Why do we keep choosing emotionally unavailable partners, striving for perfection, or pushing ourselves to the brink of burnout?

In this episode, I'm joined by Sarah Baldwin, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and trauma-informed coach, to explore the nervous system patterns behind perfectionism, anxious overachieving, childhood imprinting, and why we're often drawn to partners who reflect our earliest wounds. Sarah unpacks the science of parts work, how trauma shapes our adult behaviors, and what it actually looks like to feel safe in your body—not just in theory, but in daily life.

We talk about:

• Why high-achievers often feel most unsafe in stillness

• How perfectionism can be a survival strategy

• What your nervous system really wants from a partner

• How to rewire your attraction patterns through somatic healing

• What it means to build a relationship with your inner parts

If you've ever felt like you're doing "all the right things" but still stuck in the same cycles—this episode is for you.

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