Why do we sometimes feel tense, anxious, or unsure in love — even when everything seems “fine”? In this full episode of Clear Canvas, we explore how survival patterns formed in early relationships can quietly show up in adult love, and how awareness and self-worth can help you create a sense of safety in your body and your connections.

We’ll cover:

• What survival responses really look like beyond fight or flight

• Why monitoring moods, replaying conversations, and minimizing your needs are common patterns

• How past experiences shape present-day relationship reactions

• Practical steps to bring awareness and begin retraining your nervous system

If you’ve ever wondered why your body reacts before your mind even knows something is wrong, this episode is for you. Start learning how to respond from presence, not survival — and cultivate relationships that feel safe, aligned, and nourishing.

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🎧 Mindful Monday: Feeling Safe in Your Body

Self-Love & Relationships Series

This Mindful Monday practice invites you to slow down and reconnect with your body — especially if you’ve noticed tension, overthinking, or emotional guarding in your relationships.

Survival doesn’t always look loud.

Sometimes it looks like bracing, scanning, holding your breath, or feeling tense even when nothing is “wrong.”

In this short, guided mindfulness practice, we explore how the nervous system carries relational patterns, how self-worth lives in the body, and how awareness can begin to create a sense of safety from the inside out.

This is not about fixing yourself.

It’s about noticing, softening, and learning to feel safe enough to be present.

✨ In this episode, you’ll be guided to:

• Gently notice where your body holds tension

• Connect to your breath as a source of regulation

• Bring compassionate awareness to relational triggers

• Practice grounding into self-worth and safety

Later this week, we’ll go deeper in a full episode exploring how survival patterns form in relationships, why they show up in love, and how awareness is the first step toward change.

For now, let this be a pause.

A breath.

A moment of returning to yourself.

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In this Mindful Monday, we begin by exploring self-worth and how the way we feel about ourselves shapes the relationships we attract into our lives.

You’re invited to slow down, ground into your body, and gently reflect on:

• where your sense of worth comes from

• how you speak to yourself when you don’t feel “enough”

• and how these internal patterns may show up in relationships

This practice isn’t about fixing or changing yourself — it’s about awareness, compassion, and beginning a deeper relationship with yourself.

A gentle starting point for a month of self-love, emotional awareness, and conscious connection.

https://Clearcanvascoaching.ca