Episode Description
Have you ever felt completely lost — like you have no idea who you really are anymore? In this deeply moving episode of Trauma Rock Stars™, host Tracy sits down with Tara Wiskow, an intuitive energy healer and life-reinvention expert, who spent decades feeling disconnected from herself before finally coming home to who she truly is.
💗 A note before you listen: This episode includes an honest discussion of grief, disordered eating, and a moment of suicidal thoughts. If you're struggling, please reach out for support. In the US, you can call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or contact the National Alliance for Eating Disorders helpline at 1-866-662-1235. You are not alone.
Tara shares the family secret she uncovered at age eight, the years she spent shape-shifting to fit in, the profound grief of losing her biological father and later her sister — and the moment everything shifted when she stopped running and started listening. It's an honest, tender conversation about identity, grief, self-love, intuition, and the belief that the truest version of you was never lost — she's been waiting for you all along.
Whether you feel stuck, disconnected, or like you've lost yourself in everyone else's expectations, this conversation is an invitation to find your way back.
🧠 Questions We Explore in This Episode:
• What do you do when you feel completely lost and don't know who you are?
• How can grief become a turning point for reconnecting with yourself?
• What is "identity shifting," and how does it help you come home to yourself?
• What does it mean to meet your "higher self" in meditation?
• How do you start learning to love and trust yourself again?
❓ Quick FAQ:
Q: What do you do when you feel lost and don't know who you are?
A: In this episode Tara shares that feeling lost often comes from years of shaping yourself to fit others' expectations. Her path back began with small acts of self-love and learning to listen to her own inner voice — the sense that your authentic self is still there, waiting.
Q: What is identity shifting?
A: Tara describes identity shifting as releasing the masks and beliefs you've carried to fit in, and reconnecting with your most authentic self — the work that finally brought her "home" to who she really is.
Q: What does it mean to meet your higher self?
A: Tara and Tracy each describe a guided-meditation experience of connecting with a calm, loving inner presence — what they call the higher self — and how that moment opened the door to deeper intuition and healing.
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🌐 Website: https://tara-wiskow.com
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⏱️ Chapters:
0:00 — Have you ever felt completely lost? Meet Tara
2:00 — The family secret revealed at age eight
4:30 — Shape-shifting to fit in & losing herself
6:00 — Meeting her biological father: "like looking in a mirror"
9:00 — Losing her dad & years of feeling disconnected
10:00 — Turning to food to cope through the pain
16:00 — A breaking point and the moment everything shifted
20:00 — Learning self-love, starting in the mirror
26:00 — Losing her sister Trisha & the signs that followed
30:00 — The "Identity Shifting" workshop & meeting her higher self
37:00 — Why your higher self has been waiting for you
44:00 — Intuition, energy & shadow work
46:00 — Trusting your gut: a story of being protected
53:00 — Meditation as a daily practice
55:00 — Tara's healing work with clients
59:00 — Closing: you were never lost — she's inside you