You ever get a short text and suddenly your chest tightens… your brain spirals… and it feels like something’s wrong? Like they're mad. Like you messed up. Like you're too much. Or not enough. One word — and your system builds a whole rejection story around it. It takes me right back to being that kid who never quite fit in... The one who didn’t understand why everything felt so loud, so hard, so different. I didn’t know it was trauma. I didn’t know it was ADHD. I just thought something was wrong with me. So now, as an adult, when someone goes quiet... a part of me still braces for rejection — like it’s happening all over again. 🧠 This is why I teach people how to gently lead their healing using IFS therapy and trauma-informed parts work. Because when you finally recognize those spirals as parts of you — not all of you — you can stop abandoning yourself in moments of fear... and start leading yourself with compassion. 👥 On July 4th, I’m hosting a free live workshop: HEALING THE WOUNDS WITHIN If this hit something in you, you're not alone. Come learn how to hold these parts — instead of letting them run the show. 👉 LINK IN BIO