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The survival skill that’s keeping you stuck

  After all the trauma you’ve endured and how much you’ve grown from it, you might start telling yourself “I’ve got this,” when you realise you’re one of the most independent people you know. It seems like confidence on the surface because you’re a strong, capable and independent person. 💪🏻  But what can seem like confidence may actually be the result of your nervous system learning that relying on other people wasn’t safe.  Your brain has adapted because you were…

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Do you feel heard?

    I read a beautiful quote the other day;   “Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.” —David W. Augsburger   Active listening and really hearing what the other person is saying is a skill we can take for granted.   For a lot of people I work with, they’ve felt unheard for a lot of their lives.   This can lead to them shutting down and not bothering…

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