Author: Eva

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How to Feel Safe Being Fully Yourself

What if the pressure to become a better version of yourself isn’t actually helping you receive more love or support?

What if it’s only convincing your nervous system that who you are today isn’t enough?

Many sensitive, capable women I work with don’t realize at first that a part of them is striving to become someone else.

A part of them learned that they’ll receive more love, support, and success once they become a little more shiny. … Continue readingHow to Feel Safe Being Fully Yourself

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You Don’t Have to Become Better to Have the Love and Support You Want

A part of you already knows that love and support is not something you should have to earn. And yet your body keeps relating to those things through the same old pressure.

Because this isn’t primarily an information problem.

It is a relationship problem. The way you relate to yourself, support, and receiving. And the way you relate to love.

This is why in somatic work we begin creating a different relationship with yourself.
… Continue readingYou Don’t Have to Become Better to Have the Love and Support You Want

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How Your Body Learns to Choose Stable Love and Supportive Work

If you grew up around criticism, instability, or people who didn’t have the capacity to truly see you, your nervous system has learned that being careful was safer than being yourself.

So a part of you learned to stay in control, stay ahead, and make sure you didn’t get anything wrong. 

It learned to become harsh and controlling, because it believed that was the best way to keep you safe.

This protector slowly became the thing it was trying to protect you from.

And underneath that protector is usually a little girl who felt overwhelmed. … Continue readingHow Your Body Learns to Choose Stable Love and Supportive Work