by Myrthe Glasbergen | Feb 8, 2026 | Attachment, Boundaries, Co-dependency, Coping Mechanisms, Fawning, Fear Of Abandonment, Fear of failure, Fear of Rejection, Fear of Speaking up, Inner child healing, Loneliness, Nervous system regulation, People pleasing, Perfectionism, The Wound Of Unworthiness, Trauma-informed healing, 🌿 Anxiety, 🧠 Emotions, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships, 🔥 Stress and the body
Reading time: 6 minutes You might recognize this. Someone is disappointed in you.They do not shout. They do not reject you outright.Maybe they sigh. Maybe they pull back slightly. Maybe they say they expected something else. And inside, everything happens at once....
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 30, 2026 | Complex Trauma, Inner child healing, Relational trauma, Self-love, The Wound Of Unworthiness, Trauma, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 🧡 Relationships
Reading time: 6 minutes Trauma-informed healing is not about fixing what is broken. It is about understanding what happened, not only to you as an individual but also to the world you were born into. A trauma informed perspective looks at the full picture: the family...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 30, 2026 | Anger, Boundaries, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, 🧠 Emotions, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen
Reading time: 6 minutes Anger release is often misunderstood. Many people think it means venting, discharging, or “getting rid of” anger so they can finally feel calm again. In reality, real anger release is not about eliminating anger at all. It is about...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 23, 2026 | Anger, Authenticity, Boundaries, Co-dependency, Fawning, Guilt, Insecurity, People pleasing, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 🌿 Anxiety, 🌱 Burn-out, 🧠 Emotions, 🧡 Relationships
Reading time: 8 minutes If you are trying to overcome people pleasing, you are likely not confused about what you do. You already notice how quickly you adapt, how easily you say yes, and how automatically you monitor the emotional state of others. You may even...
by Kai Njeri | Jan 23, 2026 | Becoming, Birth, Initiation, Motherhood, Pregnancy, The Mother Wound, Womb ecology, 🌿 Anxiety, 🧠 Emotions, 💎 Kai Njeri, 🌱 Life Transitions & Thresholds, 🔥 Stress and the body
Reading time: 11 minutes A woman can be pregnant, supported, healthy, and still feel afraid. Her days look fine from the outside. Her scans are normal. Her people are kind. And yet inside her chest something stays slightly tight, slightly alert, as if the world has...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 22, 2026 | Intergenerational trauma, Relational trauma, Society & Culture, The Wound Of Unworthiness, Trauma, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 🌿 Anxiety, 🌱 Burn-out, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships
Reading time: 8 minutes Relational trauma is not a niche psychological concept, nor is it limited to people who grew up in visibly dysfunctional families. It is one of the most widespread and least recognized forms of trauma in modern society, precisely because it...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 22, 2026 | Shame
Reading time: 9 minutes If you are searching for healing shame, chances are you are not confused about your life. You are intelligent, reflective, and likely already aware of your patterns. You may understand your childhood, recognize your coping mechanisms, and see...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 21, 2026 | Complex Trauma, Nervous system regulation, Relational trauma, Stress, Suppressed Emotions, Trauma, 🧠 Emotions, 🔥 Stress and the body
Reading time: 7 minutes Trauma does not live in the mind alone.It lives in the body. Not as a memory you can simply recall or explain, but as sensation. As tension that never fully released. As impulses that were interrupted. As emotions that never had the space,...
by Raya Salomé Goldstein | Jan 8, 2026 | Archetypes & Myth, Hypersensitivity, Society & Culture, Storytelling, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 💎 Raya Goldstein
Reading time: 7 minutes Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Princess and the Pea initially appears almost ironic—superficial, even sexist in its suggestion that a “real” princess is defined by her fragility. Yet a closer reading reveals a different layer, one...
by Spela Vehar | Jan 3, 2026 | Chronic stress, emotional eating, Trauma-informed healing, Weight Gain, Weight loss, 🧠 Emotions, 💎 Spela Vehar, 🔥 Stress and the body
Reading time: 9 minutes There is a special group of people in the world who probably believe they were born under an unlucky star. A group that believes their body is somehow defective, doomed to excess weight, a ring around the waist, or fat on the thighs or arms. A...
