Have you ever felt like you betrayed yourself? We live in a culture that teaches us to forsake our own wants in favor of serving others. We operate from a place of “I’m fine,” and get stuck in functional freeze, even when from the outside it appears we’re successful. María-Victoria Albina joins Erica for a discussion about resentment and obligation, setting and holding standards, and tending to your nervous system as you pursue embodiment and change.In this discussion:<ul><li>Changing the narrative on obligation</li><li>Why setting standards and boundaries is a part of a self-reclamation</li><li>How our nervous systems get stuck in functional freeze</li><li>Why pushing too hard for ourselves to change can backfire</li></ul> Connect with María Victoria Albina:<ul><li><a href="https://victoriaalbina.com/">Website</a></li><li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/victoriaalbinawellness/">@victoriaalbinawellness</a></li><li><a href="https://pod.link/1454980022">Feminist Wellness Podcast</a></li><li><a href="https://victoriaalbina.com/anchored/">Anchored: Overcoming Codependency</a></li></ul> Resources: <a href="https://pauseontheplay.com/potp/198">Embodiment, Agency, and Choicefulness with María-Victoria Albina</a><ul><li><a href="https://victoriaalbina.com/pauseontheplay">Download María-Victoria’s Free Meditations and Exercises</a></li><li><a href="https://pod.link/1449001372">Ratchet and Respectable Podcast</a></li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/bittersweet-how-sorrow-and-longing-make-us-whole-susan-cain/17375002?ean=9780451499783">Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole</a>, Susan Cain</li></ul> Ready to dive deeper? Change happens best when you have support. Find a community of like-minded individuals committed to helping each other show up and own their values in T<a href="https://pauseontheplay.com/community">he Pause on the Play Community</a>.Members get access to community conversations, office hours, Q&amp;As with Erica and India, live workshops, our library of resources and replays, and more.Learn more at <a href="https://pauseontheplay.com/community">pauseontheplay.com/community</a>

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 &lt;p&gt;Have you ever felt like you betrayed yourself?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We live in a culture that teaches us to forsake our own wants in favor of serving others. We operate from a place of “I’m fine,” and get stuck in functional freeze, even when from the outside it appears we’re successful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;María-Victoria Albina joins Erica for a discussion about resentment and obligation, setting and holding standards, and tending to your nervous system as you pursue embodiment and change.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this discussion:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Changing the narrative on obligation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why setting standards and boundaries is a part of a self-reclamation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How our nervous systems get stuck in functional freeze&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why pushing too hard for ourselves to change can backfire&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Connect with María Victoria Albina:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://victoriaalbina.com/"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instagram: &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/victoriaalbinawellness/"&gt;@victoriaalbinawellness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://pod.link/1454980022"&gt;Feminist Wellness Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://victoriaalbina.com/anchored/"&gt;Anchored: Overcoming Codependency&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Resources:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://pauseontheplay.com/potp/198"&gt;Embodiment, Agency, and Choicefulness with María-Victoria Albina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://victoriaalbina.com/pauseontheplay"&gt;Download María-Victoria’s Free Meditations and Exercises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://pod.link/1449001372"&gt;Ratchet and Respectable Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/bittersweet-how-sorrow-and-longing-make-us-whole-susan-cain/17375002?ean=9780451499783"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Susan Cain&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ready to dive deeper?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Change happens best when you have support. Find a community of like-minded individuals committed to helping each other show up and own their values in T&lt;a href="https://pauseontheplay.com/community"&gt;he Pause on the Play Community&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Members get access to community conversations, office hours, Q&amp;amp;As with Erica and India, live workshops, our library of resources and replays, and more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Learn more at &lt;a href="https://pauseontheplay.com/community"&gt;pauseontheplay.com/community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Pause On The Play

Bringing the Body Back to the Whole Self with María-Victoria Albina

Bringing the Body Back to the Whole Self with María-Victoria Albina

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