Ep #318: Reclaiming Emotional Space for Yourself and Others

Feminist Wellness

Béa Victoria Albina

Lifecoaching, Holistic, Feminist, Self-improvement, Fatigue, Alternative Health, Feelingstuckinlife, Spirituality, Healthygut, Health & Fitness, Mindbodyconnection, Guthealth, Connectionsbetweenthoughtsandhealth, Education, Ibs, Gutmicrobiome, Feminism

4.9 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

#318: Have you ever caught yourself dismissing someone's feelings with phrases like "at least..." or "it could be worse"?

We often do this with the best intentions - trying to help, trying to fix, trying to make things better. But what if these well-meaning responses are actually creating emotional distance in our relationships?

In today's episode, I dive into why we struggle to let others have their feelings and how to reclaim emotional space - both for ourselves and those we love.

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://beatrizalbina.com/318

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0:00.0	This is feminist wellness, and I'm your host, nurse practitioner, functional medicine expert, and life coach, Baye Victoria Albina.
0:17.6	I'll show you how to get unstuck, drop the anxiety, perfectionism, and
0:21.7	codependency so you can live from your beautiful heart. Welcome, my love. Let's get started.
0:30.2	Hello, hello, my love. I hope this finds you doing so well. Today, we're wrapping up our series on why we struggle to let others have their feelings,
0:40.6	why we have that, like, knee-jerk thing that makes us negate them, decline them the opportunity
0:47.0	to express themselves, we opine instead of listening. And we're talking out how to reclaim
0:53.4	emotional space. So if you've ever felt torn between
0:56.7	wanting to hold space for someone and feeling like you just can't, or if you found yourself thinking,
1:01.9	how do I balance their needs and mine, this episode is for you. If you're new to the show,
1:08.2	welcome, hello, I'm so happy you're here. This is probably not a great
1:11.4	place to start. I'd go back 27 episodes. That's a random number I chose, but go back a bit.
1:18.6	Don't start in the middle of the series. Work your way up. That's going to feel more better,
1:23.5	I think. I love you. I'm glad you're here. If you've been around here for a minute and you've
1:28.1	been working on your emotional outsourcing, really understanding your own codependent, perfectionist,
1:32.4	and people-pleasing habits more, then you're probably like, yeah, I do struggle with that. I want to
1:38.4	take care of the people I love. I'm a kind person. I'm a generous person. I want to be there for them. But also, what about me? I'm 20, 30,
1:46.2	40, 50, 60, and I've never really taken care of me. So there's this friction, this struggle.
1:52.1	And it's super real and you're not alone. We talk about this had anchored constantly, right? Like every
1:58.2	day in the forums, I coach on this constantly is feeling in to what it
2:02.6	feels like to find that interdependent balance. So I just want to name that that's what we're
2:07.0	always aiming for. So in this final episode, in this series, we'll focus on two things.
2:12.6	One, the cost of emotional suppression on relationships and connection, and two, how to reclaim emotional
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