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Rebuilding Your Capacity to Be Held

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Today we’re talking about receiving support as a Black woman—and why it still feels hard, even when it’s soft and real.

What happens when someone shows up for you with tenderness and care… and your first instinct is to flinch?

What do you do when support is being offered—but your body doesn’t know how to let it in?

This episode started with a comment from my daughter…
And what should’ve felt like joy, pride, even gratitude—turned into hesitation. Doubt. A quiet refusal to receive.

So today, we’re getting into the deep, unspoken patterns around receiving support as a Black woman—especially when you’ve been conditioned to be the strong one, the giver, the safe space for everybody else.

We’re talking about the ways emotional safety and mindful care can still feel like a threat, even when we want them.

How support can feel unfamiliar.
How softness can feel suspicious.
And how healing often starts with noticing the moment you want to push it all away.

If your Support Language is Emotional Safety or Mindful Care, this one might speak directly to your nervous system.
Because this episode isn’t about “being open.”
It’s about building the capacity to receive—slowly, gently, without guilt.

So if you’ve ever felt yourself shrink when someone tried to hold you,
If you’ve ever pushed love away before it could land,
If you’re still learning what it means to feel safe in softness…

This is your invitation to start again.
To be held—without apology.
One quiet moment at a time.


Resources to Support You:


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Manage episode 477170051 series 2546193
Content provided by Shirley Hubbard. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Shirley Hubbard or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Today we’re talking about receiving support as a Black woman—and why it still feels hard, even when it’s soft and real.

What happens when someone shows up for you with tenderness and care… and your first instinct is to flinch?

What do you do when support is being offered—but your body doesn’t know how to let it in?

This episode started with a comment from my daughter…
And what should’ve felt like joy, pride, even gratitude—turned into hesitation. Doubt. A quiet refusal to receive.

So today, we’re getting into the deep, unspoken patterns around receiving support as a Black woman—especially when you’ve been conditioned to be the strong one, the giver, the safe space for everybody else.

We’re talking about the ways emotional safety and mindful care can still feel like a threat, even when we want them.

How support can feel unfamiliar.
How softness can feel suspicious.
And how healing often starts with noticing the moment you want to push it all away.

If your Support Language is Emotional Safety or Mindful Care, this one might speak directly to your nervous system.
Because this episode isn’t about “being open.”
It’s about building the capacity to receive—slowly, gently, without guilt.

So if you’ve ever felt yourself shrink when someone tried to hold you,
If you’ve ever pushed love away before it could land,
If you’re still learning what it means to feel safe in softness…

This is your invitation to start again.
To be held—without apology.
One quiet moment at a time.


Resources to Support You:


  continue reading

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