
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What powerlessness looks like at a nervous system level
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How it forms when the body learns “I can’t stop this” or “I’m on my own”
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Why powerlessness often sits underneath anxiety, control, anger, and shutdown
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How many adult behaviors are organized around avoiding this internal state
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Why this emotion feels so threatening to the body
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The difference between collapse and true surrender
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How unresolved emotional memory keeps the nervous system in survival
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What it looks like to live from a different internal reality in Christ
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How Splankna works with the nervous system to support emotional regulation and resolution
✨ Key Takeaways
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Powerlessness is not a personality trait. It is a learned nervous system state.
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You don’t over-control, overthink, shut down, or people-please because you’re broken. You do it because your nervous system adapted.
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Most “coping” strategies are really strategies to avoid feeling powerless.
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The danger is no longer the emotion — the danger was the situation it came from.
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Collapse is not surrender. Surrender carries safety and connection.
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What formed in isolation can change in the presence of safety and relationship.
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Your nervous system does not get the final word — Christ does.
🌱 How Splankna Supports Emotional Freedom
Splankna is a faith-based, nervous-system-informed modality that works with how emotional experiences are stored in the body. Instead of forcing change through behavior or willpower, Splankna focuses on helping the nervous system regulate, resolve stored emotional stress, and update emotional memory so survival patterns no longer run the system.
To learn more about Splankna or find a practitioner, visit Splankna.com
You can also explore the Splankna book on Amazon to learn more about this modality.
🌟 About the Host
Laura Milliken is the host of The Energy to Heal and a Master’s Certified Splankna Practitioner. She is a spokesperson on TikTok, where she shares insights on relationships and emotional intelligence. Laura is also a registered nurse and a mother of five, with 16 years of marriage experience. Her passion lies in strengthening relationships within families, believing that healthy communities are built on the foundation of strong marriages and effective parenting.
You can find her on TikTok at @Laura_Milliken,
or reach her via email at TheEnergyToHeal@gmail.com
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⚠️ Disclaimer
Disclaimer: The Splankna protocol is a unique, faith-based modality, and individual experiences will vary. While many people report breakthrough and emotional freedom, we cannot guarantee specific outcomes or timelines. Some individuals experience change quickly, while others notice gradual shifts over time. This modality is not a substitute for professional medical or psychiatric treatment. Always consult with your healthcare provider for any medical or mental health concerns. By engaging with this content, you acknowledge that results are personal and not assured.