by Myrthe Glasbergen | Aug 12, 2025 | Capitalism, Colonialism, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, Emotions, Feminism, Intergenerational trauma, Leadership, Myrthe Glasbergen, Patriarchy, Socialism, Trauma
Reading time: 12 minutes The dangerous costs of emotionally immature leaders aren’t just bad policy. They’re cycles of harm that echo through politics, culture, and everyday life. Without emotional maturity at the heart of leadership, decisions are driven by...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jul 25, 2025 | Myrthe Glasbergen, People pleasing, Relational trauma, Relationships, The Mother Wound
Reading time: 7 minutes We talk a lot about burnout, anxiety, and stress, but what if the root of it all is something we rarely name? What if hidden behind it all is a silent epidemic: the belief that in order to be loved, safe, or accepted, we must disconnect from...
by Casey Godrie | Jul 23, 2025 | Capitalism, Casey Godrie, Colonialism, Limitarianism, Patriarchy, Socialism
Reading time: 6 minutes Back in the nineties, it was common sense to be social. To question capitalism. To think together about how we could create a society based on solidarity. That would be the future—because humans are social beings. I used to play the song “Come...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jun 17, 2025 | Burn-out, Emotions, Myrthe Glasbergen, Nervous system regulation, Spiritual awakening, Stress and the body, Suppressed Emotions
Reading time: 7 minutes Meditation. Yoga. Silence. Breathwork. These are the practices we’re told will help us heal. Tools that promise transformation, peace, emotional regulation, even awakening. But what if that peace you’re chasing – that quiet,...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | May 18, 2025 | Anger, Anxiety, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, Emotional Neglect, Emotions, Grief, Guilt, Nervous system regulation, Relationships, Shame, Stress, Stress and the body, Suppressed Emotions, Trauma
Reading time: 4 minutes Somatic Tools for Emotions: Reconnecting with the Body’s Intelligence We live in a world that teaches us to analyze everything but feel very little. When we experience pain or discomfort, we often move away from it instead of into it. Yet...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | May 16, 2025 | Anxiety, Breaking free, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, Myrthe Glasbergen, Self-acceptance, Shame
Reading time: 9 minutes Emotional safety has become one of the most frequently named goals in healing spaces. We are encouraged to find safe environments, safe people, safe conversations, safe practices. And for a nervous system that has lived in chronic threat,...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Apr 25, 2025 | Anger, Boundaries, Emotion Regulation, Fear of Speaking up, Feminism, Learned Helplessness, Myrthe Glasbergen, Patriarchy, People pleasing, Shame
Reading time: 8 minutes Anger remains one of the most misunderstood emotional forces in both psychology and personal growth culture. It is frequently framed as something dangerous, destructive, or primitive, and therefore something that needs to be managed, softened,...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Mar 18, 2025 | Anxiety, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, Emotions, Nervous system regulation, Relational trauma, Stress, Stress and the body, Suppressed Emotions, Survival Mode, Trauma
Reading time: 4 minutes Somatic Healing Tools: Reconnecting with Your Inner Wisdom Somatic healing tools are the bridge between the body and the mind. They help you reconnect with yourself through presence, movement, and awareness. Healing is not only about...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 2, 2025 | Anxiety, Authenticity, Fear of Rejection, Loneliness, Myrthe Glasbergen, Relationships, Self-acceptance, Self-discovery, Self-love, Self-worth & Identity, Shame, The Wound Of Unworthiness
Reading time: 8 minutes Do you sometimes, or often, feel like you don’t belong anywhere? It doesn’t seem to matter where you are. You might be with friends, with family, at work, in a supermarket, at a festival, in a bar, or simply walking down the street. Still,...
by Myrthe Glasbergen | Nov 28, 2024 | Anger, Breaking free, Capitalism, Co-dependency, Feminism, Myrthe Glasbergen, Patriarchy
Reading time: 11 minutes Through the good girl script and the deliberate, ongoing sexualization of young girls, women are being stripped of their power from a very young age, and it’s important we talk about it. Up until today, in the Western world, we are still...
