Circle Audio
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Allowing More Without Gripping for Control
Wanting more can produce two opposite movements at once. One part asks for money, support, freedom, or a joyful opportunity. Another part tightens because receiving has been dangerous, excitement has preceded pain, or change always seems to bring a new set of problems. Trying harder does not resolve this conflict. The work is to make…
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Caregiving: Setting Boundaries, Finding Balance and Connecting with Love
When we take care of someone else, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, exhausted, depleted, and sometimes resentful. Learning to set loving boundaries, find balance and care for yourself as well, can allow you to connect with love and choice.
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Dressing for Yourself: Trusting Your Body and Your Taste
Clothing can become a referendum on whether we are acceptable. We may dress for a parent, partner, workplace, imagined critic, or younger version of ourselves and lose contact with the body wearing the clothes. Trusting your taste is not trivial. It is practice in sensing preference, tolerating visibility, and letting your presentation communicate something true.…
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You Can’t Handle My “No”!
A lot of us hold back from saying “No” because we don’t want to hurt the other person, or because we don’t want to face their reaction to our boundary. Learn to feel safe saying No and reclaim your inner power!
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The Income Limit You Set to Stay Safe
You can earn enough to pay the bills and still find yourself returning to the same income level. A fuller workday collapses through exhaustion. An unusual cancellation erases the extra. Opportunities arrive, but asking, scheduling, or following through becomes strangely difficult. Before blaming yourself, consider whether the current level is emotionally familiar. More income might…
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Fear of Intimacy: If I Get Close It Will Hurt
Even if we REALLY want love and closeness, if part of us is afraid of being hurt, it will be hard to attract the love we crave. Identifying the fears and then gently releasing them can allow more warmth and intimacy into our lives.
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When You Don’t Feel Worth the Work of Caring for Your Body
When care has meant criticism, obligation, or another impossible program, part of us may decide that caring for the body is not worth the work. What looks irrational about self care often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With self care, the aim…