There’s such a deep exhale in the way you name that the pattern is not just “out there” in symptoms or relationships, it is living in how we relate to what hurts. The women I sit with are so often doing everything “right” on the surface while their nervous system is still relating to their body through fear, over functioning, and quiet self blame, and your piece feels like an invitation to treat that relational shift as the beginning of real safety and healing, not the afterthought.
There’s such a deep exhale in the way you name that the pattern is not just “out there” in symptoms or relationships, it is living in how we relate to what hurts. The women I sit with are so often doing everything “right” on the surface while their nervous system is still relating to their body through fear, over functioning, and quiet self blame, and your piece feels like an invitation to treat that relational shift as the beginning of real safety and healing, not the afterthought.
Thank you for such a thoughtful reply. I just exhaled after reading your comment. And, yes, to it being the beginning of real safety and healing.