Feeling Safe & Standing Strong
Feeling tense, reactive, or like you're holding more than you have to carry? You're not imagining it, and you're not alone.
If you're looking for practical, plain English tools to understand your nervous system, have kinder conversations with yourself and others, and feel a little steadier in your own skin, you're in the right place.
Each episode gives you body-based practices, real conversations, and simple frameworks you can reach for in the moments that matter. In all relationships, not just at work and in the quiet moments when you just need to settle. No jargon, no pressure, nothing that requires a psychology degree to use.
The more you listen, the more you'll find these tools showing up naturally, when a conversation gets hard, when the day gets heavy, when you need to come back to yourself.
Hosted by Bronwyn Clee, Trauma Responsive Psychosocial Coach and Educator and Co-Founder of The Institute of Hope, in partnership with Protective Behaviours International.
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Feeling Safe & Standing Strong
Finding Clarity in the Chaos
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Bronwyn Clee
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When life feels messy, our minds and bodies can get tangled in the noise. In this episode, we explore how to find small moments of clarity even when everything around us feels overwhelming.
We’ll look at how nervous system overload can affect our thinking, and how Universal Protective Behaviours offer us tools to step back and regain perspective.
Somatic Practices in this episode:
- Stoplight Check-In: pausing to notice whether your body feels like it’s in “green” (go), “yellow” (caution), or “red” (stop).
- Tone Matching Practice: gently humming or speaking to match and then soften your inner state.
(You’ll be guided through these in the episode. They can be done quietly in a chair or while moving.)
