EP217 building resiliency, the depleted and dysregulated epidemic and supporting our nervous systems
Jul 21, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 217
Episode description
Emily Perrin is a former DI athlete where she played soccer at UVA. She is also a former DI soccer coach where she coached at UPenn. Emily has her master in Clinical Social Work and is a social worker/licensed mental health therapist who specializes in trauma. She is also the Founder/CEO of Perrin Wellness Performance and the Co Founder/Co CEO of The Unbroken Athlete : https://www.theunbrokenathlete.com and is the director of Medical Advisory Council, Morgans Message : https://www.morgansmessage.org
In this episode we chat about:
- Mental performance coaching
- What helped her the most as an athlete
- How we build resiliency
- Maladaptive vs protective behaviors
- The dysregulated + depleted epidemic
- You can’t shame people into success
- What shame and fear do to the nervous system
- Some people need to sit down
- The system isn’t set up to support women’s nervous systems
- It’s not discipline its a disorder
- The process of unlearning
- The number one factor in receiving from trauma
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