She lost 220 pounds naturally. She survived suicidal ideation. She rebuilt her entire identity. And she did it all by learning -for the first time -to love the woman in the mirror.

In this episode of the Cricket Fixes Podcast, Christa sits down with Tara Wiskow, intuitive energy healer and life reinvention expert, for a soul-level conversation about what it really takes to break free from self-abandonment, people-pleasing, and the patterns that keep us small.

This is one of those episodes that finds you when you need it.

Together, Christa and Tara explore the concept of the identity rupture -that moment when everything you thought you wanted explodes and a new direction starts pulling at you. They talk about why we have four bodies (spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical) and how disease in the body starts long before we feel it physically. They get into the neuroscience of why change feels so unsafe, what's actually happening when you can't stop people-pleasing, and why most of us are still being run by an unhealed inner child -even if we'd never admit it.

And then they get beautifully practical. Tara shares her mirror work technique that starts with your feet (yes, really -and it's genius), the white light grounding visualization, and a simple daily emotion check-in that can crack you open in the best possible way.

This isn't about toxic positivity or "just love yourself." It's about the real, gritty, gorgeous work of coming home.

In this episode:

• The identity rupture and what it's actually telling you

• Why your brain is wired to keep you stuck (and what to do about it)

• Inner child healing vs. reparenting -and why the order matters

• Mirror work you can actually start tonight, even if you hate yourself right now

• A simple grounding and emotion check-in practice

• Why self-love had to come before Tara could heal anything else

Connect with Tara Wiskow: www.tara-wiskow.com | Instagram: @tara.wiskow

Referenced episode: Ep. 10 -"Release, Recalibrate & Reclaim" (Christa's own healing story)