Tag: somatic parts work

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A new map for love, support, and receiving

Many sensitive women don’t realize they’re relating to love, support, and success through a very old nervous system map. 

A map that was created when they were too young to know that the level of care they received wasn’t necessarily the level that is available to them now.

If your early experience involved inconsistency, emotional unavailability, or carrying more than a child should have to carry, a younger part have learned: maybe this is as good as it gets.

That experience isn’t only a belief, it lives in your body as a felt sense of what life allows. … Continue readingA new map for love, support, and receiving

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When you want more, but a part of you doesn’t feel safe yet

You want more from your life. More love, intimacy, support, more space for your work to grow and be recognized.

But what usually happens somewhere along the way is that the wanting slowly turns into pressure and panic.

Suddenly the same woman who felt inspired a week ago is lying on the couch exhausted, avoiding messages, doubting herself, procrastinating, or wanting to disappear somewhere where she doesn’t have to face life for a while.

One of the most common things I see in capable women is this cycle of expansion (you can envision, feel, almost touch what you want) followed by collapse. … Continue readingWhen you want more, but a part of you doesn’t feel safe yet

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Learning to Stay With What You Feel: Moving toward reciprocal relationships

One of the most encouraging things to learn about your nervous system is this:

Your emotions don’t get stronger because you’re broken — they get stronger because they’re looking for you.

When you try to push past what you feel or “hold it together,” your system doesn’t quiet down; it simply tries harder to get your attention.
Not to overwhelm you — but to communicate. … Continue readingLearning to Stay With What You Feel: Moving toward reciprocal relationships