Healing isn’t a prerequisite for love; it’s a journey you embark on together. You don’t have to be fully healed to find or nurture a fulfilling relationship. What matters is the commitment to grow, to learn, and to evolve as …
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The Couple Bubble as the Secure Home Base
What’s your experience of being in a ‘couple bubble’? Let me know in the comments. Love, Jen
![And know when a friend asks you how your’re doing and you decide to be completely honest, you tell them how hard things have been recently and they receive what you’re saying with genuine attention and care - that’s the type of friend that really makes a difference in your life. Yung Pueblo](https://i0.wp.com/cdn1.jennynurick.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/13_11_2021_Yung-Peblo-copy-scaled.jpg?fit=650%2C650&ssl=1)
A Beautiful Quote from Yung Pueblo
Friendship is standing side-by-side and weathering the storm.
![A Great Friendship A great friendship allows us to be ourselves. We don’t have to pretend to be anything we are not. A great friendship holds us in moments of despair. We don’t have to hide. A great friendship holds our vulnerability tenderly. We are safe. A great friendship bubbles with laughter and joy. We look for the lightness in life and each other. A great friendship lasts forever. We are connected through our hearts.](https://i0.wp.com/cdn1.jennynurick.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/12_11_2021_A-Great-Friendship-copy-scaled.jpg?fit=650%2C650&ssl=1)
A Great Friendship
A great friendship is a gift. It is finding the people who resonate with us. Who seem to understand who we are. If you are looking for YOUR people, don’t give up. With 7.7 billion people in the world – …
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Connection
How do you let your children know you love them? I ask! I ask if they feel loved. I say, “if you were to feel a little bit more loved by me today, what would happen, or what would I …
![How the Flight Trauma Response Can Show Up In An Argument You want to leave the room and RUN. You might make yourself stay, but every part of you is screaming to get away. You might start fantasising about leaving the relationship and even threaten to leave the relationship. You find yourself looking for an escape route, and your eyes start to dart around. You stop listening to your partner because your sympathetic nervous system has taken over, and the thinking brain has switched off. Your mind is racing. Thoughts don’t seem to be connected logically. You feel jumpy. When they move their hand, you think they are going to lash out at you. In the moment, you are not aware of your body.](https://i0.wp.com/cdn1.jennynurick.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1-1-scaled.jpg?fit=650%2C650&ssl=1)
How the Flight Trauma Response Can Show Up In An Argument
When we are in conflict, it is easy to be triggered into an automatic trauma response. Why? Maybe our partner is triggering a flashback to an old situation Maybe their tone of voice feels threatening Maybe the way they gestured …
![Boundaries are a love language. You can be deeply connected to your heart and still be in your power when setting a boundary. Sometimes boundaries emerge from a deep sense of profound love for both you and the other person. You just can’t carry on in the way you have been. Something needs to change. Boundaries are hard if we have been taught that boundaries mean we don’t love each other. Remember, boundaries are a love language.](https://i0.wp.com/cdn1.jennynurick.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-10-scaled.jpg?fit=650%2C650&ssl=1)
Boundaries Are A Love Language
When we have grown up with few boundaries and been taught that boundaries are selfish, it can be challenging to put them in place as an adult. It can be challenging to know what is appropriate, what you need, and …
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What is “New Relationship Anxiety”?
Anxiety is usually protective. It is trying to stop us from being hurt. Feeling some anxiety at the beginning of a new relationship is quite common. When we enter a new relationship, we start to dance with vulnerability. Vulnerability requires …