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What if the strongest medicine you have… is already inside your mind? Most people hear “placebo” and think fake. But the truth is far more powerful: Placebo is your brain healing because of what it’s doing on the inside. Nocebo is the opposite. Your brain shutting down change because it expects the worst. Your beliefs, your memories, your emotional patterns… they’re not passive. They shape how your body responds, how you feel, and what changes you allow. Eutaptics® isn’t about belief. It works because we go straight to the emotional patterns that create those internal responses. Change the pattern, and your system shifts — naturally, logically, without force. If you’re tired of band-aids and want to understand how your mind actually works, join our weekly Tap-Alongs. Or, if you’re ready to go deeper and truly transform the programs behind your pain, step into the ‘You Can Change Yourself Master Training – Level 1’👇 linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #mindbodyconnection #neuroplasticity #placebo #emotionalhealing

What if your pain isn’t “random”… but a message your brain has been trying to send you for years? You don’t need blind faith or positive thinking to change. The mind doesn’t work on belief... it works on patterns. And most of those patterns were built in childhood, during moments that felt scary, chaotic, or confusing. Your brain isn’t punishing you. It’s protecting you with outdated emotional reactions that keep looping through the body as pain, tension, and fear. When you calm the emotional charge behind those memories, your system finally stops bracing for danger that isn’t there anymore. You’re not broken. You’re just running old survival patterns that can be updated. Tap along with me and let’s start releasing the emotional tension your body has been carrying. Get the details here: linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #mindbodyconnection #bodypain #emotionalhealing #neuroplasticity

What if your pain isn’t the enemy… but the messenger? I started this work in ’99, not with fancy science or big claims — but with my own shoulder pain. Three minutes of tapping, and it shifted. Then I helped my wife. Five minutes, her stomach eased. That moment sent me down a long road of understanding: Pain isn’t random. It’s learned. It’s meaning. It’s protection. It’s your brain trying to keep you alive using outdated emotional patterns. When you change the patterns, the body doesn’t have to shout anymore. If you’re tired of managing symptoms instead of changing what causes them… Get my free 5-day course and learn how your brain actually works👇 linktr.ee/robertgenesmith Ready to understand your pain differently? #robertgene #fastereft #mindbodyconnection #painrelief #neuroplasticity #emotionalhealing

Some pain doesn’t just live in the body… it lives in the memories the body still obeys. I’ve worked with people carrying conditions doctors said would last a lifetime. Rose was one of them—a psychiatric nurse in a wheelchair, exhausted, overwhelmed, symptoms piling up. After learning this system, she began noticing her body shift. Then came the call from her doctor: Her latest labs showed no signs of lupus. Not because of one session but because she learned how the mind recycles the past into the present… and how to interrupt that cycle. If you’re carrying pain that feels bigger than you, come tap with me. Join the tap-along and start updating the patterns your body has been reacting to👇 linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #mindbodyconnection #healingjourney #chronicillnesssupport #emotionalhealing #neuroplasticity

What if the moment that changes your life comes in the middle of an ordinary day? She was sitting in the seminar when her phone kept vibrating. On break, she finally listened. Her doctor’s voice said, “Something strange… your latest labs show no signs of lupus.” This wasn’t magic and it wasn’t from a single session. It was the result of learning how the mind recycles the past into the present and how to interrupt that cycle. When you understand the brain, you unlock a different kind of power: The ability to shift your inner world so your life follows. If your body feels like it’s carrying the weight of old emotional patterns… what might change if you learned how to update them? #robertgene #fastereft #mindbodyconnection #healingjourney #chronicillnesssupport #emotionalhealing #neuroplasticity

Ever realize your mind is translating the world… even when you don’t know it? Some people speak two or three languages. Me? I speak English only. But I still have an internal translator... and so do you. Your brain is constantly interpreting tones, looks, moments, and memories... not based on reality but based on your inner world. Your emotional history becomes the dictionary. Your memories become the grammar. And the world you see gets filtered through everything you lived, feared, survived, or rehearsed. That’s why two people can experience the same moment and walk away with two completely different stories. You’re not reacting to life. You’re reacting to what your brain believes life means. The good news? You can update the meaning. You can retrain the translator. What do you think your mind has been “translating” incorrectly all these years? #robertgene #fastereft #emotionalhealing #traumahealing #mindsetshift #ptsdrecovery #healingjourney

Imagine a life free from chronic pain. Rose shares her journey from debilitating lupus symptoms to complete remission through FasterEFT. Ready to reclaim your well-being? Explore FasterEFT today and discover a path to emotional and physical healing 👇 linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #Lupus #ChronicPainRelief #EmotionalHealing #HealingJourney #AutoimmuneDisease

Ever notice how something that never actually happened… can still control your life? When I was 18, I watched a movie with my buddies. Months later, I was swimming across a lake in Oklahoma—no oceans, no sharks and suddenly the theme music from that movie hit me. My brain screamed, “Sharks!” And I swam like hell to the shore. There were no sharks. There was no danger. But it felt real. That’s how the brain works. It learns from stories, moments, offhand comments, childhood warnings, and even movies… And then it turns them into emotional reality. You can build an entire life around something that never actually happened. A misinterpretation, a story, a look, a fear. Not because you’re broken, but because your brain is doing what it was trained to do... To keep you alive, even when the threat isn’t real anymore. The problem isn’t the story. It’s what you internalized. And that can be changed. What stories are shaping your reality? Share in the comments below. #robertgene #fastereft #traumahealing #innerchildwork #ptsdrecovery #mindbodyconnection #healingjourney

What happens when you finally slow down… and the pain you outran your whole life catches up? I spoke with a 77-year-old retired nurse who told me, “I’ve been active my whole life. You’d never guess my age. But the moment I retired… everything started falling apart.” Her digestion changed. Her body hurt. Diagnoses piled up. And she couldn’t understand why. So I told her the truth most people never hear: Staying busy was her coping skill. It kept her moving fast enough so the old memories, the old hurts, the old fears couldn’t catch her. But when she retired, the running stopped…and her brain finally said, “Now we have to deal with what we’ve been avoiding.” This is why so many people develop panic attacks, fibromyalgia, lupus symptoms, chronic pain, or overwhelm after retirement. Not because they’re falling apart, but because their coping mechanism ended. You can’t run forever. But you can change what you’re running from. Tap along with me and let’s start releasing what your brain has been carrying for decades. Check tap-along schedules here: linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #emotionalhealing #chronicpainrelief #traumahealing #mindbodyconnection #healingjourney

Four months before FasterEFT, she couldn’t even walk out her own front door… not because of illness, but because of fear. She tried everything. Meditation centers, belief systems, years of searching, years of money spent. But nothing touched the terror that lived in her mind. Nothing helped her feel safe in her own body. Until one morning, in a moment of desperation, she typed in a search for something “faster.” She found one FasterEFT video. One. And it cracked something open that years of effort never moved. She walked into the seminar room saying, “You saved my life. I have my life back. I can be with my children again.” This is what happens when you finally update the emotional programs that keep fear running the show. If you’re tired of living inside a mind that holds you hostage… If you’re done feeling trapped, frozen, or afraid… If you’re ready for a better way of living, one where fear no longer runs your life, join our weekly Tap-Alongs. Or, if you’re ready to go deeper and truly transform the programs behind your pain, step into the ‘You Can Change Yourself Master Training – Level 1’👇 Black Friday Sale — Up to 50% Off All Courses. This is your moment to learn the tools that helped her reclaim her life. #robertgene #fastereft #anxietyrelief #agoraphobia #overcomingfear #mindbodyconnection #emotionalhealing

Ever wonder why being “nice” leaves you exhausted, resentful, or secretly depressed? There’s always a reason. And it usually isn’t kindness... it’s fear. Fear of being rejected. Fear of not being loved. Fear of becoming the person you swore you’d never be. I worked with a man named Tim. On the outside, he had it all — thriving business, beautiful home, loving family. On the inside, he told me he had a noose hanging in his attic. He wasn’t broken. He was trained. As a boy, he’d been told he’d never amount to anything. “Just as sorry as your dad.” That painful words became the engine that drove his entire life. He became successful… but he dragged that wounded kid with him. His success was built on pain, not peace. That’s what old memories do. They don’t disappear, they drive you. And until you change the emotional learnings, the past keeps steering your present. If you’re tired of being run by the younger you, the scared you, the “not enough” you... let’s clean it up at the root. 👉 Book a 1-on-1 session with me: linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #traumahealing #innerchildwork #emotionalfreedom #ptsdrecovery #healingjourney

In this episode, Crystal and I sit down with Tammy — a woman who was literally limping through life. One leg barely working, scheduled for a total knee replacement, stuck in a storm of narcissistic abuse, church guilt, court battles over her kids, depression, and nonstop “What’s wrong with me?” looping in her head. Her doctors had X‑rays, MRIs, and a surgery date. What they didn’t have was the real cause: years of unresolved emotional stress, old memories, and survival patterns her brain was still running on autopilot. That’s where eutaptics® FasterEFT™ comes in. In this conversation, you’ll see precisely how stress, trauma, and toxic relationships show up as real physical pain — and how changing the records in your mind changes what your body does with them. You’ll hear how Tammy used this work to cancel her knee replacement, break free from emotional chaos, become a practitioner herself, and help her kids and clients do the same. Here’s the bottom line: you’re not broken — you’re just running a bad program. Your brain has been faithfully replaying old files from childhood, past relationships, religion, and trauma. When you update those files, your perceptions shift, your stress response changes, and your body often follows. This is neuroplasticity in real life, not just theory. If you’re tired of coping, talking about it, or waiting for someone else to fix you, it’s time to learn how to drive your own brain. 🔹 Want personal help? Book a private online session with me (or one of our certified eutaptics® FasterEFT™ practitioners) and let’s work directly on the memories, patterns, and pains that are running your life. 🔹 Ready to go deeper? Join my You Can Change Yourself – Master Training (Level 1). I’ll show you step by step how to: – Change the memories driving your stress and pain – Break trauma bonds and narcissistic patterns – Stop passing your emotional junk down to your kids – Build real emotional intelligence and self-regulation from the inside out You’ve got one brain and one life. Learn how it really works, update the programs, and your world has to change. 👉 Next step: Click here for all the links. linktr.ee/robertgenesmith Book a session with Robert. Apply for Level 1: You Can Change Yourself Master Training Or schedule a strategy call with the team to find your best starting point This video is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical or psychological care. Always consult your licensed health professionals for diagnosis and treatment. 00:00 - When Your Body Starts Screaming 00:41 - Meet Robert Gene: “Einstein of the Mind” 01:18 - From Marriage Stress to Massage School: Robert’s Search for Real Change 04:37 - What Stress Really Is (And Why Two People React So Differently) 08:35 - Trauma, PTSD & Why Your Brain Isn’t Broken 14:54 - Fear as an Affirmation: How We Rehearse Our Worst-Case Scenarios 21:56 - Meet Tammy: Depression, Divorce, and “What’s Wrong With Me?” 33:46 - Black Belt Dreams, Knee Pain & Canceling a Total Knee Replacement 41:01 - Parenting, Kids & Stopping the Generational Crazy 49:53 - From Client to Practitioner: Fibromyalgia, POTS & Big Wins 01:04:09 - Narcissism, Trauma Bonds & Why You’re Addicted to the Pain 01:15:03 - Changing Memories, Ultimate Forgiveness & Level 1 Training 01:27:29 - No More Suffering: Your Brain, Your Life, Your Choice You can add these as “Key Moments” or in the description: Pain isn’t random: the mind and body are always talking to each other. Emotional stress, unresolved memories, and fear often show up as physical symptoms. Stress is not what happens to you; it’s your body’s reaction to how you perceive what happens. Perception is learned and can be changed. Trauma is “an education” your brain uses to keep you safe — not a life sentence and not a broken brain. PTSD is a survival program, not a disorder. Memories and perceptions built in childhood (including religious conditioning and authoritarian parenting) silently drive adult relationships, self-worth, and health. Tammy’s story: depression, narcissistic abuse, court fights over her kids, miscarriage from extreme stress, and feeling “what’s wrong with me?” How she found Robert’s YouTube videos, started tapping on her darkest thoughts, and felt a huge emotional shift in just a couple of hours on her own. Years later, she came back with severe knee pain, scheduled for total knee replacement — and used eutaptics® FasterEFT™ sessions to reduce the pain and cancel surgery. When you change the emotional “files” linked to pain and illness, the body often responds: less pain, better mobility, more options. (Placebo research backs this mind-body effect.) Parenting with this work: helping kids clear the meaning they put on events, so today’s problems don’t become tomorrow’s trauma.

Ever notice how you can’t outrun something that lives inside your own mind? That’s the trick trauma plays. Even when you don’t remember the details, the body remembers the alarm. It knocks on the door through your choices, your health, your relationships, your worth. If it’s in you… it’s in you. Until you change it. I’ve seen this over and over. My first client was my ex-wife. She thought she had OCD. But OCD wasn’t the problem, it was the coping mechanism. She’d been sexually abused by her father, and her brain tried to survive by being perfect… by controlling everything so nothing bad could ever happen again. Maybe you know that pattern. Trying to stay safe by being perfect, productive, busy, numb. Food becomes the escape. Running becomes the escape. Shopping, alcohol, work, cleaning — anything to get away from what’s inside. But the truth is: You can’t escape what’s in your head. You can only change it. And once you update the emotional triggers, the patterns fall apart. Follow for more ways to retrain your mind and break the trauma loops. #robertgene #fastereft #traumahealing #ptsdrecovery #emotionalfreedom #childhoodtrauma #healingjourney

Who will I be if I let it go? Most people never say it out loud, but they feel it every day. I once worked with a woman who had been sexually abused by her stepfather. When I told her we needed to clean up the memories, make peace with them so they no longer felt real or true... she looked at me and said those words: “Who will I be without this pain?” That’s the trap trauma creates. Your conscious mind hates the memory… But your limbic brain treats it like a survival skill. It holds on tight, believing the pain will protect you. But here’s the cruel trick: What stays in your brain gets replayed in your life, even if it’s only inside your own head. To the brain, nothing is “bad.” It’s just familiar. It’s just training. But training can be changed. You don’t have to build your identity around what hurt you. You can build it around something good, something you choose. If you’re ready to update the emotional files and stop reliving the past, start with my Free 5-Day Course and learn how to retrain the brain at the root. Start here: linktr.ee/robertgenesmith Tap it out. Change the memory. Change your life. #robertgene #fastereft #traumahealing #ptsdrecovery #emotionalfreedom #mindbodyconnection #healingjourney

Ever notice how one look can send your whole body into panic long before you know why? That’s not weakness. That’s childhood training. When I was a kid, there was a certain look on my dad’s face that meant “brace yourself.” My brain learned it so well that years later, standing in a Quiznos of all places... I saw that same look on someone I loved… and my whole body reacted like danger was back. It wasn’t my dad doing it. He was gone. My brain was doing it. That’s how trauma works. Your mind captures expressions, tones, and tiny cues… and stores them as survival alarms. Then it replays them on anyone who accidentally resembles the past. But here’s the hopeful part: Once you understand the mechanics of your mind, you can defuse the old reactions. You can update the emotional triggers your brain has been running since childhood. You’re not broken. You’re just trained. And you can retrain it. Follow for more ways to change the emotional programs running your life. #robertgene #fastereft #childhoodtrauma #ptsdrecovery #traumahealing #emotionalfreedom #neuroplasticity

Two people can live the exact same nightmare… and carry it in completely different ways. There were twin sisters. Both kidnapped, both assaulted, both left for dead. One remembered everything and ended up in a mental institution. The other remembered nothing, yet the trauma still shaped her health, her choices, her worth. Same event. Different processing. Different lives. That’s the truth most people never hear: Your memories, not the event cause the pain. And memories are malleable, adjustable, changeable. Logic can’t fix what the emotional brain recorded. But when you update the memory, the charge disappears. What once felt “right here in your face” moves far away... something that happened, not something that owns you. If your past is still knocking on the door, it’s time to rewrite what your brain captured. Get my free 5-day course to start the transformation. Get it here: linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #traumahealing #ptsdrecovery #cptsd #childhoodtrauma #emotionalhealing

Some of the pain you call “childhood trauma” was really childhood education your brain learning how to survive the world you were born into. You weren’t born afraid, people-pleasing, or walking on eggshells. You were trained. Not by choice, but by the emotional environment that shaped you. A switch on the backside, a slammed door, an angry face... each moment taught you how to stay safe. And those lessons got written deep into your neurology. That’s why you react before you even think. That’s why you’re nice when you don’t want to be. That’s why you freeze, fawn, or disappear. You’re not broken. You’re conditioned. You survived a world you didn’t choose and your brain adapted beautifully. But now you don’t live in that world anymore. And you can update the old training. If you want more truth like this and tools to change it, follow for more. #robertgene #fastereft #childhoodtrauma #ptsdrecovery #traumahealing #cptsd #mentalhealthmatters

You’re not “too nice.” You’re not “overreacting.” You’re surviving the world you came from. So many people confuse trauma with being broken. But trauma is an education your brain learning how to stay safe in an environment that once threatened you. That’s why you act without thinking. Those patterns were written into your neurology, cell by cell, long before you had a choice. Crystal didn’t become nice for no reason. She became nice because it kept her safe. And you? Your behaviors, your hypervigilance, your people-pleasing, your shutting down aren’t flaws. They’re survival codes. The event didn’t give you PTSD. Your brain captured pieces of it... meanings, sounds, expressions And uses them to protect you today. You’re not broken. You’re alive. But now it’s time to update the old programming. Watch or listen the full podcast episode to start understanding and rewriting the patterns running your life. 🎧 “03 Episode - The Cost of Being Nice: How Childhood PTSD Affects Everything In Your Life.” #robertgene #fastereft #ptsdrecovery #traumahealing #cptsd #mentalhealthawareness #neuroplasticity

Some wounds don’t come from what happened… they come from what your mind did with what happened. The event didn’t give you PTSD. If it did, everyone who lived through it would be shattered the same way. But they’re not. Five people can witness the same moment. One breaks, four don’t. Why? Because trauma isn’t in the event… it’s in the internalization, the meaning your brain captured to keep you safe. Your brain grabbed pieces of the moment. Sounds, looks, emotions and built a warning system. That’s why you still react, even though the event is long gone. You’re not reliving the past… your brain is replaying its translation of it. And when you change the meaning, you change the response. When you change your mind, you change your life. If you’re tired of reacting to ghosts of old moments, come learn how to update the mind. Get my free 5-day course. Get it here: linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #ptsdrecovery #traumahealing #cptsd #mentalhealth #neuroplasticity

Imagine waking up one day and realizing the illness that once defined your life no longer shows up in your labs. Rose lived through years of pain. Joint agony that brought her to tears, ER-level migraines, fatigue that shut her down, and a lupus diagnosis that felt final. But when she began working with FasterEFT, releasing the emotional load her body had been carrying…everything changed. Her symptoms faded. Her energy returned. And then came the message from her doctor. No inflammatory markers, no signs of lupus. He called again… and again… because he couldn’t believe it. This is the power of updating the mind-body programs that keep your system in survival mode. When you change your mind, you change your life. And sometimes... your health. And right now, during our Black Friday Sale, you can buy the You Can Change Yourself Master Training (Level 1) Online Course at a special discount. This is your moment to step into your own transformation. #robertgene #fastereft #lupushealing #chronicillnesshealing #mindbodyconnection #autoimmunerecovery #healingjourney

The person who hurt you isn’t the one haunting you... your mind is. When you revisit a painful memory, it’s your brain recreating the image, the voice, the feeling. Your dad, your mom, the abuser… they’re not actually there. They may be gone, unreachable, or long out of your life. But the version living in your mind? That’s your brain’s creation. And that means it can be changed. This is the part most people never hear: Memories aren’t fixed. They’re not facts. They’re flexible, malleable, adjustable. That’s neuroplasticity. You can make a memory worse just by replaying it… or you can transform it, soften it, turn it into something that no longer controls you. When you change the memory, you change the reaction. And when you change your mind, you change your life. If you’re tired of being ruled by old pictures in your head, come learn how to rewrite them. Get my free 5-day course and start the shift today. Get it here: linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #ptsdrecovery #traumahealing #mentalhealthmatters #cptsd #neuroplasticity

Some panic attacks aren’t signs of weakness...they’re signs your brain is still trying to protect you. For 26 years, I’ve watched people walk into the room with the heaviest stories… the kind they’ve never said out loud. Soldiers, survivors, people waking up six times a night, smoking anxiety just to get through the day. And every time, the brain wasn’t “broken.” It was trained by trauma. It was doing its best to keep them safe. Joshua couldn’t even speak his memory. I told him he didn’t have to. We tapped on the emotional charge...not the story. And when it lifted, he said, “It doesn’t even feel like I’m there anymore.” That’s the power of updating the mind. When you change the memory, you change the reaction. And when you change your mind, you change your life. If you’re carrying trauma alone, you don’t have to keep reliving it. Get my free 5-day course and start rewiring today. Get it here: linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #ptsdrecovery #traumahealing #cptsd #mentalhealth #neuroplasticity

If your pain doesn’t make sense… it’s because the real cause is hiding in a memory. She came to the seminar barely functioning. 12 pills a day just to survive. Fibromyalgia. Chronic exhaustion. Days she couldn’t get out of bed. But tapping didn’t just numb the pain… it revealed it. A car wreck she barely thought about. Black eyes, a broken seatbelt, a body thrown across the car, held the emotional charge her brain had been replaying for years. When she updated that memory, her body finally stopped screaming. Now she walks six or seven miles. She sleeps. She lives. And when pain shows up, she taps it out because she knows where it actually comes from. Your body isn’t broken. It’s just following an old file. And you can change it. Explore resources here and learn how to start releasing the pain your body shouldn’t still be carrying👇 champ.ly/zsz4oiEV #robertgene #fastereft #fibromyalgiarelief #chronicpainrecovery #mindbodyconnection #tapping #painmanagement

Ever wonder why you still feel trapped in a life you’re no longer living? Trauma isn’t just something that happened. It’s an education system your brain built to keep you alive. You learned the rules of a dangerous environment… and then you brought that environment inside your own head. You didn’t choose it, you inherited it. And now you replay it, rehearse it, and call it “me.” But hear this clearly: You’re not messed up. You’re just following your emotional training. And training can be changed. When you update the old files, the old reactions lose their power. You stop living from the past and finally get to build a present that’s yours. If you’re ready for that shift, get my Free 5-Day Course and I’ll show you how to retrain the brain, tap out the old programs, and step into a life that isn’t run by yesterday. Access it here: linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #traumahealing #ptsdrecovery #emotionalfreedom #mentalhealthawareness #neuroplasticity

Why do I do these things… and then beat myself up for doing them? Here’s the truth most people never hear: You’re not crazy. You’re not weak. You’re not broken. You’re just running an old survival program. You learned it young...long before you had language, logic, or choice. Your brain captured the chaos, the fear, the tone of the room… and wrote the manual for “How to stay alive.” And now? You act, react, panic, shut down, overthink, or sabotage without ever deciding to. Because trauma isn’t a disorder. It’s a training system. A rerun your brain keeps playing because it thinks the danger is still here. But the danger isn’t here. It’s just a memory. And memories can be changed. When you update the old emotional files, the behaviors change with them. No shame. No blame. Just neuroplasticity doing what it does best. If you’re tired of coping and finally ready to change the program, get my Free 5-Day Course and I’ll show you exactly how to do it. Get it here: linktr.ee/robertgenesmith Tap it out. Change the memory. Change your life. #robertgene #fastereft #traumahealing #ptsdrecovery #emotionalfreedom #mindbodyconnection #neuroplasticity

“Be the great gatekeeper of your mind” Before, she walked into the room barely holding herself up. Diagnosed with severe fibromyalgia, living with pain so constant that she couldn’t remember a “normal day.” But after applying FasterEFT, she's standing in the back of the training room, something cracked open. Not her body but her old programming. She tapped. She let it go. She updated the emotional files her brain kept replaying… And for the first time in years, peace took over where pain used to live. This is what happens when you stop coping and start changing the memory your brain is pulling from. If you want your body to feel different, start where the pain actually begins...in the emotional patterns your brain keeps rehearsing. Get my free 5-day course and learn how to tap it out, shift the story, and help your body heal 👇 champ.ly/zsz4oiEV #robertgene #fastereft #fibromyalgia #mindbodyhealing #chronicpainrecovery #fibromyalgiahealing #neuroplasticity

If ‘being nice’ is costing you your peace… you learned that somewhere. That knot in your stomach when someone asks for “just one more favor”? That guilt when you even think about saying no? That’s not personality, that’s programming. Somewhere in your childhood, “being nice” became emotional survival. You learned to keep the peace, avoid conflict, earn love, and stay safe by giving pieces of yourself away. And now your brain still runs that same old script… even when it exhausts you. You’re not weak. You’re not selfish for wanting boundaries. You’re simply replaying what helped you survive. The good news? You can update that internal file and stop abandoning yourself to protect others. Watch or listen to the full podcast episode to break the people-pleasing pattern at the root. 🎧 “03 Episode - The Cost of Being Nice: How Childhood PTSD Affects Everything In Your Life.” Watch here: youtu.be/RYlmUTfpUIs #robertgene #fastereft #peoplepleasing #traumarecovery #boundarysetting #emotionalhealing #childhoodptsd

What if your trauma isn’t who you are… just the training your brain picked up to survive? Most people think trauma means “something is wrong with me.” But that’s not true. Trauma is emotional education. The mind’s way of figuring out how to stay alive in a world that once felt unsafe. And the addictions? The numbing? The escaping? They’re not the problem. They’re your brain’s solution to an old problem you never got to resolve. You’re not broken. You’re not doomed. Your brain is simply replaying outdated survival programs. Layers sitting on top of your creative force. When you update those programs… everything changes. Your reactions. Your habits. Your sense of safety. Your future. If you’re tired of being dragged by old memories and want to get back in the driver’s seat of your own life… Tap with us. Learn how your brain works. Learn how to change what it’s producing. Get the FREE 5-day course and start rewriting the emotional programs that keep trauma alive or Tap-along with us weekly👇 linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #traumarecovery #ptsdhealing #mindbodyconnection #tapping #emotionalhealing

What looks like “the problem” is often just the only solution someone ever found to survive their own pain. Addiction numbs, distracts, softens the edges. But only for a moment. It never answers the deeper questions: Why do I feel this way? Why do I stay in the same cycles? Why can’t I walk away? For many, the truth is simple and heartbreaking. They didn’t have the confidence, the self-worth, or the inner tools to choose something different. They stayed because pain was familiar…and familiar feels safer than the unknown. But once you face the real problem inside, everything begins to shift. Follow for more insights on emotional healing, addiction patterns, and reclaiming your power. #robertgene #fastereft #addictionhealing #selfworth #healingjourney #emotionalhealing

Addiction rarely begins with a substance…it begins with a feeling you can’t bear anymore. When I asked people why they used, the answers were almost identical. “I don’t like how I feel.” They wanted to escape the heaviness, the boredom, the pressure, the memories, the noise in their own heads. They wanted a moment where life didn’t hurt. That desire to feel better, even for a second is the true engine behind addiction. Understanding this doesn’t excuse the behavior…but it explains the pain. And when you can name the real driving force, you can finally start changing it. Get my free course to learn how to shift the emotional patterns that keep you or someone you love stuck👇 linktr.ee/robertgenesmith #robertgene #fastereft #addictionrecovery #emotionalhealing #addiction #traumarecovery #mentalwellness