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Jennifer Nurick

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Trauma compromises our ability to engage with others by replacing patterns of connection with patterns of protection - Stephen Porges.

A Powerful Quote From Stephen Porges.

Jennifer April 15, 2022

Trauma is so much more than psychological. Trauma is physiological too. I am so grateful to Stephen Porges and Bessel van Der Kolk for their work in bringing this to the forefront and increasing our understanding of the impact of …

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Secure base in a relationship

The Couple Bubble as the Secure Home Base

Jennifer April 15, 2022

What’s your experience of being in a ‘couple bubble’? Let me know in the comments. Love, Jen

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The Couple Bubble as the Secure Home Base

The Couple Bubble as the Secure Home Base

Jennifer April 15, 2022

As adults, we need safe and secure places where we can come to be refueled and replenished. We venture out into the world, meet challenges, and experience things that rock us. Our partner is there for us at these times. …

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What is a ‘Couple Bubble’?

What is a ‘Couple Bubble’?

Jennifer April 15, 2022

The couple bubble should feel safe. When you are together, there is a sense of being loved, nurtured and protected by one another. A mutual flow of energy, not one person doing all of the work. It is the foundation …

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What is the ‘Couple Bubble’? A couple bubble is where there is an agreement to put each other first. Stan Tatkin (Wired for Love) likens it to a safe cocoon that protects a couple from the outside environment. Inside the cocoon, the couple cares for and protects each other.

Do You Have a ‘Couple Bubble’?

Jennifer April 15, 2022

The couple bubble is a mutual agreement that, in essence, creates a secure relationship. There is a sense of safety, protection, caring, and love. When there is a couple bubble in place, there is a sense of exhaling, knowing that …

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5 Steps to Reality-Check your Relationship

5 Steps to Reality-Check your Relationship

Jennifer April 15, 2022

Sometimes we need to reality-check our relationship. It is okay to want a relationship. Humans are social creatures, we are hard-wired for connection. But sometimes we can want it so badly that we ignore the red flags and we make …

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5 Things to Ground you In Reality in your Relationship - (to help with limerence)

5 Things to Ground you In Reality in your Relationship

Jennifer April 15, 2022

If you are wondering if you are In Limmerence, it could be time to have a reality check. Are they honest? Are they transparent? Do they hold themselves accountable? Do they live morally? Are your values aligned? Do you feel …

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Working with Limerence Have you constructed a fantasy version of your partner that is able to meet all of your unmet childhood needs?

Working with Limerence

Jennifer April 15, 2022

When we work with our inner child, we are working with our patterns around limerence. Know that you have got this! If you want to know more about Inner Child or ‘parts work’, check out the ‘Heal Your Inner Child’ …

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When we experience limerence, it can be our inner child reaching out for something they are missing, often yearning for connection, or wanting the safety of a stable family unit that they didn't get in childhood.

Limerence

Jennifer April 8, 2022

When experiencing limerence, it is essential to have a regular reality check. Check-in with your inner child and see what they need from you. If you would like to learn more about your inner child, check out my course on …

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Limerence is an involuntary state of romantic infatuation with obsessive thoughts and fantasies about the other person. You find that your mood is dependent on their responses, and you feel overwhelming physical sensations in response to their actions or non-actions. There is also a tendency to minimise their negative qualities and only see the positive, Creating elaborate fantasies about the other person and your relationship. Its common to Experience big ups and downs emotionally in the relationship, and youll often end up Feeling emotionally dependent on the other person and deeply distressed if they are not feeling the same level of intensity.

Limerence

Jennifer April 8, 2022

One of the problems with limerence is the level of self-hatred that often emerges from it. Often you know that you are in a fantasy, but still, feel unable to step out of it. The pain of stepping out of …

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