Posts by Victoria Albina

Receiving support, kindness, love, and care and really letting it in has been the deepest work of my lifetime. As a human with emotional outsourcing habits, which often looks like living from a sense of unworthiness so many of us are subconsciously guided by, it can feel extremely challenging to receive good things. If you…

I’m delighted to bring you an interview this week with one of my recent Anchored graduates, Ruth Duren. Her transformation is nothing short of mind-blowing, and I love sharing empowering stories just like Ruth’s because I know first-hand how lonely and exhausting it can feel living neck-deep in emotional outsourcing.  If you’re living with codependent,…

Last week, we talked about living with a sense of chronic dissatisfaction. That is, walking around with a persistent grump, feeling like the world is working against you, and like life never measures up. We dove into the why and the how, and of course, remedies to start working with this energy within you. This…

Are you tired of feeling stuck in a perpetual state of dissatisfaction? Do you often find yourself irritable or angry at the world around you? It’s time to break free from the gloom and doom and start living a more fulfilling and satisfying life. In this episode, I’m sharing the secrets to making the shift…

Are you craving deeply fulfilling friendships? Do you wonder how to be vulnerable enough to cultivate platonic love? Are your emotional outsourcing tendencies standing in the way of relating to yourself and others in a different way?  In this capitalist, white settler colonialist framework we’re living in that teaches us we should compete with each…

There’s a powerful story within most of us that says we’re succeeding when we’re happy, and failing when things feel challenging. If you’re moving your life forward, i.e. doing something that is worthy of a shiny gold star, you’ll get an unequivocal celebration from society. On the other hand, if you’re in a moment of…

Today, we’re exploring a topic that is near and dear to my heart: somatics. Somatic practices have been so powerful in my life. It’s what I credit the most with helping me find healing from my own emotional outsourcing, and the stress, distress, and trauma that I’ve experienced in my life and body. Somatic practices…

On average, humans think 50-80,000 thoughts a day. Luckily, most of them don’t reach our level of consciousness, but those that do have a significant impact. The things we learn as kiddos, and the things we hear over and over become our belief system, and most of us walk around believing that the stories inside…

I remember being in the throes of codependent, perfectionist, and people-pleasing habits, and feeling like I was the only one. We learned to survive and thrive in the world by becoming emotional outsourcers because many of us didn’t have models to show us otherwise, and this is why I love sharing conversations with folks who…

This week, I’m here with my favorite little sister, Genie Albina. Genie is a certified Parent Coach who works with both teachers and parents, a mom of two kiddos, and is now an official coach inside Anchored. She models the most thoughtful, loving, and kind parenting, while recognizing that even the most conscientious parent is…