Inner Child & Reparenting
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The Fawn Response: The Survival Pattern That Looks Like Kindness
For a long time, I thought I was just a considerate person. I noticed what people needed before they asked. I adjusted my energy to match the room. I smoothed things over, kept things light, and made sure no one left a conversation feeling worse than when they entered it. I apologised quickly and often. I was told I was easy to be around.
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves
One day you will look back upon the things you believed and it will seem as if someone else’s voice was directing you. The voice inside will evolve if you let it, allow it the space to learn from your mistakes, and test the theories that the child version of you learned to believe. Trust, be brave and create new beliefs for yourself to live by. Once you start to listen, you’ll embark on a deeper understanding of yourself and the world around you.
When you start to see your parents differently
There comes a quiet moment in adulthood when you stop seeing your parents as the all-knowing figures of your childhood and start seeing them simply as people, and what you do with that realisation can either deepen the distance between you or gently begin to close it.
You Can Build Your Own Family
As an adult, you hold something your younger self never did, the quiet power to choose who becomes your family. This piece explores the relationships we build by choice, why they matter, and the gentle reminder that the people in your corner deserve to hear it.