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Finding Emotional Sanity: A New Path to Healing with Cedric Bertelli | EP 460

November 11, 2025 • Brian D. Smith • Episode 460

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Have you ever felt like your emotions are running your life—despite your best efforts to control them? In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with Cedric Bertelli, founder of the Emotional Health Institute and co-developer of EmRes (Emotional Resolution). Together, we explore the groundbreaking difference between regulating emotions and truly resolving them.

Cedric shares how emotional pain is not a life sentence, but a loop the brain is predicting over and over—and how learning to sit with our sensations can rewire those predictions for good.

This episode isn’t just informative—it’s transformational.

🧠 What We Talk About:

Why traditional emotional regulation may be keeping you stuck
The surprising science behind how your brain predicts emotions
How trauma embeds itself through dissociation
What “interoception” is and why it’s a game-changer
A simple, body-based method to dissolve emotional charge
The role of subconscious tension in your day-to-day reactions
How MRAS helps with anxiety, anger, and even chronic physical symptoms
Why grief must be felt—but guilt, shame, and anger don’t have to stay
How to reconnect to your grief in a sacred, healing way

🔗 Connect with Cedric Bertelli:

🌐 Website: https://emotionalhealthinstitute.org

🔍 Practitioner Directory: Find a Certified EmRes Practitioner

📚 Free Classes & Trainings: Check the site calendar for upcoming sessions
👤 Cedric’s Personal Site: Search “Cedric Bertelli” for direct contact and coaching

💬 Let’s Reflect Together:

🔹 What emotions are you regulating—but not resolving?
🔹 Have you ever noticed a physical trigger that’s tied to a past trauma?
🔹 What would it feel like to fully grieve without guilt or shame?

💭 Share your thoughts in the comments or come join ou

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GEMS- 4 Steps To Go From Grief To Joy

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