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Are You Running on Fear?
Our nervous systems are wired to keep us alive, not to keep us happy. They’re incredibly good at detecting danger, but terrible at telling the difference between real threats and false alarms. That rustling in the bushes could be a bear or it could be a squirrel. Your nervous system doesn’t care—it just screams ‘RUN!'” Continue reading
adoption trauma, anxiety management, attachment healing, authentic connection, belonging and connection, body-based healing, childhood trauma, complex trauma, developmental trauma, Emotional Intelligence, emotional regulation, Emotional Safety, emotional wellness, fear response, fight or flight, grounding techniques, healing community, healing practices, healing-journey, healthy relationships, holistic healing, hypervigilance, inner child work, intergenerational trauma, Linda Thai, mental health awareness, mental health support, mindful living, mindfulness practices, nervous system regulation, nervous system reset, personal growth, recovery tools, relationship healing, resilience building, safe relationships, self-acceptance, self-compassion, self-regulation, somatic therapy, stress management, therapeutic techniques, therapeutic wisdom, therapy insights, trauma awareness, trauma education, trauma healing, trauma informed care, trauma recovery, trauma survivor, trauma therapy, wellness journey -
Understanding Fawning: Breaking Cycles of Survival-Based Relationships
Unlike fight, flight, or freeze responses that happen in the moment, fawning is different—it’s a survival pattern learned over time. Dr. Mary Catherine MacDonald explains how this trauma response develops through repeated experiences, creating adults who struggle to simply exist in relationships without constantly scanning for others’ needs. But understanding fawning is the first step… Continue reading
attachment, attachment theory, CPTSD, emotional courage, fawn, mental health, parenting, Personal Development, personal growth, trauma recovery, trauma recovery coachingattachment theory, attunement, Boundaries, breaking cycles, breaking patterns, child development, childhood trauma, codependency recovery, Dr. Mary Catherine MacDonald, Edward Tronick, emotional regulation, emotional wellness, Family Dynamics, family healing, family therapy, fawning, fight flight freeze, generational trauma, good enough parenting, healing from trauma, hypervigilance, inner child work, mental health, mindful parenting, neuroplasticity, parenting mistakes, people-pleasing, personal growth, psychology, relationships, repair and healing, rupture and repair, secure attachment, self-awareness, Survival Responses, The Joy Reset, therapeutic insights, toxic family dynamics, trauma recovery -
When Authority Becomes the Enemy of Truth
“Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” — Albert EinsteinThe ambulance lights cut through the darkness at the convenience store. Someone had played Russian roulette and lost. As I drove past that night, seventeen and heartbroken after my boyfriend left me for my best friend, I looked up at the empty sky… Continue reading
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