"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...
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Veronica Puryear
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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...
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Veronica Puryear
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"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...
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Veronica Puryear
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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...
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Veronica Puryear
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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...
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Veronica Puryear
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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....
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Veronica Puryear
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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...
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Veronica Puryear
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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....
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Veronica Puryear
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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...
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Veronica Puryear
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"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...
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Veronica Puryear
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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...
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Veronica Puryear
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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...
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Veronica Puryear
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Everything About You Makes Perfect Sense, My Darling
Everything about you makes perfect sense because of.... The way your cells were formed in your mother's womb... The nervous system you...
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Veronica Puryear
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Healing the Subconscious
I've been doing a lot of work with my subconscious lately. I'm healing old wounds so I can welcome in new gifts. Based on crying volume...
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Veronica Puryear
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I'm Difficult, a Lone Wolf, Avoidant, Protective, Perfectionist...
I'm talking about me this time. A coach called me prickly today. The big trigger. That I'm perceived as hard to understand and difficult...
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Veronica Puryear
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Five Things I Didn't Realize Were Codependent
If you grew up managing a parent’s mood or behaviors (or were raised by someone with that trauma)… You might have learned that: 👎it’s...
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Veronica Puryear
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Why do I feel bad about wanting attention?!
#1 It is human nature to desire attention and for many people there is no such thing as too much. BUT! You feel shame about wanting...
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Veronica Puryear
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How Even Givers Make This Mistake In Love...
This just needs to be said. Love is not a thing you "get" from someone. Are you treating Love as something transactional or like a...
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Veronica Puryear
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Women Have Darkness and Imperfections and Men Have So Much Love to Give
Let women be imperfect and let men step into the light. When we paint women as perfect or as perpetual victims of the foibles of men we...
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Veronica Puryear
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You're giving Mother where you're meant to be Lover
You don’t understand how you can give everything, do everything for them and they still don’t show up for you or return the favor. This...
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