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**Zero Disturbance**

Listen to the conversations therapists and clients should be having — but often aren’t.

Zero Disturbance is a podcast about what makes therapy truly work.

For therapists, we explore clinical reasoning, case conceptualization, EMDR, and intensive therapy design — so you can think more clearly and work more efficiently.

For clients, we pull back the curtain on the therapy process — helping you understand what effective treatment looks like, what good collaboration feels like, and how to participate actively in your own healing.

Because therapy works best when both people in the room understand the map.

Inside each episode, you’ll hear:
• How strong clinical thinking shapes outcomes
• Why therapy sometimes stalls — and how to fix it
• How intensives and brain-based therapy (EMDR, Brainspotting) can accelerate progress
• What client-therapist collaboration should actually look like

Download our FREE Resource Library at www.zerodisturbance.com/free-resources

About Kambria Evans

Kambria Evans holds a Master’s in Education from Vanderbilt University and has spent over 20 years designing high-impact learning experiences for adult professionals. As former Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, she specialized in simplifying complex systems to help trainees succeed.

Today, as a therapist, EMDR Consultant, educator, and mom of twins, Kambria brings that same clarity to the therapy room — helping therapists and clients move toward resolution efficiently, effectively, and with intention.

When she’s not teaching or podcasting, you’ll find her with her twins on a California beach.

Latest Episodes:

103: How EMDR Recalibrates Your Alarm System [Why Women Go To Therapy Series] Oct 06, 2025

Show notes

In this episode of the Zero Disturbance Podcast, we share a powerful story from a beachside restaurant in Portugal — where a loud fire alarm went off, but no one responded. This moment becomes a striking metaphor for how women often experience internal and external “alarms” from trauma, anxiety, or smear campaigns — even when they’re no longer in danger.

We explore how outdated nervous system responses (like panic, overthinking, or fear) often come from childhood survival strategies or abusive dynamics. Through therapy — particularly EMDR and Brainspotting — women can learn to recognize these false alarms, reclaim their power, and stop reacting to chaos that isn’t theirs to manage.

We also break down how narcissistic abuse and smear campaigns are designed to trigger alarm responses — and how women can stay grounded, neutral, and empowered in the face of that noise.

Key Takeaways:

Not every alarm means danger — pause, assess, and trust your clarity.
Trauma can be rewired — your nervous system can learn a new way to respond.
Smear campaigns are strategy, not truth — and often reveal more about the abuser.
You don’t need to fight the noise — you can live fully despite it.
Keep dancing, even when the alarm goes off.

Note: This content is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy. If you’re experiencing difficulties, please seek guidance from a licensed mental health provider. All stories, examples, and characters shared are fictionalized or composite representations. Any resemblance to actual persons or situations is purely coincidental and intended solely for educational illustration.

Come learn with us at Zero Disturbance:

Want to learn more about empowering yourself to experience therapy or coaching on your terms? If you appreciated this episode, you wont want to miss out on The Client Workbook + supporting videos! https://www.zerodisturbance.com/client-workbook

We also offer free resources for clients and therapists! Get access to our free client resource library for the most up-to-date tools and resources for your own journey.

Therapists, access our favorite free resources for designing high-value offers in The Zero Disturbance Welcome Bundle,

https://www.zerodisturbance.com/free-resources

With a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt, Kambria has been creating trainings and teaching adult learners for over 20 years. As the Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, she created ease in complex systems, thereby giving medical trainees successful learning experiences. Now, as a dedicated mom, therapist, and EMDR Consultant, Kambria knows what it means to do things efficiently, effectively, and in a learner-centered way. When she isn't podcasting or creating online courses, you can find Kambria playing with her twins on a beach in California.

102: Why EMDR Is “Dangerous” — and Why That’s a Good Thing [Why Women Go To Therapy Series] Sep 30, 2025

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On the Zero Disturbance Podcast, in this episode of our Why Women Go to Therapy series, we’re diving into a topic that’s close to my heart — and one that might ruffle a few feathers: Why EMDR is dangerous.

Now before you panic, we’re not saying EMDR is harmful — quite the opposite. EMDR is dangerous because it works. It’s powerful. It has the ability to align you with your positive beliefs of self, and when that happens, everything around you begins to shift. Your relationships, your job, your choices, your entire system — they all get shaken up. And that can feel really unsettling… but it’s also where true healing begins.

Let’s talk about how EMDR contains a value system, even if it’s not named as such — a system rooted in beliefs like “I am safe,” “I have choices,” “I am worthy.” These aren’t just affirmations — they become embodied truths through the process. And as women, we’ve been conditioned to live disconnected from those truths.

We also touch on real-world reasons why EMDR can be considered “dangerous” in our society:

Women in legal proceedings (like assault cases) are often told not to fully heal so they can appear more “credible” in court.
Clinicians are sometimes told to avoid EMDR with clients who dissociate — even though dissociation is often happening anyway.
Pregnant women are discouraged from doing EMDR, as if their healing is somehow risky — when in fact, it's often exactly what they need most.

But the biggest danger? The most exciting one?
It’s that EMDR gives women clarity.
Clarity that they are powerful. That they are enough. That they don’t have to stay in systems that don't serve them. And once you have that kind of clarity, you can’t unsee it. You start living differently — and that can feel disruptive, even terrifying. But it’s also liberating.

We wrap up with a few powerful reflection questions Kambria loves to ask herself and her clients:

Am I making this choice from a positive belief of self?
Why not? (to check for internalized programming)
Why is this right on time? (to reclaim power in difficult moments)

This episode is for clinicians, for women in therapy, and for anyone ready to see themselves clearly and step fully into their self-led energy. All stories, examples, and characters shared are fictionalized or composite representations. Any resemblance to actual persons or situations is purely coincidental and intended solely for educational illustration.

Come learn with us at Zero Disturbance:

Want to learn more about empowering yourself to experience therapy or coaching on your terms? If you appreciated this episode, you wont want to miss out on The Client Workbook + supporting videos! https://www.zerodisturbance.com/client-workbook

We also offer free resources for clients and therapists! https://www.zerodisturbance.com/free-resources

Get access to our free client resource library for the most up-to-date tools and resources for your own journey. Therapists, access our favorite free resources for designing high-value offers in The Zero Disturbance Welcome Bundle.

101: The Trap of Narcissist Analysis: What You Really Need Instead [Why Women Go To Therapy Series] Sep 24, 2025

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In this powerful episode of Zero Disturbance, we challenge the obsession with analyzing narcissists—especially in the wake of narcissism going viral on social media. Drawing from extensive work with female clients recovering from narcissistic abuse, Kambria Evans offers a liberating message: stop trying to understand the narcissist and start reclaiming your own life. We explore how women often stay stuck in mental loops trying to dissect their partner’s behavior, history, or trauma in search of closure. But instead of answers, this rumination prolongs their pain and reinforces an unequal, trauma-informed framework. We emphasize that healthy, empathetic brains will never fully comprehend the narcissistic experience—and they don’t need to.

This episode dives deep into:

- The emotional trap of trying to "figure out" narcissists

- How empathy is weaponized to keep women stuck in unhealthy dynamics

- Why giving any attention (even negative) keeps you energetically connected to the abuse

- The need to shift focus from the narcissist’s dysfunction to your own healing and power

- How EMDR therapy can help women reclaim positive beliefs of self

- A bold call to stop blaming survivors with language like “trauma bonding”

We also zoom out to connect narcissism with broader systemic issues like patriarchy, showing how women's trauma is often socially reinforced. This episode isn’t just about healing—it's about waking up, taking back your narrative, and creating a future where therapy isn't always about recovering from trauma, but about thriving in your wholeness.

The Zero Disturbance podcast is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for a therapeutic relationship or individualized mental health or medical care. All stories, examples, and characters shared are fictionalized or composite representations. Any resemblance to actual persons or situations is purely coincidental and intended solely for educational illustration.

Come learn with us at Zero Disturbance:

We also offer free resources for clients and therapists! https://www.zerodisturbance.com/free-resources

100: The We Do Not Care Club: An EMDR Path to Empowered Neutrality [Why Women Go To Therapy Series] Jul 11, 2025

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In the 100th episode of The Zero Disturbance Podcast, we explore the viral “We Do Not Care Club” created by Melani Sanders — a humorous and healing movement that’s resonating deeply with women everywhere. Through an EMDR lens, we break down why this message feels so good in the body, especially for women navigating burnout, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and midlife transitions like perimenopause and menopause.

We learn how EMDR therapy helps clients move from negative self-beliefs (“I have to be perfect,” “It’s my fault”) to deep somatic neutrality — the kind of empowered calm that fuels true healing and lasting transformation. We also unpack how society’s expectations, gendered emotional labor, and unspoken pressures on women intersect with hormonal shifts, and why so many women are finally saying: We do not care.

Whether you're deep in midlife or just beginning to question the stories you’ve been told, this episode offers education, validation, and a call to reclaim your own nervous system and voice — one belief at a time.
This content is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy. If you’re experiencing difficulties, please seek guidance from a licensed mental health provider. All stories, examples, and characters shared are fictionalized or composite representations. Any resemblance to actual persons or situations is purely coincidental and intended solely for educational illustration.

Come learn with us at Zero Disturbance:

We also offer free resources for clients and therapists! https://www.zerodisturbance.com/free-resources

99: Midlife Awakening: Embracing Urges with EMDR for Authentic Living [Why Women Go To Therapy Series] Jul 11, 2025

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In this powerful episode of the Zero Disturbance Podcast, we dive into a transformational topic: women and urges—and how honoring our body's messages can radically shift how we live, love, and lead.

We explore why so many women are disconnected from their intuition, bodies, and desires, often due to lifelong social conditioning, trauma, and internalized shame. Through the lens of EMDR therapy and somatic healing, Kambria Evans shares how recognizing and following a “full-body yes” (and saying no to a “full-body no”) can become a revolutionary act of self-love.

Key topics include:

The importance of somatic awareness and listening to your body's urges
How EMDR therapy can help process and play out suppressed parts safely
The role of trauma, societal programming, and patriarchal norms in urge repression
Why midlife can spark a crisis—or awakening—of long-ignored parts of self
The difference between reactive choices and intentional decisions around urges
How urge exploration can reduce burnout, autoimmune issues, and chronic stress
A step-by-step invitation for therapists and non-therapists to practice urge awareness

Whether you're a therapist, a woman in midlife, or someone exploring deeper emotional work, this episode will validate your inner knowing and help you return to the wisdom of your body.

Your urges aren’t problems—they're messages. What happens if you actually listen?

Come learn with us at Zero Disturbance:

We also offer free resources for clients and therapists! https://www.zerodisturbance.com/free-resources

98: How Anger & Disgust Are Actually Good for You [Why Women Go To Therapy Series] Jul 10, 2025

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In this powerful episode of the Zero Disturbance Podcast, we explore why so many women come to therapy feeling confused, responsible for others, and disconnected from their inner guidance system. The focus? Two of the most misunderstood emotions in healing work: anger and disgust. Drawing from experience in EMDR and Brainspotting, we discuss how women are socialized to suppress anger and collapse into sadness—ultimately cutting themselves off from their internal safety systems. But when anger is reframed as action energy, and disgust as the clarity to distance from harm, everything changes. This is especially true when leaving narcissistic, abusive relationships.

This episode covers:

Why anger is essential for trauma recovery and boundary setting
How disgust helps women see unsafe, narcissistic people and systems clearly
What it means to be Self-led and own your positive core beliefs
The impact of patriarchal programming on emotional expression
How therapists can help women reclaim emotional safety and power

Whether you're a therapist, survivor, or someone doing deep inner work, this episode will challenge old narratives and offer a transformative framework for healing.

Come learn with us at Zero Disturbance:

We also offer free resources for clients and therapists! https://www.zerodisturbance.com/free-resources

97: Be the CEO of Your Nervous System: EMDR and Parts Work [Why Women Go To Therapy Series] Jun 19, 2025

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In this thought-provoking episode of the Zero Disturbance Podcast, we continue on our empowering series, Why Women Go to Therapy, by diving deep into the transformative concept of parts work. Listen as we unpack how women develop internal “parts” throughout their lives—often in response to external pressures, trauma, or survival needs—and how these parts, though created with good intentions, can become outdated and energy-draining over time.

Using relatable metaphors, personal stories, and clinical insight, we highlight how understanding and honoring these parts can free women from perfectionism, caretaking burnout, body shame, and more. Drawing from modalities like Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and Brainspotting to explain how therapy helps women reclaim their energy, re-author old narratives, and reconnect with their authentic Self—free from internalized societal messaging.

Key Takeaways

Women develop different “parts” over time—coping mechanisms shaped by experiences, trauma, and social conditioning.
These parts aren’t bad; they were created to help—but many are now outdated and draining.
You have the power to identify, reassign, or retire these parts—like a CEO managing a team.
Much of what feels like your inner voice is actually internalized messaging from society, not your true Self.
Therapy helps you separate who you really are from the parts you’ve had to become.
Modalities like EMDR, IFS, and Brainspotting help access, heal, and integrate parts.
You are not your anxiety or depression—you have parts that feel anxious or depressed.
Rewriting these inner narratives brings clarity, freedom, and energy back to your system!

Come learn with us at Zero Disturbance:

We also offer free resources for clients and therapists! https://www.zerodisturbance.com/free-resources

96: EMDR vs. Brainspotting: What You Need to Know [Why Women Go To Therapy Series] Jun 13, 2025

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In this powerful episode of the Zero Disturbance Podcast, we dive deep into the transformative world of Brainspotting—a brain-based, somatic therapy that helps access and heal trauma, especially the kind stored before we even had language. Kambria shares her surprising journey from EMDR skeptic to Brainspotting advocate, explaining how this technique—developed by Dr. David Grand—uses eye position to access “trauma spots” and “resource spots” in the brain. Through personal insight, clinical expertise, and rich storytelling, we outline why brainspotting can be especially profound for women navigating complex trauma, patriarchal programming, and early childhood wounds.

What You’ll Learn:

1) The difference between EMDR and Brainspotting

2) How Brainspotting reaches preverbal memory networks

3) Why talk therapy may be “speaking gibberish” to younger parts of self

4) The profound shifts we experience personally through Brainspotting

5) Why combining EMDR + Brainspotting is a game-changer for therapists and clients alike

If you’ve ever felt stuck in therapy, overwhelmed by the pace of healing, or disconnected from your body’s wisdom—this episode is your invitation to explore something radically different!

Come learn with us at Zero Disturbance:

We also offer free resources for clients and therapists! https://www.zerodisturbance.com/free-resources

95: Why EMDR is a Game-Changer for Women [Why Women Go To Therapy Series] May 31, 2025

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In this episode, we explore why EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is particularly powerful for women and how it serves not just as a healing tool, but as a form of personal and social revolution. Discussion on how EMDR helps clients target not only trauma and disturbing memories but also deeply embedded societal programming around safety, power, control, and worth. For women, many of these beliefs are tied to patriarchal, narcissistic structures that have historically denied them autonomy and value. EMDR offers a path to reclaim those beliefs by helping women internalize new, positive narratives in both mind and body.

Key themes include:

1) Why traditional diagnoses like anxiety and depression often miss the bigger picture: these symptoms may be responses to oppressive environments, not personal defects.

2) How brain-based therapies like EMDR and Brainspotting work differently than talk therapy by including body-based processing and belief reprogramming.

3) The impact of generational trauma: many women carry survival strategies taught by mothers and grandmothers who lived with fewer rights and opportunities.

4) The feminist and activist lens of EMDR: reprogramming beliefs like “I am safe” or “I have power” is a radical act in a society that often withholds those truths from women.

5) Empowerment beyond trauma: Women aren’t just healing pain—they’re expanding into strength, clarity, and agency.

Come learn with us at Zero Disturbance:

We also offer free resources for clients and therapists! https://www.zerodisturbance.com/free-resources

94: Am I Good Enough? [Why Women Go To Therapy Series] Apr 14, 2025

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Have you ever asked yourself, “Am I good enough?” If so, you’re not alone. In this episode of the Zero Disturbance Podcast, we deep dive into this question, exploring how so many women struggle with self-doubt and the journey to reclaim their inherent worth.

Every woman is born with her own unique goodness, and that worth is non-negotiable. Despite the external pressures, criticisms, and messages we encounter throughout life, our value remains constant. In this empowering episode, Kambria challenges the idea of seeking validation from others and instead encourages us to embrace our own value system—one that is free from societal standards and rooted in our true selves.

We explore how many of these feelings of inadequacy are formed early in life—often before we’re five years old—and how they can be reprogrammed through therapy. Releasing the need to prove our worth and embracing self-compassion allows us to heal from feelings of shame and inadequacy.

The core message? Your goodness belongs to you, and always has. Anyone who tries to confuse that is trying to control or objectify you.

We hope to inspire listeners to build their own value systems, one that’s grounded in their true selves and impervious to the judgment of others. If you’ve ever struggled with self-doubt or felt like you were never enough, this episode is packed with powerful insights on how to move past those limiting beliefs and confidently live in your truth.

What You’ll Learn:

1. The therapeutic journey of reclaiming your inherent goodness and understanding how external influences have shaped the way women perceive themselves.

2. How every woman is born with her own inherent goodness. Despite the pressures and messages, we receive throughout life, our worth is non-negotiable and always belongs to us.

3. Women are often conditioned to seek validation and approval from others, but it's essential to embrace our own value system, rather than relying on someone else's standards of "good enough."

4. How early negative beliefs about goodness are formed, and how these beliefs can be reprogrammed through therapy to help women move past feelings of shame, defectiveness, and inadequacy.

5. The power of surrender—letting go of the need to prove our worth and choosing instead to embrace our goodness and self-worth as we are.

6. How to build our own value system, rooted in their true selves, which helps us develop a strong sense of self that is impervious to external judgment.