Lisa Angelini, Holistic Psychotherapist and Life Coach

08/01/2025

I remember teaching this concept at The Meadows, one of the world’s leading trauma and addiction treatment centers—watching the astonishment spread across the room.

✨ You don’t have to earn your worth.
You don’t have to prove it, perform for it, or be perfect to deserve love.
Your value isn’t based on what you do—it’s who you are.

So many of us grew up believing we had to work for approval.
Be helpful. Be successful. Be quiet. Be good.
But real healing begins when we remember:
Your worth is inherent.
It was never up for debate.
You are already enough.

Read that again. Take it in. Let it change you.

07/31/2025

When someone ends it with silence or a single text…

It’s not closure.
It’s a confession.

A confession that they couldn’t face you.
Couldn’t hold your heart with care.
Couldn’t handle the weight of their own discomfort—
so they made it yours.

This is the avoidant’s exit strategy: distant, quick, and emotionally detached.
Not because you were too much—
but because closeness asked more than they had to give.

Maybe they loved you the only way they knew how.
But when things got too real, they pulled away.
Not because you failed—
but because they couldn’t stay present.

That’s not yours to carry.
It never was. It’s theirs.

And now, standing in the wreckage of their absence,
you see yourself more clearly than ever.

How you sparkle.
How you shine.
How much you offer.
How deeply you love.
How powerful your presence truly is.

And you remember —
“How silly of me to forget…
that I am the love of my life.”

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07/28/2025

My heart is so different now. Not harder. Not colder. But wiser. Clearer. More attuned.

After a traumatic breakup, I made a conscious decision: I would not let pain turn me bitter or closed. I refused to build walls around my heart, even if part of me wanted to. Because the truth is, you can’t close your heart and still show up in the world the way you’re meant to. You can’t truly love, lead, create, or connect if your heart is locked behind armor.

And yet, this is what so many of us do after we’ve been hurt — we shut down, call it strength, and confuse isolation with safety. But real strength looks different. It’s found in boundaries instead of walls, in discernment instead of suspicion, and in listening to intuition instead of reacting from fear.

Staying open doesn’t mean being naïve — it means being sovereign. It means honoring your tenderness without handing it over.

If your heart is healing, take your time. Be gentle. But know this: you don’t have to harden to protect yourself. You can stay soft and still stand strong. You can be open and still be safe.

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07/25/2025

Some connections are real.
The spark, the intimacy, the way two people just get each other — it all happens.
And then… one of them disappears.

No big fight. No clear ending. Just silence where something beautiful used to live.

It’s not always about being fooled.
Sometimes it’s about emotional availability .
Or capacity.
Or someone not knowing how to hold what they asked for.

Still, it leaves a mark—sometimes a scar.
Not because it wasn’t real —
but because it was.

07/24/2025

Some smiles are born in the aftermath.
This one came in the Scottish mist — not at the beginning of my healing, but somewhere in the middle.
When the grief had softened. When the fog hadn’t fully lifted, but something inside me had.

My book is about that journey.
About recovery that doesn’t follow a straight line.
About what happens after the betrayal, the heartbreak, the unraveling — and how Scotland, in all her raw beauty, became a quiet witness to my return.

If you’d like to follow the journey — or be the first to read it — I’d love to have you on the list.

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07/21/2025

Some betrayals are caught on camera. Others unfold in silence.
This weekend’s viral video is just one kind of betrayal — the kind that makes headlines.

But many betrayals don’t come with proof. They happen in quiet places — in a message that shouldn’t have been sent. In a conversation meant for your partner, shared with someone else. In the emotional distance that appears without explanation.

Your nervous system knows when something breaks. The trauma lands, even if the proof never does.

In my upcoming book, I explore what betrayal really looks like — especially the kind that isn’t easily named. The kind that leaves you questioning your own instincts. The kind that starts long before anything physical happens.

The first draft is complete, and the editing process begins soon. I’m writing this book for anyone who’s ever been emotionally undone — and is ready to heal.

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07/20/2025

“I’m fine. It’s fine. Everything’s fine.”
Except it’s not.

My clients often start their check-ins with this phrase, “I’m fine” — until I gently prompt them to drop into their bodies and use feeling words. That’s when the real truth starts to emerge.

We’ve been conditioned, even trained to say we’re fine when we’re not. Generations of emotional repression have led to an epidemic of addiction, depression, and disconnection.

When feelings get buried, they don’t disappear — they go sideways. Into our bodies. Into patterns. Into pain. They affect our relationships with others and ourselves.

Let’s stop calling survival “fine.”
You deserve more than that.

07/19/2025

Just a reminder…Treat yourself right.

07/18/2025

Acceptance isn’t about being “over it” — it’s about making space for what’s next without forcing yourself to feel differently than you do. Grief and growth can coexist.

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07/16/2025

In all my years as a therapist, I’ve noticed how deeply so many people struggle to be alone. They often tend to fill the quiet with distractions—tasks, to-do lists, noise—anything to avoid the discomfort that can arise in stillness. But true healing often doesn’t happen in the doing. It happens in the space between. In the pause. In those moments when we are finally present with ourselves, without an agenda.

Sometimes life—or heartbreak—empties us out. It can feel like everything that once anchored us is gone. We feel hollow, uncertain, even lost. But what if emptiness isn’t something to fear or rush to fill? What if it’s a sacred space—an opening?

An empty vessel can hold more. More love. More truth. More creativity. More of who we really are. Emptiness can become the fertile ground for what’s next to be born. If you’ve been feeling emptied by grief, transition, or loss, know that this space you’re in—however quiet, however uncomfortable—isn’t the end. It might be the very beginning of something beautiful.

07/14/2025

The first full draft is now complete.
It moved me more than I expected. I didn’t expect tears when I finished, but the gratitude hit me hard.

I’m writing the book I wish someone had handed me the moment my world cracked open.

The one that doesn’t flinch at the truth. That looks betrayal, heartbreak, and emotional trauma dead in the eye—and answers with power, clarity, and sacred fire.

For anyone who’s been dismissed, ghosted, or gutted— there is a way to rise.
For anyone who’s had to rebuild from the ashes of a love they thought would last… keep going.

You’re not too much. You’re not too broken.
You’re becoming.

And I wrote this for you. 🔥

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07/13/2025

So many people struggle with boundaries.
And even more don’t really understand what they are.

Boundaries aren’t:
❌ Walls
❌ Punishment
❌ Selfishness

Boundaries are:
✅ Clarity
✅ Self-respect
✅ Emotional safety

If you weren’t taught how to set them —
you’re not alone.
But you can learn.

My sister just released a powerful workbook
to help you do exactly that. 💛

It’s clear, practical, and grounded in love.
If you need support in this area, check it out.

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Boundaries: Level Up and Choose a Life of Deep Self-Worth and Satisfaction” is a workbook journey of self-reflection and practical action towards creating sustainable healthy boundaries.

Evaluate where you are now, examine old conditioning, patterns and habits. Establishing boundaries takes practice!

Learn how to be more assertive in support of your needs and values, in healthy, respectful ways. Watch your awareness, satisfaction, and happiness grow!

"Boundaries: Level Up and Choose a Life of Deep Self-Worth and Satisfaction" is a workbook journey of self-reflection and practical action towards creating sustainable healthy boundaries. Learn where you are now and how to be more assertive in support of your needs and values, in healthy, respect...