Self-Soothing vs Self-Abandonment: How to Tell the Difference

Discover whether your self-care practices are genuine self-soothing techniques or subtle forms of self-abandonment in disguise.

This eye-opening episode reveals the crucial differences between healthy regulation and numbing behaviors that keep you disconnected from your body's wisdom. Learn practical somatic awareness tools to identify when you're truly meeting your needs versus escaping discomfort.

Master the art of emotional regulation without bypassing authentic feelings. Essential listening for empaths, people-pleasers, and anyone whose "self-care" leaves them feeling emptier rather than nourished. Transform your relationship with yourself through genuine presence.

Perfect for listeners curious about:

self-care vs self-abandonment • somatic healing • trauma recovery • nervous system regulation • mindful living • digital detox • emotional awareness • inner child healing • embodied self-connection

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Feeling stuck in a cycle of forcing, controlling, and micromanaging every aspect of your life? You're not alone. Many high achievers find themselves trapped in the paradox of working harder but achieving less, leaving them exhausted, unfulfilled, and disconnected from life's natural flow.

Come join our free "Journeys With My Body" community! We're more than your ordinary community; we're an ecosystem of transformation where executives, entrepreneurs, and people like you discover how to work with their bodies to manifest health, wealth, and love. Through practices like the "surrender scan," body dialogue, and abundance breathing, you'll learn how to align with life's natural current instead of fighting against it.

Don't spend another day caught in the control trap. Join us and discover how release leads to receiving, how trust creates opportunities, and how letting go magnetically attracts success. Your greatest manifestations await in the space between doing and being — join us and watch the magic unfold.

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Are you quietly abandoning yourself ?

You’re not alone. So many sensitive, capable, and high-functioning people fall into the trap of soothing the surface while ignoring what’s really going on underneath. We light candles, scroll, snack, or binge-watch — not because we’re weak, but because we were never taught how to stay with ourselves when things get hard.

That’s exactly why we created the free Journeys With My Body community.

This isn’t your typical “self-help” space. It’s a nervous-system-safe ecosystem of healing, presence, and deep body-led transformation.

Inside, we explore powerful somatic tools like the surrender scan, body dialogue, and micro-moments of self-trust to help you reconnect with yourself in real-time — not someday, but today.

✨ Learn to tell the difference between true self-soothing and subtle self-abandonment.

✨ Build a relationship with your body based on trust, not control.

✨ Replace autopilot habits with rituals that actually nourish and support you.

You don’t have to numb out to get by.

Come join us and discover how to stay with yourself — even when it’s hard — and why that’s where the real magic begins.