As we step into a new year, I want to offer a different way of approaching what comes next. In 2026, we’re not doing resolutions. We're not here to bring pressure to whatever it is that we're creating. We're not fixing you or trying to change you. Because what actually creates change isn't force, it's empowerment. 

This is why this year ahead will be different. Not because you're trying harder, not because you found that one thing that's going to change everything, but because you are different. Your awareness is different. Your boundaries are different. And the way you listen to your nervous system is different. And when those things change, you start to grow more alignment and authenticity.

The thing about consciousness is that it doesn't let you go back to sleep. It eventually taps you on the shoulder and wakes you back up. This podcast, every single episode, is intended to wake something up in you. And whether or not you've put that totally into action, we've shone the light of consciousness in the dark places in your life and there’s no going back. 

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If this holiday season feels a little harder or a little bit more activating than before, it doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong. It really means that you're more honest and more awake than you've ever been. And it can feel worse before it feels better because you're no longer numbing, minimizing, or bypassing what's true. 

Today's episode is not about forcing gratitude. It's not about silver linings or finding meaning too quickly. It's definitely not an inventory of how productive you were this year or a comparison to where you thought you'd be. This is an emotional inventory. Because 2025 was not meant to be conquered, it was meant to be lived through. 

Instead of asking questions like, “did I do enough? Why am I not further along?” I want to invite you to shift your perspective. We’re going to look back on this year and acknowledge what you did well, what was in alignment, and what came up that was purpose-driven so we can learn and grow from it. 

As this year comes to a close, you don't need to rush into becoming someone new. You just need to keep showing up for yourself and moving forward wiser and more aware than you were before.

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We often think of trauma as the things that happen to us. Emotional neglect, however, is the trauma of what didn't happen. It's the absence of attunement. The absence of someone noticing and staying connected with your inner world. It often looks like growing up in a home where your physical needs may have been met, but your emotional world was not consistently seen, understood, or held. 

Emotional neglect is especially hard to name because as a child, you don't have language for it. As an adult, it shows up in your relationships and your patterns, and it stays embedded in your nervous system. In this episode, we're going to explore what emotional neglect actually is, why you don't need to have bad parents or a bad childhood for it to occur, why emotional needs can't be met by emotionally immature parents, the ways emotional neglect gets internalized, and how healing begins. 

Once you have awareness around emotional neglect, you stop doing it to yourself. When you stop doing it to yourself, you stop doing it to other people. This awareness gives you the power to stop the cycle of generational trauma with your own children or in the space you hold for others, and my hope is that this episode gives language to places inside you that may have never had the words before. 

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One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned through this work is that the Universe will always encourage you back into alignment. When something feels heavy, draining, chaotic, confusing, or just plain off, that discomfort isn’t a punishment. It's an alert from your nervous system saying, ‘this is not aligned with the truth of who you are.’

Discomfort is directional guidance. It's the Universe nudging you back towards your truth through the communication network of your nervous system, and this episode I’m teaching you how to listen. We’re going to explore which inner parts of you can pull you out of alignment, how to know when you are out of alignment, why moving into alignment feels hard, and practical steps to bring your inner world back into coherence. 

Alignment does not eliminate discomfort; it teaches you how to respond to discomfort without abandoning yourself. Because that discomfort is a calling. It’s saying to come back home, to get back in alignment with your truth, and to step into the most fully expressed version of you. 

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If a relationship is built on you being boundary-less or not having needs, suddenly having boundaries or communicating your needs can end that relationship. It can upset the boundary pushers in your life and leave you feeling disposable, like you're only valued when you're giving, or that relationships stop or change when you stop over-functioning. 

That feeling of disposability doesn't mean you’re unlovable or you weren't worth holding onto, it means there's a pattern there. In this episode, we’re talking about why that feeling of disposability happens, which parts of you are being activated, and how the boundary pyramid can help you reclaim your worth without hardening, shutting down, or feeling victimized. I’m also giving you five compassionate internal shifts that will move you out of over-functioning and into worth-based relating. 

Your inner child wasn’t wrong about wanting connection, they were confused about who to offer it to. You are not hard to love, you're just done being loved in ways that are not in alignment with you, and through this boundary work you can start to form connections that leave you feeling safe, appreciated, and understood. 

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It’s common for this time of the year to bring out feelings in your parts of self. Maybe it’s your inner child's hope for things to be different or it’s your inner teenager's edge. The hardest place to hold boundaries and stay emotionally regulated tends to be in your family of origin, meaning we might need some additional support navigating the holiday season. 

Maybe you're already anticipating the unsolicited advice, the uncomfortable conversations, the pressure to overextend or over-function. Those old rules creep back in like clockwork, and I want this episode to serve as a reminder that you get to do things differently. You've done some work, you've built awareness of your patterns, and maybe you trust yourself just a little bit more than you did before. Now, it’s time to put that work into action. 

Let this be the year you don’t shrink; the year you stop hustling to belong in rooms and relationships that actually need more boundaries than effort. Instead, make this the year you stay rooted in your worth with your conscious adult behind the wheel. I know you can do it differently and I’m here to remind you of your strength every step of the way. 

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I think we’ve all experienced the magnetic pull toward something you know doesn't serve you. Maybe it's the text you shouldn't send, the boundary you keep putting off, the dynamic you swore you would never repeat again. That voice that whispers “maybe this time it will be different.” That's the pull of your patterning. It's not weakness, it's wiring. 

The patterns that pull us aren’t random. They're rooted in familiarity. They’re your nervous system's way of trying to complete a story that never got resolved. Even when something feels painful, if it feels familiar, it's still safer than the unknown. That's why we end up back in the same emotional dynamics. Different face, same energy, same pattern. 

Every pattern has a pull, but every pull can have a pause, even if it’s just for a second. That pause is your window. In that tiny space between impulse and action, your conscious adult gets to choose again. The pull for some of these patterns will feel strong at first, but so will your awareness. And every time you choose presence over trauma responses, the pattern isn’t as powerful, and you regain that power. 

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Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results isn’t the definition of insanity, it’s the definition of unconsciousness. It's what happens when our nervous system reaches for what's familiar, even if it hurts. It's dating the same pattern in a different person. It's choosing relief over repair. It’s self-abandonment dressed up as self-protection. 

But we don't have to do that anymore. We don't need to meet our needs or manage and tolerate our feelings in ways that leave us feeling guilty, shamed, or disconnected from ourselves. We have choices now. This episode, I’m going to teach you how to bring your conscious adult online and finally do it differently.

You don’t need to exile your feelings or parts of self to live an aligned life. You can take the wheel now, with love, with boundaries, with compassion, with attunement. That is how we do it differently, that is how we give our inner child and teenager a different ending to their story. 

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You’ve already begun building a home inside of yourself; a place of safety, care, and truth. Now, we're going to learn how to take care of the part of you that protects that home: the inner teenager. 

Your inner teen is the gatekeeper for your inner child. It's the part that made an unconscious agreement to keep your inner child safe, who tried to protect you but had no idea what boundaries were. The inner teenager, like all teenagers, doesn’t want to be told what to do, they just want to be heard. They need a leader who can listen, validate, and hold firm on boundaries, not a critic, a controller, or a savior. 

Learning how to emotionally attune and become the conscious parent for your inner teenager is how you rewrite the story of your own internal power. Your inner teen never deserved to be the one who had to manage all your challenges to keep you good enough; they should've just been a teenager, enjoying life and figuring out who they are. So, let’s let them be a teenager again. 

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Every single one of us has a younger part inside that needed more than we got. Maybe you needed more softness, more understanding, more emotional attunement, more space to just be. When those needs weren't met, that little part of us didn't just disappear as we grew up. It remained inside of you, stunted and waiting. 

That little one is still waiting, not for a parent to come back or for the world to finally get it right, but for you, the conscious, grounded, compassionate adult version of you to come find them, hold them, and finally say, “I see you now. I know what you've been through, and I'm here to take care of you.”

That's what re-parenting really is and that’s what we’ll focus on this episode. It’s the sacred work of becoming the safe, loving parent your younger self always needed. It's keeping promises to yourself. It's choosing alignment over approval. 

Every empowered action rewires your brain and puts safety and self-trust in your nervous system. The more you trust yourself, the less your inner child or teen has to grab the wheel because they finally know someone safe is driving. Through this work you are becoming that source of inner safety, one nurturing and aligned action at a time. 

Resources 

Website: robinbreckenridge.com

Instagram: @coachwithrobin

TikTok: @robinbreckenridge

YouTube: @growwithrobinbreckenridge