From Surviving To Thriving: How to Break Free from Survival Mode
Episode 41 of Spiritual Awakening with Shaz
✨ WelcomeIn this deep, heartfelt episode, Shaz explores one of the most overlooked aspects of the spiritual awakening journey—survival mode. Whether you’ve felt emotionally flat, hyper-vigilant, or constantly “doing the work” but still stuck, this conversation helps you recognise what survival mode really looks like and how to gently move beyond it into soul-led living.
From childhood trauma to inherited coping mechanisms, Shaz breaks down how survival patterns form—and how you can lovingly shift into a new normal rooted in peace, safety, and expansion.
🎧 In this episode, you’ll hear:-
What survival mode looks like (even in spiritual people)
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Why we unconsciously stay stuck in it—especially as empaths
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How to recognise trauma responses disguised as “normal”
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Somatic and nervous system tools to calm the body instantly
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How to reconnect with your soul's guidance once safety returns
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A personal story of awakening through breaking survival patterns
🌀 Understanding survival mode
— Emotional numbness, anxiety, people-pleasing, and overthinking as survival
— Why empaths often read energy so deeply—it started as a safety mechanism
🗣️ Simple vagus nerve resets:
— Humming, cold water, long exhales, tapping, and singing
— The science and soul of why they work
🌿 Somatic & breath practices:
— The butterfly tap
— Box breathing
— Orienting exercises for grounding
— Shaking to release stored energy
💗 Shifting into thriving:
— Setting boundaries before burnout
— Recognising intuitive yes vs. survival-mode yes
— How calm environments support healing
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