Welcome to Dr Sarah: Relationship Success Lab, where high achievers, executives, and entrepreneurs explore relationship fitness, healing from relationship trauma, and creating secure, trusting, and loving partnerships. Designed for those navigating high-stakes careers and relationships, we dive into trauma-informed coaching, relationship wellbeing, and practical strategies to recover from trauma bonding and build meaningful connections. Save your marriage, start building secure relationships and optimizing your relationship wellbeing.

 

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Today, let's chat about the challenge of setting boundaries in a trauma-bonded relationship. We often hear about the importance of boundaries in maintaining healthy connections, but it gets tricky when you're trauma-bonded.

In these situations, recognizing the need for a boundary mentally is one thing, but putting it into action feels almost impossible. You might psych yourself up to address an issue with your partner, only to find yourself unable to express your feelings when the moment arrives.

Trauma, especially in past relationships or childhood, imprints deep in our brains and subconscious, affecting our emotions and behaviors. When the neural networks associated with threats are triggered, expressing boundaries becomes a daunting task.

Historical traumas lead to subconscious beliefs about self-worth and relationship dynamics. Even when we logically grasp the importance of boundaries, the subconscious may resist, fearing rejection or criticism if we prioritize ourselves.

Neuroplasticity offers hope, allowing us to rewire our brain's neural pathways. Intense emotional moments, coupled with somatic exercises, help release trauma imprints, shifting us from a threat-response to a calmer state.

On the subconscious level, identifying and addressing fears attached to expressing boundaries is crucial. It goes beyond surface-level concerns, delving into core beliefs about self-deserving, fear of rejection, and the discomfort of stepping out of perceived lines.

By clearing these fears and reprogram

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Welcome to Trauma Bonding to Secure Relationships with Dr Sarah — the podcast that helps ambitious individuals and couples heal trauma bonding and toxic relationship cycles to build secure attachments and loving healthy relationships.

Hosted by Dr Sarah, psychologist, relationship strategist, and founder of Heal Trauma Bonding and Relationship Success Lab, this show guides you through practical tools and deep insights on:

✅ Healing from trauma bonding, anxious attachment style, and codependency
✅ Building emotional resilience and secure attachment styles a
✅ Improving communication, empathy, and emotional intimacy
✅ Reclaiming your identity, boundaries, and self-worth
✅ Creating lasting relationship happiness and passion

Whether you're recovering from betrayal, navigating codependency, or simply ready to break free from the past, this podcast gives you the clarity, strength, and strategy to move forward

We hope you got massive value from this episode for your own healing and relationship progress.