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Knowing What You Want vs. What Others Expect: Reclaiming Self-Trust After Emotional Outsourcing

By Victoria Albina Admin / May 30, 2025

Why It’s So Hard to Know What You Want Ever stood in front of your fridge — door wide open, cold air swirling — and felt completely unsure of what you’re hungry for? You’re not…

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Stepping Out of the Rescuer Role: Breaking Free from Codependent Thinking

By Victoria Albina Admin / May 26, 2025

Why Do We Fall Into the Rescuer Role? If you’ve ever felt like it’s your responsibility to fix or save others, you may be stuck in the rescuer role. This pattern…

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If You Loved Me, You’d Just Know: The Truth About Consent and Naming What You Need

By Victoria Albina Admin / May 23, 2025

Picture this. You’re standing in the kitchen, cutting veggies after a long day, trying to decompress. Your partner walks in and starts venting about their coworker—again. You love them. You…

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Interdependence vs. Codependence: Building Stronger, Healthier Relationships

By Victoria Albina Admin / May 20, 2025

What is Interdependence? Interdependence is the ability to have mutually supportive relationships while maintaining a strong sense of self-trust and autonomy. It allows for emotional closeness and vulnerability without losing…

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Doing the Opposite: How Childhood Pain Shapes Patterns You Can’t See (And How to Heal Them)

By Victoria Albina Admin / May 18, 2025

You’re scrolling Instagram, latte cooling beside you, when suddenly there she is again — posting another messy, joyful selfie with dishes piled high behind her, grinning ear-to-ear. You roll your eyes and…

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The Antidote to Emotional Outsourcing with Abbie Attwood

By Victoria Albina Admin / May 10, 2025

What Is Emotional Outsourcing? Coined by Béa Albina, emotional outsourcing refers to the habitual pattern of seeking safety, worth, and belonging from external sources — other people, systems, or situations — rather than from…

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Can Somatic Practices Help If I Don’t Have Trauma?

By Victoria Albina Admin / April 30, 2025

What Are Somatic Practices? Somatic practices are body-based exercises that help regulate emotions, improve mindfulness, and build a deeper connection to oneself. They include breathwork, grounding techniques, gentle movement, and…

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Relationship Magical Realism: The Fantasy That Keeps You Stuck

By Victoria Albina Admin / April 25, 2025

What Is Relationship Magical Realism? If you’ve ever read One Hundred Years of Solitude or Like Water for Chocolate, you know magical realism — where ghosts give advice over breakfast, lovers cry so…

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Recognizing When Your Body and Mind Aren’t in Sync | Coming Home to Yourself with Kyra Sutherland

By Victoria Albina Admin / April 21, 2025

What is The Embodied Learning Lab? The Embodied Learning Lab (formerly The Somatic Studio) is a 12-week program designed to help people reconnect with their bodies using somatic practices — body-based techniques that…

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Why You Keep Fighting the Same Fights in Relationships

By Victoria Albina Admin / April 18, 2025

Alright, my love, let’s get real about something that can make or break a relationship: conflict. If you’re stuck in a loop where: ✔️ Every disagreement turns into an exhausting…

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