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The Third Arrow: Healing Shame, Boundaries, and Holiday Triggers

The Third Arrow: Healing Shame, Boundaries, and Holiday Triggers

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / November 26, 2025

Today is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., and whether you are celebrating or not, I want to share something that just might shift your entire experience of this day and…

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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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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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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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Nervous System Healing for Knowing Your Needs and Saying No Without Guilt

Nervous System Healing for Knowing Your Needs and Saying No Without Guilt

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / October 14, 2025

Question 1: Why do I go blank when someone asks what I need? This is such a tender question and one I hear all the time. Whether it’s a partner…

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The Hidden Cause of Your Exhaustion

The Hidden Cause of Your Exhaustion and How to Finally Reclaim Your Energy

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / October 2, 2025

If you’re dragging by 2 p.m. every day, wondering if you’re just not built for this world… Let me stop you right there. That exhaustion you feel is not laziness,…

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Nervous System Survival Strategies: When Empathy Becomes Self-Abandonment

Nervous System Survival Strategies: When Empathy Becomes Self-Abandonment

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / September 23, 2025

We’ve been taught to celebrate empathy. To applaud emotional attunement as a virtue. But what happens when tuning in to others comes at the expense of tuning in to yourself?…

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The Truth About Resentment: How It Builds in Your Body and What to Do About It

The Truth About Resentment: How It Builds in Your Body and What to Do About It

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / September 18, 2025

Hello, hello my love. Let’s go full nerd today, in the best possible way. I want to walk you through something I call the equation of resentment, explain what’s actually…

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People Pleasing and the Myth of Worth Through Usefulness

People Pleasing and the Myth of Worth Through Usefulness

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / September 16, 2025

Are you exhausted from giving and giving until you feel like a ghost in your own life? That is not generosity. That is survival dressed up as selflessness. Let’s talk…

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How to Stop Rumination and Overthinking at 2AM

How to Stop Rumination and Overthinking at 2AM

By Beatriz Victoria Albina / September 9, 2025

Do you ever find yourself lying awake at night, replaying a conversation on loop? That awkward pause, the joke nobody laughed at, or the text that felt “off” suddenly becomes…

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