How Mindfulness Helps Heal Your Inner Child With Dr. Leah Katz
Skincare Anarchy
Ekta et al.
4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In this Wisdom of Women Wednesday episode of Skin Anarchy, host Ekta sits down with clinical psychologist and author Dr. Leah Katz to explore how mindfulness can be a powerful tool for healing anxiety, navigating trauma, and building emotional resilience. Drawing from years of clinical experience, Dr. Katz offers a refreshingly grounded approach to mental health—one rooted in presence, compassion, and curiosity.
Dr. Katz shares her journey into psychology and demystifies what mindfulness really means. It’s not about sitting in silence for hours—it’s about being aware of your inner world without judgment. From simple tools like breath work and body check-ins to reframing your inner dialogue, she shows how small daily shifts can lead to big emotional breakthroughs.
The conversation dives deep into healing the inner child and understanding how past trauma can shape current emotional patterns. Dr. Katz discusses the difference between personality disorders and trauma responses, warning against the growing trend of self-diagnosing online and urging a more compassionate, individualized view of mental health.
Listeners will walk away with a deeper understanding of anxiety and how it manifests physically and emotionally—and more importantly, how to manage it with grace. From building a mental hygiene routine to creating moments of connection in a digital world, this episode is packed with practical insights for anyone seeking more peace and self-awareness.
If you’re ready to slow down, reconnect, and approach your inner life with greater kindness, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
CHAPTERS:
(0:00) – Introduction: Dr. Leah Katz on Skin Anarchy
(1:03) – Dr. Katz's Journey into Psychology
(2:31) – Defining Mindfulness and its Role in Mental Health
(4:35) – Healing the Inner Child and Addressing Complex Trauma
(6:28) – Personality Disorders vs. Childhood Trauma
(8:50) – Approaches to Managing Anxiety with Mindfulness
(15:40) – The Role of Self-Talk in Mental Health
(21:08) – Simple Mindfulness Practices for Daily Life
(24:10) – Loneliness in Modern Society and the Role of Technology
To learn more about Dr. Leah Katz, visit her website and social media. Shop her book, Gutsy here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to Skin Anarchy. This is Mindset Monday, and I'm super excited about our guest today. |
| 0:05.9 | She is a clinical psychologist, she's an author, she specializes in working with teenagers and adults, and has a focus on treating anxiety, as well as complex trauma and also relationship struggles. |
| 0:17.8 | Dr. Katz has an extensive background in mindfulness and how to incorporate |
| 0:22.0 | mindfulness in the therapeutic work that she does. So without further ado, please welcome Dr. Leah Katz. |
| 0:29.7 | Thank you so much for having me. I'm happy to be here. I'd love to chat with you about, you know, |
| 0:34.9 | what got you into psychology? And like, I know you're, |
| 0:41.1 | you know, very multifaceted with your expertise, you know, in the field, but I'd love to learn a little bit about you, you know, what got you into the field and really kind of sparked your |
| 0:45.1 | interest. Thanks. That's a great question. It's always fun to reflect back on, you know, how I got |
| 0:49.2 | started because with more time that passes, it kind of like feels more and more in the distance. So let's see. |
| 0:54.6 | I think the way that I really got into psychology was when I was in undergraduate. I was getting |
| 0:59.7 | my degree in psychology, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to become a clinical psychologist. I had some |
| 1:03.5 | other options. And then I just had some really great teachers who I looked up to and I did some |
| 1:07.9 | internships and volunteer positions with them. And I really just fell in love |
| 1:12.5 | with the field of psychology. And I think pairing that together with knowing some people in my own |
| 1:17.5 | life who are struggling with different mental health issues and watching them meet people |
| 1:22.2 | who really help them. I think it was just a combination of like those two things that really |
| 1:26.5 | made me choose back then that this is what I wanted to do. |
| 1:31.1 | That's so cool. Yeah, no, I feel like mental health for a long time. Like now it's different, right? Everyone's like kind of becoming more verbal and like, you know, outspoken about it. But I know when I was in medical school, we barely got any education, you know, when it came to, I mean, we learned the entire DSM-5, but we never learned about, like, you know, truly like, what is cognitive behavioral therapy? Like, what are the different techniques? We didn't dive into any of that, you know, so. Wow. Wow. It's so interesting. And it's, it's really cool to see how things are changing, isn't it? You know, like those of us are raising kids. |
| 2:01.5 | Just like there's such a different language and comfort around talking about mental health, |
| 2:06.0 | which is really hopeful. |
| 2:07.5 | It's nice to see. |
| 2:08.8 | Absolutely. |
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