Things I wished I had understood earlier in my life. Knowledge is empowering

People pleasing is an unconscious form of manipulation. It’s also a survival adaption that’s learned in childhood ( 🧵)

Fawning (people pleasing) is one of the most common trauma responses. This can become a pattern that leads us to betray ourselves. Here’s why (🧵):

These skills are things I learned outside of my 3 university degrees, and they’re the skills that have taken the work I do & results my clients experience to levels beyond anything I learned in a textbook:

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10 must-know Japanese concepts that will improve your life:

Not enough people talk about the cocoon stage of healing It's that pull to disappear, be alone, and spend time actually getting to know who you are Are you in the cocoon stage?👇

10 Reminders For Adults Raised in Dysfunctional Homes A THREAD 🧵:

People pleasing is exhausting and leads to resentment. It's also a coping mechanism we learned to stay safe. Here's how to stop people pleasing, to become more authentic in your relationships. A THREAD 🧵:

Remembering with gratitude all those who have made commitments and sacrifices for our sovereignty. Having served in the Canadian military myself, this holds a special place in my heart. With hopes that one day, no more sacrifices need to be made. Lest we forget.

This is a vital root I see impacts so much, not only relationships but health, purpose, satisfaction with life. It’s a common theme I’ve seen with autoimmunity & endometriosis. Awareness is the first step. There are ways to break the patterns & experience the life you truly want

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HOW TO BECOME MORE SELF AWARE A THREAD 🧵:

Gratitude is fantastic for your health. And it is especially powerful to receive. As Dr. Andrew Huberman points out:

Not enough people talk about how difficult the holidays are when you're on a healing journey. Here's some tips on how to navigate the holidays when you have a dysfunctional family or narcissistic parents (NP) A THREAD 🧵:

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Are you constantly focused on what people think of you, always re-playing conversations in your mind, and do you notice every change in someone's emotional state? This is called hypervigilance:

That critical voice in your mind is not you. It’s the internalized voices of others.

9. Ego work: the practice of witnessing and befriending our ego as a protection mechanism. (full guide here) theholisticpsychologist.com/how-to-do-ego-…