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...
Why I Stopped Manifesting and My 4-Month Quantum Shift After
The Simple Source: Self-Love, Healing, and Spiritual Growth
1 hour 38 minutes
5 months ago
Why I Stopped Manifesting and My 4-Month Quantum Shift After
Living as your Highest Self isn't about transcending your human self. It's about honoring that they are the same divinity. Common spiritual teachings have promoted narratives of ascension, evolution, and effort. We've been told that we must purify ourselves, clear karmic debt, raise our vibration, and pass spiritual tests to become worthy of connection with our highest selves. Those teachings, while well-intentioned, have created a paradigm where our divine nature feels perpetually out of rea...
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...
