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People Pleasing: How The Coping Mechanism of Self-Shrinking Is Keeping You Safe, AND Stuck
If you’ve ever found yourself saying “yes” when every cell in your body was screaming “no,” you’re not alone. People pleasing is a deeply ingrained pattern — one that often starts as Your Coping Mechanism but quietly erodes your sense of self and sovereignty over time. The Origin of Your St*ck — People Pleasing At…
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Limiting Beliefs: Are You Speaking Them Out Loud Without Realizing It?
Like it or not, we all talk to ourselves — often! Out loud, in our minds, and through the stories we repeat to others, the words we choose to talk to ourselves and about ourselves matter. What if some of the things you say to yourself every day, or you share with others regularly, are…
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Anxiety: A Messenger from Your Authentic Self
It shows up as racing thoughts, sleepless nights, a pounding heart, or that ever-present knot in the stomach. It’s uncomfortable, persistent, and incredibly inconvenient. We as a society try to fix, silence, or medicated it away?! Anxiety. It has a pervasive presence throughout American society. But what if you were to flip the script on…
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You’re Triggered, Now What? (Part 2)
Once you are emotionally regulated and attuned to safety (part 1), you can begin to bring consciousness toward the parts of yourself that you’ve avoided. This is a slow and gentle process, inviting the aspects of yourself you’ve suppressed, shamed or have avoided to be seen and validated. Your Trigger is the portal to accessing…
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Do You Find Yourself Returning to Your St*ck Behavior?
Do you notice yourself returning to Your St*ck Behavior even though you know that it isn’t in your best interest, or it isn’t aligned to your Authentic Self? Your St*ck Behavior is hard to break because the pattern is engrained in your subconscious, and playing on repeat for years, more likely, for decades. Think of…
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Your St*ck is Keeping You Safe, But Not Free -Includes Energetic Practice
Sure, you may be frustrated by Your St*ck, the limiting beliefs you tell yourself or live inside your psyche rent free, oscillating on repeat. But give Your St*ck some grace and compassion for a second. You may be thinking: Are you kidding!? My St*ck is what is preventing me from reaching my goals and dreams!…
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A Practice for the New Year: Does it Come With Me to 2025?
With two weeks off from work, I’ve been dedicating my time to transforming my humble home. As a high school Special Education teacher, my daily life is often chaotic, leaving little time for the parts of my home—and myself—that need attention. Now, with the space to focus, I’ve developed a powerful practice to set myself…
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Reclaiming My Gut: Overcoming People-Pleasing
“What are you purging?” It was an ominous question posed by my therapist, a response to my dry heaving at the tail end of my therapy session. My body is no stranger to dry heaving during one of my Somatic Experiencing therapy sessions. As my therapist says, “It’s the toxic energy leaving your body.” With…
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It All Started With a Big Bang: Can Destruction Fuel Creation?
It started with a BANG! The creation of our universe began with a moment of mass destruction. An explosion driven by extreme density and temperature gave rise not only to the cosmos but to the very fabric of space and time itself. Now, you might be wondering: What does the Big Bang Theory have to…
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Welcome to the Un-St*ck Yourself!™ Blog
Feeling St*ck? In the Un-St*ck Yourself!™ Blog you will learn how to overcome your limiting beliefs, or as we say here at Un-St*ck Yourself!™, “Your St*ck”, in order to start taking Aligned Action™ toward your goals. Your St*ck refers to the limiting beliefs that prevent you from living the life you were born to lead.…