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Why You Need to Celebrate Your People-Pleasing Habits (Yes, Really)

Why You Need to Celebrate Your People-Pleasing Habits (Yes, Really)

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / November 13, 2025

The Hidden Genius Behind Your People-Pleasing Patterns Picture this: You’re drowning in sticky notes reminding yourself to “be nice.” You’re replying to emails nobody expected you to answer. You’re RSVPing…

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How to Release Suppressed Anger and Stop Overfunctioning at Work

How to Release Suppressed Anger and Stop Overfunctioning at Work

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / November 11, 2025

Two powerful questions came into the Feminist Wellness community this week, and they both speak directly to something so many of us carry every day: the emotional cost of living…

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How to Stop Over-Functioning in Relationships and Start Building Real Intimacy

How to Stop Over-Functioning in Relationships and Start Building Real Intimacy

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / November 5, 2025

Are you always the one holding it all together? Do you feel responsible for managing the emotions, choices, and lives of the people around you? If so, you may be…

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The Third Arrow: How to Stop Shaming Yourself This Thanksgiving (Buddhist Psychology Guide)

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / November 5, 2025

The Third Arrow: How to Stop Shaming Yourself This Thanksgiving (Buddhist Psychology Guide) by Beatriz Victoria Albina, NP, MPH, SEP Bestselling Author of End Emotional Outsourcing and host of the…

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Discover what Seasonal Affective Disorder is, how to recognize the signs, and practical tools to support your mood and nervous system during darker months.

Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder: Symptoms, Science, and Support That Actually Helps

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / November 4, 2025

Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder Listen, should we have talked about Seasonal Affective Disorder two months ago when the leaves first started dropping and the sky went gray? Probably. I was…

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The Vampire Invitation: Why People Ignore Your Boundaries—and How to Hold Your “No” with Powe

The Vampire Invitation: Why People Ignore Your Boundaries and How to Hold Your “No” with Power

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / October 29, 2025

The Vampire Invitation: When “No” Becomes a Negotiation You know how vampires can’t come into your house unless you invite them in? The same goes for the emotional vampires in…

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How to Set Nervous System Boundaries When You're Met With Defensiveness

How to Set Nervous System Boundaries When You’re Met With Defensiveness

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / October 28, 2025

Welcome back to the Tenderoni Hotline, where I answer your real, beautiful, and brave questions about somatics, the nervous system, emotional outsourcing, and so much more. If you have a…

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How to Navigate Life with an Emotionally Immature Partner Without Losing Yourself

How to Navigate Life with an Emotionally Immature Partner Without Losing Yourself

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / October 23, 2025

Last week, we talked about what it looks like to be in relationship with an emotionally immature partner. Those confusing conversations where you show up hoping to be heard but…

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Why Guilt Shows Up Around Boundaries and Why You Procrastinate

Why Guilt Shows Up Around Boundaries and Why You Procrastinate

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / October 21, 2025

Why Guilt Shows Up Around Boundaries This is one of the most common and important questions that comes up in Anchored. Guilt shows up around boundaries because most of us…

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Learn how to spot an emotionally immature partner, how it impacts your nervous system, and why chronic confusion is not your fault.

5 Signs You’re With an Emotionally Immature Partner (And What It Does to Your Nervous System)

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / October 16, 2025

Are You Dealing With an Emotionally Immature Partner? Being in a relationship with an emotionally immature partner can feel like living in a constant fog. You start conversations hoping to…

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