Healing When Old Wounds Show Up in New Places

Healing is a word we hear everywhere — but what does it actually mean?

In this episode, Mya starts with an honest, solo reflection on what healing means to her. It’s an ongoing process of awareness, compassion, and choice. Dakota then joins the conversation, and they explore signs that parts of you may still be asking for healing and nurturing, including: feeling disposable or easily replaceable, a deep fear of abandonment, rejection, or being “too much,” struggling with self-worth or feeling like you have to earn love, and “testing” partners or pushing people away to see if they’ll leave.

They talk about how unhealed wounds can show up in relationships, how trauma shapes our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and how to recognize when you’re responding from past pain rather than present reality. Together, they answer: If healing is ongoing, what keeps you choosing it anyway? What’s a question you’ve learned to ask yourself when you feel triggered or activated? How do you tell the difference between reacting from the past and responding in the present moment?

This episode is for anyone who wants to heal but feels overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to start, and for anyone who needs the reminder that healing doesn’t mean you’re broken. It means parts of you learned how to survive before you had the tools to feel safe. We cannot change our past, but we can work to heal the parts of our past that still show up within us today.

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