Embodied Love Rising

Embodied Love Rising Welcome to Embodied Love Rising ! Led by Dr. Marchell, we explore attachment, relationships, and personal growth with culturally nuanced insights.

Join us for tools to heal, thrive, and transform the way you love. đź’›

Sometimes the heart wants to connect, but the nervous system remembers what it had to survive. 💔In this new piece, I’m e...
10/08/2025

Sometimes the heart wants to connect, but the nervous system remembers what it had to survive. đź’”
In this new piece, I’m exploring how unresolved trauma can quietly take over our emotions — shaping how we respond, love, and protect ourselves — even when we long for closeness.

If you’ve ever found yourself reacting stronger than you meant to, pulling away when you wanted to stay, or replaying old patterns in new relationships… this reflection is for you.

đź’« Read the full post and join the conversation on Embodied Love Rising over on Substack.
Photo Credit Photo by Everton Vila on Unsplash
👉 https://open.substack.com/pub/drmarchellcoleman/p/the-emotional-takeover-understanding?r=e764f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Sometimes what feels like “spark” is really a trauma echo — your nervous system pulling you toward the familiar.🌱 Safe l...
09/30/2025

Sometimes what feels like “spark” is really a trauma echo — your nervous system pulling you toward the familiar.

🌱 Safe love may feel calmer. Steadier. Less dramatic.
But that’s intimacy — not intensity.

✨ Reflection: When have I confused intensity for true intimacy?

If you’re always walking on eggshells, that’s not love — that’s survival.Love that flows from worth feels like exhale, l...
09/28/2025

If you’re always walking on eggshells, that’s not love — that’s survival.
Love that flows from worth feels like exhale, like home, like being fully seen.

✨ Reflection: What would “love as rest” feel like in my body?

🌿✨ Relationships Are Mirrors ✨🌿Society tells us we need to be in or out of a relationship to prove something about our w...
09/27/2025

🌿✨ Relationships Are Mirrors ✨🌿

Society tells us we need to be in or out of a relationship to prove something about our worth. But the truth is, every relationship—romantic, platonic, or professional—is a mirror.

They reveal our hidden patterns, the parts of us still longing for healing, and the places where we’ve grown strong. As Carl Jung once said:

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”

In my latest Substack essay, I dive into the psychological, emotional, and spiritual lessons of relationships—including why we’re drawn to certain people, how projection shapes our connections, and how to know when it’s time to release or renew a bond.

💌 I’d love for you to read it, reflect, and share your thoughts with me.

https://open.substack.com/pub/drmarchellcoleman/p/relationships-as-mirrors-what-they?r=e764f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Your protector self was brilliant. She helped you survive.But healing says: I don’t need constant protection anymore. I ...
09/27/2025

Your protector self was brilliant. She helped you survive.
But healing says: I don’t need constant protection anymore. I can rest in safety.

✨ Reflection: What protection do I still hold that I’m ready to lay down gently?

Many of us learned to confuse effort with intimacy — believing if we did enough, we’d finally be loved enough.But true l...
09/25/2025

Many of us learned to confuse effort with intimacy — believing if we did enough, we’d finally be loved enough.
But true loyalty isn’t about labor. It’s about being seen, heard, and cherished without performing.

✨ Reflection: What would it look like for me to receive love instead of earning it?

When love felt unsafe, your system built strategies:– Be agreeable– Don’t need too much– Overgive to stay connected– Avo...
09/23/2025

When love felt unsafe, your system built strategies:
– Be agreeable
– Don’t need too much
– Overgive to stay connected
– Avoid intimacy altogether

These strategies weren’t weakness—they were brilliance. But now, they might be blocking what you truly desire: love that is mutual, restful, safe.

✨ Reflection: Which protector strategy do I still carry?

Caretaking often begins in childhood—being “good,” helpful, or low-maintenance to get scraps of love.As adults, it can s...
09/21/2025

Caretaking often begins in childhood—being “good,” helpful, or low-maintenance to get scraps of love.
As adults, it can show up as:
– Always giving, rarely receiving
– Feeling unseen, even in partnership
– Carrying an ache of not being fully chosen

💡 The truth: This isn’t failure. It’s a blueprint you can rewrite.

✨ Reflection: Where do I give love as labor instead of as a gift?

The version of you who stayed agreeable, overgave, or hid her needs wasn’t broken—she was brilliant. She kept you safe w...
09/19/2025

The version of you who stayed agreeable, overgave, or hid her needs wasn’t broken—she was brilliant. She kept you safe when love felt unpredictable.
But now, she doesn’t have to run the show anymore. ✨
Today, whisper to her:
“Thank you for keeping me safe. But I am safe now.”
đź’­ What would you thank your protector-self for?

If rest feels unsafe, it’s not because you’re broken—it’s because your nervous system learned that stillness was dangero...
09/17/2025

If rest feels unsafe, it’s not because you’re broken—it’s because your nervous system learned that stillness was dangerous.
But here’s the shift: Rest is where you reset. Rest is where you rise. Rest is where your body learns it no longer has to hustle to belong.
✨ This week: Create one ritual of rest. A bath, a walk, journaling, or just doing nothing—and call it sacred.

Loving from wounds feels like chasing.Loving from worth feels like clarity.✨ Worth says:– I don’t rewrite myself to be e...
09/15/2025

Loving from wounds feels like chasing.
Loving from worth feels like clarity.
✨ Worth says:
– I don’t rewrite myself to be easier to love.
– I don’t overgive to prove my value.
– I know my love is sacred, and I get to be met fully.
💭 Reflection: What would change if you believed you are not too much—you are just asking the wrong person when they’re unwilling to grow?

If love requires you to shrink, silence yourself, or sacrifice your peace — it isn’t love, it’s survival.✨ Worth-based l...
09/13/2025

If love requires you to shrink, silence yourself, or sacrifice your peace — it isn’t love, it’s survival.
✨ Worth-based love says: I can be fully me and still be chosen.

đź’­ Reflection: Where have I mistaken survival for love?

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