In this episode of Restore, I explore two most common trauma adaptations I see again and again in women struggling with their hormones: the armored woman and the spongy woman.

Some women cope with disconnection by tightening and controlling their bodies. Others cope by becoming highly attuned to everyone around them, absorbing emotions and overextending themselves. On the surface these patterns look very different, but both are ways the nervous system learns to survive when it does not fully feel safe.

In this conversation, we explore how these patterns show up not only in personality and relationships, but in the body itself.

If you have ever felt like you are either holding everything together or slowly dissolving into everyone else’s needs, this episode will likely feel familiar.

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