relationships

December 2, 2025

Connection vs. Consumption: Recognizing When Relationships Extract Rather Than Nourish Part 2: Love vs. Consumption Series

A Note on Process: This piece emerged from a long conversation—with myself, really, though AI served as a reflective partner in the process. I started with raw, stream-of-consciousness writing trying to understand my own patterns around connection and consumption. The AI helped me see the structure in what I was already saying, asked questions that Continue reading

sacred healing

life, love, mental health, relationships, writing
October 17, 2025

Care or Carrying?

**Tags:** – trauma recovery – boundaries – codependency – religious trauma – emotional responsibility – self-leadership – caring vs carrying – parenting adult children – healing patterns – compassion fatigue – inner work – family dynamics – faith deconstruction – emotional boundaries – recovery coaching **Excerpt:** I was 17 when I called my ex-boyfriend to… Continue reading

healing and recovery, Personal Development, trauma recovery coaching

Boundaries, caring vs carrying, codependency, compassion fatigue, emotional boundaries, emotional responsibility, faith deconstruction, Family Dynamics, healing, healing patterns, inner work, life, love, mental health, parenting adult children, relationships, religious trauma, self-leadership, trauma recovery
September 4, 2025

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 coaching

attachment 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

relationships

Connection vs. Consumption: Recognizing When Relationships Extract Rather Than Nourish Part 2: Love vs. Consumption Series

Care or Carrying?

Understanding Fawning: Breaking Cycles of Survival-Based Relationships