03/05/2025
🔹️Playing small
🔹️Over thinking and Hypervigilance
🔹️Over apologising
🔹️People pleasing
🔹️Self Sacrificing
🔹️Putting other people's needs, wants and desires above your own.
🔹️Not being able to speak up.
🔹️Numbing, disconnection and disassociation
Are all survival/safety mechanisms that can be used to keep us safe from actual or perceived danger.
They can also be Outdated Generational Feminine programming.
You may have grown up and/or experienced relationships where you had to walk on eggshells, you were taught not to rock the boat and felt responsible for keeping the peace- even worse gaslit and victim blamed if you ever spoke up about abuse in any form.
What happened to you is not your fault but it is now your responsibility to heal from it and it can be a long and hard road but every small step forward counts.
Recovery and the journey from dis-emowerment to empowerment can involve any of the following.
🩵 Psychology
🩵 Meditation and Mindfulness practice.
🩵 Positive affirmations
🩵 Tapping and Somatic healing
🩵 Dancing, singing and fun gentle exercise
🩵 Reiki- a relaxation technique/energy healing.
🩵 Breathwork
🩵 Theta Healing- to work on releasing old Subconscious Beliefs/Programming.
🩵 Massage
🩵 Connection with nature- Swimming in waterfalls and the beach can naturally cleanse your energy/calm your nervous system with the sounds and grounding your bare feet into the earth.
🩵 Connection and laughter with loving, trusted friends and family- those that make you feel safe, support you and fill your cup.
🩵 Journaling to get the repetitive thoughts out of your head- then burn and release.
🩵 Be creative and channel your feelings/depth/quirkiness/authenticity with art or creative projects.
🩵 Learning to have strong and healthy boundaries. Making decisions for yourself that FEEL right for you and not feeling guilty about it. NO is a complete sentence.
🩵 If you have turned to drug and/or alcohol addiction as a numbing/disassociation strategy then please seek professional help. Drug and alcohol counselling, AA, NA or rehabilitation.
🩵 Practical safety measures to help you feel safe- Safety Apps, Security locks and cameras.
💜 Breath in the calm and peaceful energy.
💜 Breath out..... you've got this!