The Competitive Edge

Dr. Douglas Tataryn is a clinical psychologist and creator of the Bio-Emotive Framework with over 30 years of clinical experience. His framework bridges practical therapeutic work with rigorous psychological science. Doug developed the Muscular Interference Theory of repression and the Nadura process for emotional healing. Through decades of clinical practice, he discovered that our culture suffers from "alexithymia" (having no words for emotions) and identified nine core feelings that unlock emotional healing.In this episode with Dr. Douglas Tataryn, we explore why finding the exact word for what you're feeling might be the most powerful tool for emotional healing you've never been taught. He shares how watching his wife teach sacred movement classes revealed his own emotional limitations, sparking a decades long journey into the science of why some people get traumatized by events while others don't. We dive into how unprocessed emotions become woven into our sense of self, why most spiritual traditions ski