You Make Sense

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• Living a Full Life Without Sacrificing Ambition 30.06.2026 1ч 19мин

  What does it mean to live a full life? Humans are incredibly complex beings who need a multitude of things in order to thrive, like community, partnership, purpose, and nourishment. In this episode, Sarah breaks down the positive impact of having ambition, the dangers of prioritizing striving above all else, and why you might find it difficult to create balance in your life.
• How to Attract and Create the Relationship of Your Dreams 23.06.2026 48мин

  Many people believe finding the right partner is a matter of luck. But what if who you're drawn to is shaped by a blueprint for love you didn't consciously choose? In this episode, Sarah explores how the nervous system influences attraction and the patterns that keep us choosing the same kinds of relationships despite our best intentions.
• Unexpected Ways Your Body Protects You: Holding Weight, Getting Sick, Chronic Pain, Infertility, and Insomnia 16.06.2026 45мин

  Do you ever feel like your body is the enemy? Maybe you’re holding weight despite rigorous workout routines or you always get sick right before an important event. In this episode, you’ll learn how trauma gets stuck and stored in the body and why many of the symptoms you may be experiencing are actually loving forms of self-protection.
• Reclaiming Your Sense of Self 09.06.2026 53мин

  Do you find yourself stuck in the same patterns or struggling to know what your truth is? This is often a sign that you’re not actually in the driver’s seat of your experience, but rather, that a younger part has taken hold of the wheel. In this episode, Sarah breaks down the basics of parts work, how your protective parts developed to keep you safe, and why the person your parts are waiting for is you.
• Navigating Big Life Changes with Trust 02.06.2026 1ч 1мин

  What if, in every ending, we were able to find and experience a new beginning? Big life changes mean that something has to end — whether that’s shifting the dynamic, saying goodbye to an old routine, or deciding to leave a relationship. Sarah examines how everything in nature is always in a state of change. So if resisting change only causes us pain, how do we actually begin to allow it instead?
• Escapism, Living in Fantasy, and Idealizing Our Lives 26.05.2026 1ч 6мин

  What if fantasizing is actually keeping you from the life that you want? On the surface, focusing only on the things you desire can seem like a positive thing, but in reality, it’s often a sign you have a protective part running the show. Through the lens of parts work, Sarah unpacks how fantasizing parts protect us, why they show up, and how not processing the past will inevitably lead to more suffering.
• What Fawning Really Is and Why It Happens 19.05.2026 46мин

  Have you ever found yourself abandoning your own needs and desires to keep others happy? Maybe you don’t even know why you’re doing it. In this episode, Sarah explores what fawning is and why it happens. She shares her own experience and explains how this self-protective behavior develops, often in early childhood, as a way to keep you safe.
• The Nervous System Path to Wealth and Abundance 12.05.2026 47мин

  What if your level of financial abundance isn't tied to your bank account or your hustle but your nervous system's capacity to hold wealth? In today’s episode, Sarah explores how you can step toward more freedom around money by working with your nervous system and parts. Using nature as a blueprint, she will show you how to connect with your own natural rhythm of giving and receiving.
• When Conflict Shows Up in Our Closest Relationships 05.05.2026 59мин

  Do you avoid conflict, shut down, or expect the worst when tension shows up in your relationships? In this episode, Sarah explores why conflict can feel so scary, especially when old relational wounds get activated in the present. She explains that ruptures or disagreements are actually a normal part of any close relationships, and why the people we care about most often bring up the parts of us that still need healing.
• Learning to Love the Parts of Yourself That Protect You 28.04.2026 45мин

  Do you ever find yourself getting frustrated with, or even hating, certain patterns? What if the key to healing was falling in love with the parts responsible for these protective behaviors? In this episode, Sarah begins by inviting you to reflect on how harshly you may speak to yourself and explains why you might actually be talking to a younger version of yourself. You’ll hear a brief overview of what parts work is and the importance of unburdening these brilliant protectors.
• Navigating Technology and Social Media Without Overwhelm 21.04.2026 1ч

  Many of us feel a responsibility to stay informed and bear witness to what’s happening in the world. But what is that level of exposure actually doing to your nervous system? In this episode, Sarah explores how the rapid rise of technology, social media, and AI has outpaced our biological capacity to process information, leaving many of us overwhelmed and dysregulated. She explains why consuming large volumes of distressing content can lead to shutdown, and why more information is not the answer.
• The Formula for Growth: Why Discomfort is Required for Your Expansion 14.04.2026 1ч 2мин

  Have you ever wondered how to step into the life you desire? More often than not, the things we want most will require our greatest healing. We may worry that resistance means we’re on the wrong path, when, in fact, it’s often a sign we’re going in the right direction. But many of us get stuck there without the right tools and support.
• Infatuation, Idealizing Romantic Partners, and Putting Others on a Pedestal 07.04.2026 54мин

  Putting other people on a pedestal or becoming infatuated may seem harmless, but when you do that, you actually disempower yourself. So why do so many of us find ourselves idealizing other people in our lives, from friends and colleagues to romantic partners? The answer lies in your nervous system and protective parts. They believe that if the most perfect person can choose you, then that means you’re lovable.
• Why Creating Internal Safety is the Foundation for the Life You Want 31.03.2026 1ч 8мин

  Why does holding onto traumatic experiences keep you from feeling fully alive? In this episode of You Make Sense, Sarah unpacks why nervous system safety is the foundation of both healing and creating the life you desire. She explains that unresolved trauma gets stuck and stored in the body, and later in life, when anything reminds your nervous system of that experience, it reacts as if the danger is happening again in the present.
• Reparenting Your Parts: How to Release the Outcome and Build Internal Trust 24.03.2026 51мин

  Why do the patterns we most want to change keep showing up in our lives? In this episode, Sarah unpacks how behaviors like self-sabotage, perfectionism, or avoidance are actually rooted in younger parts that developed to keep us safe. Many of us come to parts work or IFS with an agenda to just “stop the pattern” — but that is actually not very effective. Real healing begins when we shift our focus from obtaining an outcome to understanding the deeper needs of the parts carrying our pain.
• Your Partner Isn’t Your Enemy: How to Build More Fulfilling Relationships by Becoming a Team 17.03.2026 1ч 1мин

  If your relationship feels harder than you expected, it may not be a sign that something is wrong. It may be a sign that something unresolved is surfacing. As attachment deepens, the nervous system stops seeing your partner as a stranger and begins linking them to early family experiences. Wounding from childhood comes alive in the present, and couples often mistake this activation for incompatibility.
• Who Gets to Know All of You? 10.03.2026 59мин

  Why does connection activate our deepest fears, even when we’re in partnership or community with safe people? Living a fully expressed life comes down to a few foundational components, including the freedom to fully be yourself with others. In this episode, Sarah explores how your nervous system, early childhood experiences, and unresolved trauma shape the way you show up in love, community, and with yourself.
• The Science of Manifestation and Rewiring for Possibility 03.03.2026 1ч 13мин

  Manifesting the life you desire isn’t a matter of willpower. When your nervous system doesn’t feel safe, positive thinking and affirmations simply aren’t enough. In this episode, Sarah unpacks the science behind manifestation, why it can feel so hard to step toward our calling, and why mindset strategies alone rarely create lasting change. She explains that what blocks you isn’t a lack of belief, but a nervous system wired for survival.
• Completing the Stress Response: How to Resolve Shame, Anger, and Unworthiness 24.02.2026 1ч 3мин

  Feelings of shame, anger, and unworthiness do not persist because you lack insight. They persist because the body never got to finish what it started. When overwhelming experiences force you to shut down, internalize, or inhibit a response, the stress cycle remains incomplete. The energy of that moment stays active beneath the surface, shaping your reactions and your sense of self.
• Why You Feel Unseen in Love: Understanding Emotional Absence and Relational Loneliness 17.02.2026 56мин

  Why do so many people feel invisible or emotionally alone in their closest relationships, even when love is present? In this episode, Sarah explores how relational loneliness is shaped by early lessons learned by our nervous systems, and how this defines what connection, safety, and intimacy feel like long before adulthood.