‘Tis the season to be…lonely?
In an increasingly separated world, many of us are no stranger to feeling lonely. Even when we put in the effort to spend time with others, we can still struggle with feeling lonely inside. Why? We often hide in our relationships, and we also hide from ourselves, too.
Loneliness happens when we feel disconnected from self and others. When we struggle to feel seen all on our own, it spills over into feeling unseen with others. But, even though we can feel alone in a room full of people, we can also feel deeply connected all on our own. There’s healing in solitude, intentional connection to the self, that opens the door to true connection with others.
In this episode, we’ll talk about:
To the black girls who are in a season of loneliness, I see you 🤎
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We can’t discuss relational safety without talking about safety in our own bodies.
TW: This episode contains content related to eating disorders, disordered eating, body dysmorphia, and negative body image. Please take care of yourself or seek the support of a professional should you find any of these topics triggering or challenging to engage with while on a recovery journey. Learn more here.
So many of us learned to not only dislike our own bodies, but also to disregard, neglect, and even mistreat our bodies, all in the name of unachievable acceptance from others. Whether we’re talking about general negative body image, allowing ourselves to run on empty, or even masking the truth of who we are, we’ve co-created a situation where our true homes, our bodies, are unsafe, too.
Still, we can learn to repair this relationship with our bodies. We can do the healing work to help our bodies no longer be a battleground, but a secure base from which we live.
In this episode, we’ll talk about:
To the black girls who struggle in their relationship with their bodies, I see you 🤎
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For those of us who never really felt safe and who struggle to understand what safety looks like, I see you 🤎
What does emotional safety actually look like? This episode dives into the importance of emotional safety in our relationships of all kinds–friends, family, and romantic partners–and how we can actually recognize, create, and sustain safe spaces.
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We do not have to allow the fear of intimacy to get in the way of the love we deserve 🤎
Next up in the series on facing your fears, we’re talking about the Fear of Intimacy. Many of us learned that love and connection isn’t safe. We may have endured the pain of being hurt in our families, friendships, romance, and even our communities, but we can still build the tools to help us recover and re-open our hearts to what we need most.
In this episode, we learn more about how the fear of intimacy leads us to hide, how what we think keeps us safe actually keeps us cut off from our needs, and how to start slowly opening our hearts again in order to build safe and sustainable relationships.
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Learn more about EMDR and Brainspotting, somatic-based healing modalities.
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You don’t have to be perfect to be loved 🤎
Next up in the series on facing your fears, we’re talking about the fear of failure and the relational root beneath perfectionism. Too many of us learned that we are simply “overachievers” and that we are “hard on ourselves,” but what about when no amount of effort or accomplishments ever make you feel good enough?
In this episode, we learn more about how perfectionism is actually the result of relational wounds, how fearing failure can keep you frozen, and how to start unlearning that you have to be perfect to be loved.
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Disclaimer: The BLACK GIRL SEEN podcast is meant for information purposes only. Though the host, Kalyn Wilson, LCSW, is a licensed mental health provider, this podcast does not establish a clinical relationship with listeners, nor does it replace a relationship with a licensed mental health provider. For more information and resources on finding a therapist, visit www.blackgirlseen.com/support.
Sometimes we fear the things we want the most.
It’s Spooky Season, and we’re getting up close and personal with our fears. In this episode, we explore the reasons behind our fear of being seen. Even when we desire to allow ourselves to be seen, we often run back into hiding because it feels safer.
We’ll learn more about the Visibility Wound, and how we can work through our fears to move towards what we really want.
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Disclaimer: The BLACK GIRL SEEN podcast is meant for information purposes only. Though the host, Kalyn Wilson, LCSW, is a licensed mental health provider, this podcast does not establish a clinical relationship with listeners, nor does it replace a relationship with a licensed mental health provider. For more information and resources on finding a therapist, visit www.blackgirlseen.com/support.
This is for the black girls who are tired of being “strong”, and want to practice vulnerability in her relationships, but don’t know where to begin. I see you. Welcome to your new start 🤎
Are you hiding? When we’ve been hurt, we find so many ways to protect ourselves. We shrink ourselves, we run away from what scares us, and we avoid what’s hard. But, what if the things that make us feel comfortable are actually getting in the way of our healing, our connection, and the life we want to live?
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the foundation of Black Girl Seen—the power of practicing vulnerability and letting ourselves be seen as a path towards healing old wounds, getting our needs met, and living the life we deserve.
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Disclaimer: The BLACK GIRL SEEN podcast is meant for information purposes only. Though the host, Kalyn Wilson, LCSW, is a licensed mental health provider, this podcast does not establish a clinical relationship with listeners, nor does it replace a relationship with a licensed mental health provider. For more information and resources on finding a therapist, visit www.blackgirlseen.com/support.