When trusting yourself feels impossible, it’s usually because you’ve been taught to hand your safety... your instincts, your inner knowing — over to someone or something else. But what happens when the safety we’re told to rely on keeps us disconnected from the one place real safety actually lives: the nervous system? In this episode, we explore how outsourcing your protection to external systems (surveillance, law enforcement, institutional authority, or even soft trauma language) can ...
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When trusting yourself feels impossible, it’s usually because you’ve been taught to hand your safety... your instincts, your inner knowing — over to someone or something else. But what happens when the safety we’re told to rely on keeps us disconnected from the one place real safety actually lives: the nervous system? In this episode, we explore how outsourcing your protection to external systems (surveillance, law enforcement, institutional authority, or even soft trauma language) can ...
The Greatest Illusion: Thinking You Can Escape Yourself
Align with Veronica
22 minutes
1 month ago
The Greatest Illusion: Thinking You Can Escape Yourself
How Disillusionment, Shadow Work, and Integration Unlock Real Change We’re told to reinvent ourselves, to shift identities, to “be delusional.” But here’s the truth: real transformation doesn’t begin with bypassing… it begins with disillusionment. In this episode, Veronica explores why identity shifting often fails, why “being delusional” isn’t enough, and how shadow work and soul work open the doorway to authentic change. You’ll learn why trying to escape yourself only leads to repetition, a...
Align with Veronica
When trusting yourself feels impossible, it’s usually because you’ve been taught to hand your safety... your instincts, your inner knowing — over to someone or something else. But what happens when the safety we’re told to rely on keeps us disconnected from the one place real safety actually lives: the nervous system? In this episode, we explore how outsourcing your protection to external systems (surveillance, law enforcement, institutional authority, or even soft trauma language) can ...
