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 ...
Why ‘Ignorance is Bliss’ Keeps You Stuck in Old Loops
Align with Veronica
21 minutes
1 month ago
Why ‘Ignorance is Bliss’ Keeps You Stuck in Old Loops
They say “ignorance is bliss.” But what if that bliss is just predictability, the mind looping the same patterns, even when they keep us stuck? In this episode, we explore Thomas Gray’s famous line from 1742 alongside Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras to uncover a deeper truth: ignorance (avidyā) isn’t freedom. It’s the root of suffering. And meditation? Meditation is the antidote. Whether you’re brand new to meditation or looking to deepen your practice… if you’ve ever said, “That’s just how I am,” or...
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 ...
