Posts by Beatriz Victoria Albina

Are you reading this while doing three other things? Making dinner, answering texts, mentally planning tomorrow’s schedule? I see you. Here’s the wild part: if I asked you to stop, to sit still for five minutes, you might start to panic. Because somewhere along the way you learned that your worth is in your productivity.…

Learn what functional freeze really is and why it’s not your fault, how to recognize when you’re in it, and why understanding this pattern is the first step to breaking free.

Are you reading this while doing three other things? Making dinner, answering texts, mentally planning tomorrow’s schedule? I see you. Here’s the wild part: if I asked you to stop, to sit still for five minutes, you might start to panic. Because somewhere along the way you learned that your worth is in your productivity.…

Learn how hating who you used to be blocks growth, and why compassion for your past self is essential for creating real, lasting change.

Hear real questions from clients in Anchored and The Somatic Studio about why we sometimes experience confusing nervous system responses to tense situations.

Are you reading this while doing three other things? Making dinner, answering texts, mentally planning tomorrow’s schedule? I see you. Here’s the wild part: if I asked you to stop, to sit still for five minutes, you might start to panic. Because somewhere along the way you learned that your worth is in your productivity.…

Learn the complex relationship between shame, the nervous system, and emotional outsourcing – the forces that keep us locked in codependency, perfectionism, and people-pleasing.

Are you reading this while doing three other things? Making dinner, answering texts, mentally planning tomorrow’s schedule? I see you. Here’s the wild part: if I asked you to stop, to sit still for five minutes, you might start to panic. Because somewhere along the way you learned that your worth is in your productivity.…

Financial therapist and author of Feel-Good Finance: Untangle Your Relationship with Money for Better Mental, Emotional, and Financial Well-Being, Aja Evans, joins me to explore the intersection of money and mental health, particularly how codependent, perfectionist, and people-pleasing habits show up in our financial lives.

Friendship expert and author of Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections, Anna Goldfarb shares her research on the five core reasons people make friends and offers a framework for building deeper connections.