Brief Summary:

Georgina Garay-Lozano is a bilingual licensed marriage and family therapist serving clients in the state of California. She has worked extensively with the Latino community and her focus is on resolving trauma-related symptoms of the present moment or intergenerational trauma that impacts our community. In her second episode with Man Up, Georgina shares using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in therapy, overcoming milestones pressure, understanding our intentions, facing and addressing our fears, and going through her pregnancy!

The episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:

• Why Man Up is tackling the topic of overcoming fear (00:53)
• How Georgina is processing her anticipation of giving birth soon (Congratulations again, Georgina!) (08:27)
• Different forms of fear when it comes to pregnancy and being first-time parents (12:09)
• How to overcome the pressure of reaching milestones and social comparison (16:57)
• The reality behind milestones: they take a lot of work (20:05)
• Why people have a ‘doom and gloom’ outlook in life (23:15)
• Rewiring your brain through body-based modalities (25:40)
• How body-based simulation works in therapy (27:43)
• Nick shares one practice he started doing to overcome his anxieties (31:41)
• How EMDR helps with performance anxiety (34:29)
• The importance of meeting negative thoughts with empathy (37:17)
• Reinforcing positive experiences and feelings to combat trauma (38:46)
• How therapists help clients access positive feelings (46:17)
• Understanding our intentions as adults when teaching children life lessons (50:28)
• Closing statements (59:28)