Bedtime stories...First she healed her anxiety, then she drew him closer with her energy...
This is the story of a formerly *very* anxious wife and a guarded husband who have been experiencing some intense conflict in the last...
top of page
Search
Veronica Puryear
- 1 min
"I should just let this go..." "If they could just do this ONE thing..."
The ways in which we are critical of ourselves often creates so much resistance and distortion in our minds. If you could just BE...
00
Veronica Puryear
- 1 min
Where I'm hiding from deeper intimacy...
I’m guilty. Guilty of holding back and keeping my most tender self a secret. In my downturned glances and with a clench of my jaw, I stop...
00
Veronica Puryear
- 2 min
"I feel more at peace than I ever have"
These are notes from a client who was once a VERY anxious person. "I feel so much more powerful and in my body. I feel grateful for...
30
Veronica Puryear
- 1 min
Your anxiety, patterns, and block are not who YOU are.
The PART of you that: Shuts down when you feel discouraged Spirals when your partner feels far away Is endlessly critical of yourself and...
50
Veronica Puryear
- 1 min
'Effortless' love is on the other side of a skill level and open heart that you don't yet have.
This is for the guy having a tantrum in my virtual office saying… “She should just know! I shouldn’t have to tell her!” …it’s also for...
00
Veronica Puryear
- 2 min
No, you’re not a People Pleaser
I can’t take another social media post about people pleasing. Why? First, why does everything need an official-ish sounding and degrading...
30
Veronica Puryear
- 1 min
Build Your Capacity, Not Your Rule Book When It Comes to Loving And Being Loved
I give great advice, but mostly what I want is for you to have the flexibility and self trust to make connection work for YOU on YOUR...
60
Veronica Puryear
- 2 min
Fluidity as Philosophy...The Ethos of Indelicate
Good luck trying to get me to make you feel wrong about something because I mostly believe that right and wrong are simply not a thing....
30
Veronica Puryear
- 1 min
Sometimes That Confused Feeling Is You Confronting a Growing Edge
The energy of this week has been funky. I’ve seen it on others and also felt it myself. Yet, somehow I just know the challenge is a sign...
30
Veronica Puryear
- 2 min
The Common Understanding of Settling is a Hot Mess
I’m regularly annoyed and sometimes even disturbed to see relationship experts and therapists posting content that recommends settling....
30
Veronica Puryear
- 2 min
Independent, Reserved, and Aloof People Need Deeper Connection, Not Less
More connection not less. A discovery from my own avoidant moments. Sometimes people confuse my resistance to closeness as a desire to be...
10
Veronica Puryear
- 2 min
"If it's Not a Full-Body 'Fuck Yes'....Maybe You're Scared."
If you have a choice to make and your body is resisting by showing anxiety....you're probably scared and that doesn't automatically mean...
120
Veronica Puryear
- 1 min
In Time of Intensity Call Your Energy Back to Yourself....
Your Reminder to Take Exquisite Care of Yourself... Intimacy means that our energy may become scattered and spread out amongst our loved...
30
Veronica Puryear
- 2 min
In Defense of Non-Linear Relationships
If you are a person who grows, you will change. If you are alive on this planet, on this astral plane....you will have ruptures like...
30
Veronica Puryear
- 2 min
Why Men Shut Down.
Feeling exhausted by the not-so-subtle nitpicking of your partner? Or maybe you're just so worn out from having to guess what people want...
60
Veronica Puryear
- 1 min
What is Intimacy Anyway?
Intimacy is what happens between the lines.... It is a wordless but felt sense of closeness It is a vibe It is energy It is subtext It is...
30
Veronica Puryear
- 2 min
Experiential Somatic Intimacy Coaching is different from traditional therapy in three key ways
As a former appointee of a Presidential Administration, I'm no stranger to the burnout and disconnection that comes from our fast-paced...
90
Veronica Puryear
- 2 min
Everybody's A Little Kinky (So why does it feel like a dirty secret?)
I don’t talk about this on social media often (hello, highly public and censored platforms!) but I know it’s the reason so many of you...
80
Veronica Puryear
- 1 min
Can I Heal my Fear of Confrontation?
Hi! (Part of my Series of Veronica Answers Questions) So brave of you to ask such a tender question. Just by asking you’re already...
10
bottom of page