Feeling Safe & Standing Strong
Feeling tense, reactive, overwhelmed, or like you’re carrying more than you need to? Feeling Safe Standing Strong is about the small things that can help us feel safer, steadier and more able to navigate the messy business of being human.
If you’re looking for practical, plain English ways to understand your nervous system, have kinder and clearer conversations with yourself and others, and feel a little more settled in your own skin, you’re in the right place.
Each episode brings together body-based practices, real conversations and simple frameworks you can actually use in the moments that matter. At work. At home. In relationships. When a conversation gets hard. When the day gets heavy. Or in those quiet moments when you simply need to come back to yourself.
No jargon. No pressure. Nothing that requires a psychology degree to understand.
These aren’t tools you have to master. They’re small things to notice, practise and return to. And the more familiar they become, the more likely they are to show up when you need them.
Hosted by Bronwyn Clee, Trauma Responsive Psychosocial Coach and Educator and Co-Founder of The Institute of Hope, in partnership with Protective Behaviours International.
Full transcripts available.
Take what helps. Leave what doesn’t. And come back whenever you need.
Feeling Safe & Standing Strong
Shared Meaning, Shared Safety
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Feeling safe increases when people share a common understanding of what’s happening. In this episode, we explore how miscommunication can leave us feeling unsafe and how building shared meaning brings greater stability to our relationships.
The principle of shared responsibility and clear communication helps everyone feel safer.
Somatic Practices in this episode:
- Say Back Practice — repeating in your own words what you’ve heard to check understanding.
- Tension Mapping — noticing where your body tightens when something feels unclear.
(You’ll hear guided versions in the episode. Try them in conversation, at your desk, or while pausing mid-walk.)
