Somatic Healing for Boundaries: Reconnecting with the Body to Feel Safe Again

Somatic Healing for Boundaries: Reconnecting with the Body to Feel Safe Again

by | Nov 10, 2025 | Boundaries, Fear of Speaking up, Guilt, People pleasing, Relational trauma, Shame, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 🌿 Anxiety, 🌱 Burn-out, 🧡 Relationships, 🔥 Stress and the body

Reading time: 5 minutes In trauma-informed healing, the body isn’t just something that carries us through life. It’s the map, the compass, and the doorway to transformation. Somatic Healing for Boundaries begins when we realize that our ability to say “no,” to take...
This Is Why We Fight: The Emotional Anatomy of Polarization

This Is Why We Fight: The Emotional Anatomy of Polarization

by | Oct 10, 2025 | Anger, Coping Mechanisms, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, Fear Of Abandonment, Fear of Rejection, Fear of Speaking up, Grief, Guilt, People pleasing, Relational trauma, Shame, Society & Culture, The Father Wound, The Mother Wound, The Wound Of Unworthiness, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 🌿 Anxiety, 🧠 Emotions, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships

Reading time: 10 minutes Lately I have been feeling into the state of the world, and especially the state of the online world. What I see happening collectively mirrors what happens within each of us individually. The fights, the outrage, the quickness to label and...
Reclaiming Anger: How to Heal, Set Boundaries, and Find Your True Power

Reclaiming Anger: How to Heal, Set Boundaries, and Find Your True Power

by | Apr 25, 2025 | Anger, Boundaries, Emotion Regulation, Fear of Speaking up, Feminism, Learned Helplessness, Patriarchy, People pleasing, Shame, 💎 Iris Savonije, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen

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,...
People Pleasing: Why It Feels Unsafe to Be Yourself

People Pleasing: Why It Feels Unsafe to Be Yourself

by | Feb 28, 2025 | Authenticity, Boundaries, Fear Of Abandonment, Fear of Rejection, Fear of Speaking up, Guilt, People pleasing, Perfectionism, Relational trauma, Shadow Work, 🌿 Anxiety, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships

Reading time: 7 minutes People pleasing is often framed as being overly kind, overly accommodating, or overly concerned with what others think. Yet when you look honestly at how it operates inside you, it rarely feels gentle or optional. It feels urgent. Automatic. As...