03/07/2025
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Your resistance didnât come out of thin air.
When you freeze up or shut down, itâs not an inherent flaw.
Theyâre coping mechanisms. Learned responses.
Theyâre your body trying to keep you safe and connected in the best it way knows how, and itâs often an old pattern that could use some attunement and updating.
Many tend toward shame when we notice the freeze, anxiety, or resistance.
We get frustrated when we canât let go, perform, open up, or just do the thing.
And it doesnât help.
What can help is getting curious about the freeze, about the deeper resistance.
It's in the softening â creating space to connect with and be present in the body.
Itâs getting in touch with the part thatâs protecting and resisting, and finding out what itâs afraid of.
Itâs gently noticing the tension and allowing it; validating & appreciating it.
Then approaching it with compassionate curiosity; what are you afraid of? What pain are you still holding on to?
Itâs asking that part gently, âWhat would you need to feel safe right now?
What do you need to hear?
To feel?
I see you, and youâre safe now.â
Thereâs often a tender part of the Self hidden away because it wasnât honored; it wasnât allowed.
It wasnât felt, processed, soothed, and validated.
But thatâs the beauty of adulthood.
We can learn how to give that compassion, tenderness, understanding, and care to the younger parts of our Self that didnât get them when we needed it.
We can help those parts of the Self mature by being the one who shows up.
Youâre here now, and youâre doing it.
And thatâs what matters most.
If this is where you are right now - working on navigating stuckness & resistance while connecting more deeply with yourself - and youâre looking for a support in this process, registration for the 12 month Cycle Breakers program is now open.
This is a year long program for those committed to bringing their patterns to light and slowly and intentionally meeting themselves with more safety, generosity, compassion, and accountability. And itâs done in small, supportive, heart-centered community.
If you register before July 11, you'll receive a 1:1 with me to use before we begin in September.
Register at the link below.
https://theeqschool.co/cycle-breakers