Category: Emotional Safety

Essentials: Are You Blended Or Solid In Your Sense of Self?

Essentials: Are You Blended Or Solid In Your Sense of Self? The fawn response focuses our mind and awareness outside ourselves. In my work, I

Moving Beyond Ill-intent

#thrivingbeyondcodependency #advancedemotionalcare What I share below is an advanced form of emotional relating. It is a work in progress in my own life, something I

How To Feel Emotionally Safe Again – The 3 Habits That Are Causing You More Pain

You can listen to this episode on YouTube or the Podcast here: There are three habits we do with emotions that tend to trap and

Undue Tolerance

Normally, tolerance is a benefit to a relationship. It inspires love, connection, relational flexibility, understanding. But in toxic systems, tolerance becomes a quick-sand trap, leading

Is it fawning or is it love?

The fawn response can induce feelings of affection within a survivor towards an abuser or threat. These feelings motivate the survivor to appeal and please

A Paradox With Feeling Safe

There’s a paradox about nurturing safety… Safety is not the lack of intense emotion, or of feeling anxiety, unsure, or even insecure. These are emotions

The Essentials: Building Emotional Safety With Yourself – Part One

You can watch or listen to this post here: Creating and nurturing safety is the first and highest priority in the healing of codependency. We