The Simple Source: Self-Love, Healing, and Spiritual Growth
Linda Villines
63 episodes
1 week ago
Your nervous system doesn’t distinguish between internal and external harm. In this episode, I break down why chronic self-criticism is a form of self-harm and is traumatic over time. We’re conditioned to believe that being hard on ourselves is how we stay motivated or disciplined, but the body doesn’t distinguish between harm coming from someone else and harm coming from you. We unpack why chronic self-criticism, self-shaming, and self-rejection create the same stress chemistry as exte...
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Your nervous system doesn’t distinguish between internal and external harm. In this episode, I break down why chronic self-criticism is a form of self-harm and is traumatic over time. We’re conditioned to believe that being hard on ourselves is how we stay motivated or disciplined, but the body doesn’t distinguish between harm coming from someone else and harm coming from you. We unpack why chronic self-criticism, self-shaming, and self-rejection create the same stress chemistry as exte...
Empathy With Boundaries: How to Protect Your Peace in an Exhausting World
The Simple Source: Self-Love, Healing, and Spiritual Growth
34 minutes
4 months ago
Empathy With Boundaries: How to Protect Your Peace in an Exhausting World
Empathy without boundaries is emotional labor that leads to burnout. In this episode, I discuss how to manage feeling overwhelmed by collective trauma, crisis, and injustice as the world continues to unravel. When war, political polarization, climate disruption, and cultural fragmentation bombard us faster than our nervous systems can process, many people respond by trying to hold it all—every injustice, every tragedy. But contrary to normalized conditioning, suffering alongside those who suf...
The Simple Source: Self-Love, Healing, and Spiritual Growth
Your nervous system doesn’t distinguish between internal and external harm. In this episode, I break down why chronic self-criticism is a form of self-harm and is traumatic over time. We’re conditioned to believe that being hard on ourselves is how we stay motivated or disciplined, but the body doesn’t distinguish between harm coming from someone else and harm coming from you. We unpack why chronic self-criticism, self-shaming, and self-rejection create the same stress chemistry as exte...
