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 ...
When Hustle Culture Blocks Creativity: Finding the Courage to Revolt
Align with Veronica
11 minutes
1 month ago
When Hustle Culture Blocks Creativity: Finding the Courage to Revolt
We’ve been told to hustle harder, grind more, and measure our worth by productivity. But here’s the truth: hustling isn’t resistance... it’s control. Your creativity is the real act of revolt. In this episode, I explore why creativity is inseparable from justice, freedom, and survival. Drawing on the wisdom of Nawal El Saadawi, we’ll look at how systems of fear, trauma, and hustle culture silence imagination, and how reclaiming creativity becomes a form of resistance. If you’ve ever felt drai...
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 ...
