Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads

Podcast for Mental Health Insights, Compassion, and Friendship

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👋Hey beautiful humans,

It’s here! Our brand new episode of Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads just dropped this Today—and it’s one of our most inspiring yet.

🎙️ Today's Episode:​
​“From Betrayal to Breakthrough: Kim’s Mental Health Journey Through Interoception”

Get ready for a bold, brainy, and beautifully human conversation about emotions, healing, and how your body holds the map to emotional freedom.

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🎉 Big News: We’ve Partnered with Maavee!

We’re beyond excited to officially announce our new partnership with Maavee—a purpose-driven wellness app that’s all about supporting your mental, emotional, and physical well-being. 🎧💚

Why Maavee?
Because it aligns with everything we believe in here at Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads: healing, connection, authenticity, and real tools for real people.
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As part of our launch celebration, we’re giving every one of our newsletter readers a $20 credit to start your journey on Maavee.

To claim it:

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✨ We can’t wait for you to check it out. Because let’s be honest—mental health and wellness aren’t just things we talk about…they’re things we live. And now, thanks to this new partnership, we’ve got one more way to support you along your journey.

Maavee: Pursue well-being. For you. For life.

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🔥 Special Shout-Out: Women Supporting Women

Light Your Story, Fuel Your Fire

Meet Amy Nubson of Nufire Collective—where brand clarity meets soul strategy. Her “Rebrand You” framework helps folks unlock their voice and own their worth.
🔗 Learn More: Nufire Collective​

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💡 Mental Health Quote of the Week

“When you make time for yourself, you make space for peace. And peace…makes everything else possible.” 🕊️

📝 Podcast Reflection Worksheet

Use our Podcast Reflection Worksheet to jot down what hits home, what needs unpacking, and how you’ll carry these insights into your own life. Transformation starts with intention. 🧠🖊️ ​​​​​​Podcast Worksheet _09_04_25_From Betrayal to Breakthrough- Kim’s Mental Health Journey Through Interoception.pdf​

🎙️ Episode Description

This week’s episode of Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads brings you a story that’s raw, reflective, and unexpectedly joyful. Kim Korte joins us to share how betrayal, trauma, and a major life reset led her to create a whole new way of understanding emotions—through interoception and her powerful Sensory Sync Method™.

After discovering her husband’s affair, Kim found herself literally on the floor—emotionally shattered, questioning everything. But that breakdown became her turning point. Fueled by curiosity, science, and a fierce drive to feel better, Kim rebuilt her life from the inside out. Along the way, she uncovered a game-changing truth: Emotions aren’t fixed—they’re recipes. And once you learn to tweak the ingredients, everything changes.

Now an author, speaker, and emotion strategist, Kim helps others recognize their internal cues, decode their emotional “flavors,” and rewrite the mental scripts that no longer serve them.

💬 In this episode, we talk about:

• How interoception helps us catch emotions through bodily sensations
• The emotional impact of betrayal, trauma, and family dysfunction
• Why joy isn’t fluff—it’s a powerful compass for healing and direction
• How food metaphors can help us better understand emotional triggers and shifts

✨ Kim’s story is a reminder that emotional freedom starts with listening inward. Whether you're navigating heartbreak, building new boundaries, or simply ready to stop reacting and start choosing, this episode is your permission to change the recipe.

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🌶️ Yucky, Yummy, Savory, Sweet: Kim Korte on Emotions, Recipes, and Reclaiming Joy

What if healing isn’t about fixing what’s “broken,” but about learning to rewrite the recipes that shape our emotions?

In this powerful conversation, author and speaker Kim Korte shares how betrayal, loss, and family struggles led her to a new way of understanding feelings—not as fixed states, but as flavors we can taste, reframe, and transform.

From childhood wounds to rebuilding life after divorce, Kim’s journey took her from heartbreak on the condo floor to creating the Sensory Sync Method™ and writing Yucky, Yummy, Savory, Sweet: Understanding the Flavors of Emotions. She invites us to see emotions like ingredients—sometimes messy, sometimes bitter, but always adjustable.

Her story is a reminder that resilience isn’t about avoiding pain—it’s about finding new recipes that bring more joy, connection, and calm.

✨ This one’s for anyone who’s ever wondered, Why do I keep reacting this way? or Can I really change how I feel? Kim shows us that the answer is yes—and it starts with listening to our bodies and daring to rewrite the recipe.

🧠 Mental Health & Interoception

Kim explains the science of how we “catch” feelings through our bodies and why learning that language is key to emotional freedom.

💬 Reframing the Story

By using food as a metaphor, Kim makes emotions less intimidating and more approachable—teaching us that anger isn’t just anger, and sadness isn’t just sadness.

🫀 A Quote That Stuck with Us

🎙️ Real Talk from the Hosts

📓 Reflection Prompts to Sit With

• What “recipe” comes up most often for you—and is it one you want to keep cooking?
• How might reframing an emotion as a flavor shift the way you experience it?
• What would it look like to add more joy as an ingredient in your day-to-day life?

🌱 Gentle Reminder

Your emotions are not fixed—they’re recipes made of ingredients you can change. Healing doesn’t mean avoiding the bitter flavors; it means tasting them, learning from them, and then choosing to add sweetness where you can.

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👩‍🔬 Meet Our Guest: Kim Korte – Emotion Strategist & Creator of the Sensory Sync Method™

Kim Korte isn’t just an expert on emotional wellness—she’s living proof that emotional transformation is possible when you stop suppressing and start listening inward. A lifelong communicator, natural teacher, and soulful strategist, Kim turned a series of personal crises—including childhood trauma, the loss of her mother to alcoholism, and a devastating betrayal by her ex-husband—into the foundation of her groundbreaking framework: The Sensory Sync Method™.

As a Perception and Emotion Management Strategist, Kim helps people decode their emotional world by treating feelings like recipes. Her signature method breaks emotions down into ingredients we can identify, adjust, and reframe. By teaching others how to work with their body’s sensory systems—especially interoception, our internal awareness system—Kim empowers clients to gain control over reactions, triggers, and long-standing emotional patterns.

💡 Her philosophy? Emotions aren’t fixed—they’re constructed. Once you learn how your emotional “recipes” are formed, you can stop letting your past dictate your present. And yes—you can even add joy as an intentional ingredient.

Her book, Yucky Yummy Savory Sweet: Understanding the Flavors of Emotions, takes readers on a journey through emotional granularity, using food metaphors to make complex neuroscience accessible and relatable. Whether you’re a therapist, parent, or someone simply trying to better understand yourself, Kim’s tools offer clarity and compassion.

Kim’s work is deeply grounded in both science and lived experience. She’s spent years exploring the neurobiology of emotions, conscious perception, and the stories we tell ourselves. But she doesn’t just teach from theory—she teaches from practice. From caring for her 92-year-old father to navigating daily challenges in her own healing, Kim brings warmth, humanity, and honesty to every conversation.

🎤 On stage or in session, Kim’s message is consistent: “You are not broken. You’re just using a recipe that might need tweaking.” She reminds us that real change doesn’t require perfection—it requires presence.

✨ Connect with Kim:
📘 Book: Yucky Yummy Savory Sweet: Understanding the Flavors of Emotions​
🌐 Website: sensorysyncmethod.com​
📸 Instagram: @thekimkorte​
💼 LinkedIn: Kim Korte​
📺 YouTube: The Kim Korte Channel​

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🌟 Key Takeaways

1. Interoception is your internal GPS. Learn to trust what your body is telling you.
2. Emotions are not fixed—they’re adjustable recipes. Add new ingredients.
3. You can’t unknow emotional truth. Awareness changes how you live.

✅ Actionable Takeaways

1. ✍️ Use writing as an emotional release—brain + pen = powerful clarity.
2. 📓 Identify your most-cooked “emotional recipe” and decide if it still serves you.
3. 🎧 Choose one emotion this week and give it a new “flavor”—see how that changes your response.

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🙌 Listener Engagement

We want to hear from you!
What flavor would you give your most common emotion? 🍫🌶️🍋
DM us on Instagram @grex_and_dirtyskittles or reply to this email—we just might shout you out in a future episode!

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💬 Closing Remarks

As we step into September—Suicide Prevention Month—we’re reminded how vital it is to create space for real, unfiltered conversations about mental health.

Kim’s story is a powerful reminder that healing doesn’t come from perfection—it comes from presence, curiosity, and the courage to feel everything, even the bitter stuff. We’re so honored to share this space with guests like Kim, who turn their pain into purpose and remind us that emotional growth is possible at any stage.

We’re grateful every day to be on this journey together—to laugh, cry, and learn with you. Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads is more than a podcast; it’s a community. And together, we’re breaking the stigma, one story at a time.

If you’re struggling right now, please know: you are not alone. There’s no shame in needing support. Asking for help is a brave, life-affirming step—and we’re rooting for you every single day. 💚

We’ll see you in your earbuds.

With love and healing vibes,
​– G-Rex & Dirty Skittles 🎙️

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