Michelle Lee

Understanding Identity Loss, Dissociation, and the Path Back to Wholeness 🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play below. Trauma does more than create painful memories. It can quietly change how you see yourself, how you relate to others, and how connected you feel to your own thoughts, emotions, and body. Many people who have experienced trauma…

Understanding Healthy Connection—and Why It Matters More Than Love Alone 🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play below. People talk about love all the time. But what many people are really searching for—especially after trauma—is emotional safety. You can love someone deeply and still feel tense around them. You can care about someone and still feel…

Understanding Self-Abandonment—and How to Build Healthy Relationships 🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play below. Love is meant to feel supportive, safe, and mutual. Yet for many people, love comes with a quiet cost: losing themselves. You may notice that in relationships, you silence your needs, ignore your boundaries, or shape yourself around someone else’s expectations.…

Understanding Fear of Intimacy—and How Healing Restores Trust 🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play below. Love often sounds comforting and warm. In real life, though, it can feel overwhelming, risky, or even unsafe. You may want closeness but pull away when someone gets too near. You might crave connection yet feel anxious, numb, or guarded…

Understanding Attachment Wounds—and How Healing Changes Relationships 🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play below. Love is supposed to feel safe, supportive, and steady. Yet for many people, love feels anxious, confusing, or even painful. You may crave closeness but pull away when it arrives. Or you may overgive, overthink, or fear abandonment even when your…

Understanding Trauma Bonding and How to Break Unhealthy Relationship Patterns 🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play below. If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Why do I keep attracting emotionally unsafe people?”—you are not alone. Different relationships.Different people.But the same emotional outcome. You may start off hopeful, only to feel anxious, unseen, or emotionally drained over time.…

How to Protect Yourself Without Shutting Down or Pushing People Away 🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play below. Many people are told to “set boundaries,” but no one explains what that actually looks like in real life. So instead, people build walls. They pull back.They shut down.They avoid vulnerability. And while it may feel safer…

Emotional Regulation Strategies That Protect Your Peace Without Escalation 🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play below. Some people don’t just disagree.They provoke. They interrupt, criticize, push buttons, or subtly bait you—then seem energized when you react. Whether it’s a coworker, family member, ex-partner, or acquaintance, these interactions can leave you feeling shaken, angry, or emotionally…

How to Stay Regulated, Grounded, and Emotionally Safe When Distance Isn’t an Option 🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play below. There are people we can walk away from—and then there are people we can’t. A coworker.A family member.A co-parent.Someone you must interact with regularly, even though every interaction leaves you tense, upset, or emotionally drained.…

Understanding Emotional Energy Drain—and How to Protect Your Peace 🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play below. Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling completely worn out, even if nothing “bad” technically happened? You weren’t arguing. You weren’t yelling. Yet somehow, you feel tense, irritated, or emotionally empty. That feeling isn’t random. Certain people…