Trauma and the Voice - Emily Koriath

Trauma and the Voice - Emily Koriath Helping Musicians Heal & Thrive
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA! We are coming to you! Save the date and hold on tight. We are putting together a super fun show and w...
06/15/2026

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA!
We are coming to you!

Save the date and hold on tight. We are putting together a super fun show and we can't wait to share it with you! Tell ya friends!

I'm planting my little freak flag here and I'll never move it. Monica Byrne let everyone know if we can still buy sticke...
06/13/2026

I'm planting my little freak flag here and I'll never move it. Monica Byrne let everyone know if we can still buy stickers. 💗

Learning day! Healing wise, I am an elephant, but like, on the personality spectrum I kind of identify as a sloth. But I...
06/12/2026

Learning day!

Healing wise, I am an elephant, but like, on the personality spectrum I kind of identify as a sloth. But I think that will confuse ppl. 😋

LOVE YOU

While you're accidentally swallowing reservoir water and trying not to get kicked in the teeth, your body goes into figh...
06/11/2026

While you're accidentally swallowing reservoir water and trying not to get kicked in the teeth, your body goes into fight-or-flight and your brain starts telling you all the reasons why this is definitely a bad bad BAD IDEA. And when I first started working out, even though I have studied all this stuff, I kinda forgot about this link.

It's the same thing that happens to us onstage.

So the thoughts you have in this heightened state are kind of like an evil little monster, or really, like a scaredy little monster that thinks OH BOY, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA DIE WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS AND SHOULD ABSOLUTELY NEVER DO IT AGAIN. So for me in this particular scenario, it was telling me that all of my workout goals were stupid, and I would never achieve them, and it was stupid to even think them, and I should probably even just flag down a rescue boat and quit this race.

And I'm sharing this with you because it's not unique to me: it is a brain mechanism that gets activated in fight-or-flight, especially when there is other nervous system stuff onboard. For me, that is a combination of past trauma and my sensory stuff from being autistic. My nervous system is always revving a little high, and so when I add stress, it doesn't take much for that survival stuff to take me way out of my good healthy processing capacity.

But because I have been learning and healing, I can see what's happening, and say, oh: here are my little high adrenaline brain gremlins, and that's not how I really feel, and I'm doing this very intense activity and I'm not dying.

And yes! I can do it in real time, swimming in a reservoir, trying not to get kicked in the mouth. And I can teach you how to do it too. 💗

Learning about your nervous system isn't about turning it off or stopping it from doing stuff. You need it for survival. But you start to learn when it's actually helping you (I don't feel good here and I think I'll go home) and when it is keeping you from life (oh here come those gremlins just because my heart rate is really high).

My summer sale is still on till the end of the month!
Love you!

Always aiming for useful but not too teacher-y, almost like I was explaining it to you at your favorite bar or coffee pl...
06/10/2026

Always aiming for useful but not too teacher-y, almost like I was explaining it to you at your favorite bar or coffee place.

The swearing is just a charming bonus. 😚


Ma bebe and I are at The Circus today! I can't wait to figure out what I feel about it. Stay tuned..
06/06/2026

Ma bebe and I are at The Circus today! I can't wait to figure out what I feel about it. Stay tuned..

Tad ponders Ellis Island and immigration and freedom and international relations. And maybe also snacks. Also New York w...
06/06/2026

Tad ponders Ellis Island and immigration and freedom and international relations.

And maybe also snacks.

Also New York was stupid hot today.

A: alwaysB: beN: nerdingPumped about reading this and, like always, I promise to tell you everything I learn. 💕💥Love you...
06/04/2026

A: always
B: be
N: nerding

Pumped about reading this and, like always, I promise to tell you everything I learn.

💕💥

Love you.

Disclaimer: of course I am not actually a therapist but can you guess which one is meeeee? It is slightly harder than yo...
06/03/2026

Disclaimer: of course I am not actually a therapist but can you guess which one is meeeee? It is slightly harder than you may think but when you get it you will get it! 💕

Umm... What a day! This first slide is very niche. For a little while I tried running a separate account and to be hone...
05/29/2026

Umm... What a day!

This first slide is very niche.
For a little while I tried running a separate account and to be honest, I just don't know that I have it in me to run two accounts. It was sort of a way to do workout accountability, and sort of a way to respect the fact that some people who follow me for trauma info absolutely do not want to hear about workout stuff. And I love you and I see you. And I don't know the answer yet. But for me, the voyage of learning how to move my body in a way that does not involve self loathing has been very healing and still includes a lot of growing and I think if we can overlook the fact that it's about exercise and bodies which have been so horrendously weaponized against us, I love talking about what I'm learning in a metaphorical way when I think it can be beneficial.

Tl;Dr sweet gains on the bike at the end of my off season triathlon strength building program.

Also I went to the dentist for the first time in three years!
1. My teeth are great!
2. There's some serious overcrowding which no one has ever discussed with me and should we be talking about expanding my palate and trying to get more space in my airway what the actual f**k I can't even begin to process these questions as someone who has been obsessing over mouth and throat space ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL for MULTIPLE DECADES YOU GUYS

so then after church rehearsal I took myself out for Mexican food because Tad was going to be out late and I simply could not be trusted to be home alone with my thoughts.

LOVE YOU.

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