Yvonne Trost shares how walking away from a draining marriage became the catalyst for reclaiming her identity, healing subconscious patterns, and building her coaching community, Limitless You. Through faith, courage, and deep inner work, Yvonne Trost now helps women upgrade limiting beliefs, stop over-giving from emptiness, and create lives aligned with who God designed them to be.
In this energizing and deeply reflective episode of Healed. Whole. Called., Wendy Melrose welcomes Yvonne Trost, founder of Limitless You, subconscious performance coach, and hypnotherapist. Yvonne’s journey began in a small town in central Illinois, raised by loving parents who modeled stability and survival. Yet even well-intentioned conditioning can quietly shape a life that feels misaligned with one’s true design.
Over time, Yvonne found herself living a version of success that looked stable on the outside but felt disconnected within. A painful and prolonged divorce became the wake-up call she describes as both desperation and divine invitation. Instead of continuing to repeat patterns, she chose to confront them. What followed was years of deep inner work—studying hypnotherapy, yoga, subconscious programming, and the nervous system—not just from textbooks, but through lived experience.
At the heart of Yvonne’s message is this truth: you are not your mind. Just as you can say, “I have a hand, but I am not my hand,” you can say, “I have a mind, but I am not my mind.” Many of the behaviors that keep women stuck—over-giving, overworking, people-pleasing, procrastinating, numbing through scrolling or entertainment—are subconscious survival programs formed in childhood. They once served a purpose. But if never upgraded, they begin to run life on autopilot.
Yvonne introduces the concept of “stuck operating procedures” versus “healthy operating procedures.” The subconscious mind is wired for survival, not fulfillment. It resists change because change feels unsafe. But when we learn to bring awareness to those patterns, we can gently rewrite them.
One of the most powerful images she shares is the “backwash cup.” When women give and give until their cup is nearly empty, what they have left to offer is not generosity—it is depletion. True generosity comes from overflow, not exhaustion. Self-care is not selfish; it is stewardship. When we fill ourselves first—emotionally, spiritually, physically—we offer living water rather than leftovers.
Yvonne challenges a common misapplication of the Golden Rule. Instead of endlessly doing for others while neglecting ourselves, she invites women to practice what she calls a “platinum principle”: care for yourself so fully that you can give from wholeness, not resentment. The goal is not withdrawal from love—it is sustainable love.
Throughout the conversation, Wendy and Yvonne reflect on the dangers of unconscious habits—from doom scrolling to binge watching to over-functioning—and how easy it is to slip into survival patterns during painful seasons like divorce. Yet obedience to God’s prompting, even in small steps, creates freedom. Growth often begins when we release what keeps us stuck.
Yvonne’s encouragement to the woman listening is simple and urgent: Don’t wait. Listen to your heart. Ask what your mind, body, and spirit need right now. Stop “shoulding” yourself. When you choose alignment and truth, God can use even the hardest seasons to rewrite your story.
You are not broken. You may simply need a code upgrade.
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Additional free and paid resources, including meditations and subconscious belief tools, are available on her website under the Resources section.