Naming your emotions is an act of freedom. For survivors, emotional literacy isn’t just a skill it’s a reclamation of voice, safety, and self-understanding. When you learn to say “I feel,” you stop asking “What’s wrong with me?” and start affirming, “I know what I feel and I can handle it.”

You can’t think your way into safety, you have to feel your way there. Somatic practices reconnect you to your body’s natural ability to regulate, ground, and trust. When your body learns it’s safe again, you begin to lead your healing from peace instead of survival.

Emotional abuse doesn’t always scream sometimes it disguises itself as love, loyalty, or “just how things are.” This blog helps you recognize the subtle signs of control and invalidation that erode self-worth and nervous system safety. Awareness isn’t weakness, it’s the first act of reclaiming your peace and power.