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10/28/2025

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10/25/2025

What is interoception?

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10/24/2025

How Trauma Shapes Beliefs
Survival Bias: The brain prioritizes safety over accuracy, cementing beliefs that helped us survive (e.g., hypervigilance).

Repetition Reinforcement: Chronic or complex trauma reinforces negative beliefs through repeated experiences.

Identity Fusion: Trauma can blur the line between “what happened to me” and “who I am,” leading to shame or self-blame.

Healing Insight
Recognizing these patterns is the first step to rewriting harmful beliefs. Therapy, somatic practices, and self-compassion can help replace survival-driven narratives with truths like:

“I am safe now.”

“My worth isn’t defined by my past.”

“I can trust myself to navigate life.”

💬 Reflect: Which of these beliefs have you encountered? Share your thoughts below.

10/20/2025

When we say we feel “rejected,” we may actually be feeling:

Dismissed — like our voice or needs don’t matter.

Unwanted — like someone has withdrawn love or attention.

Invisible — like no one truly sees or values us.

Betrayed — Feeling hurt because trust was broken or loyalty wasn't returned.

Abandoned — like we’ve been left behind emotionally or physically.

Naming these underlying feelings helps us move from a vague sense of pain to a clearer understanding of what’s really happening inside. It transforms rejection from something that defines us into something that guides us, back toward our needs, our boundaries, and our capacity to self-soothe.

Rejection hurts because it disconnects us.
Healing begins when we reconnect, with our truth, our emotions, and the parts of us that still long to feel seen and loved.

TRY THIS: Reflective Prompts for Healing Rejection

“When I say I feel rejected, what am I truly feeling beneath that?”

Take a moment to slow down and name what’s really happening inside.
Is it loneliness, sadness, disappointment, or a sense of being unseen?
Giving language to your emotion helps you meet it with understanding rather than shame.

10/15/2025

Always excellent information from Coaching With Brooke ❤️

10/15/2025

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10/15/2025