Finding Safety Within
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Erica: [00:00:00] Struggling to feel safe in your own skin? This episode of Inner Sanctuary RAW dives deep into how to reclaim that safety through nervous system healing and a powerful somatic reset.
Welcome to Inner Sanctuary Raw, where we rip away the polished version of healing and get real about what it takes to come home to yourself.
Let's get real for a second. Safety isn't something you find out there. Not in a relationship, not in a bank account, not in someone else's approval. Picture your nervous system like a house. If the doors are unlocked and the windows are rattling, you'll never feel safe, no matter how pretty the wallpaper is.
And honestly, most of us have been living in houses with broken locks since childhood. Today's episode is about fixing those locks, learning how to find safety within your own body. And by the end of this [00:01:00] episode, I'll guide you through a somatic reset that'll give you a taste of what real inner calm feels like, because when your body feels safe, everything changes.
Let's get brutally honest. Most of us have been taught to look for safety in all the wrong places. We've been told if I find the right partner, I'll feel safe. If I make enough money, I'll finally relax. If I keep everyone happy, i'll stop feeling like I'm one mistake away from being abandoned, but that's a lie, because safety isn't out there.
I've met women with the perfect house, the perfect husband, and a six figure career. Who still feels like they're walking on eggshells in their own skin, and I've met people with nothing, no job, no relationship, and they radiate this grounded peace because they've learned to build it inside themselves.[00:02:00]
Here's the truth, bomb. If you can't feel safe in your own body, you'll never feel safe anywhere else. Your nervous system will find a way to turn even good things into danger. It's like living in a house with a broken smoke alarm. It's always screaming even when there's no fire.
You know that feeling?
You can't sit still because your mind is always scanning for what could go wrong. Someone doesn't text you back, and suddenly your heart is pounding like you're about to be left again. Or peace feels so foreign that you sabotage it because your body is wired for chaos. Sound familiar?
That's not because you're weak or broken. It's because your nervous system has been running survival scripts for so long it doesn't know anything else. And here's the kicker. Healing doesn't start when you think positive or [00:03:00] repeat affirmations you don't believe. Healing starts when you tell your body you're safe now.
You can stop running. The safety you crave isn't something someone else can give you. It's a muscle. You build one breath, one grounding moment at a time, and I promise when your body feels safe, your whole life shifts. Relationships, confidence, even how you show up for yourself changes. Because you're no longer living like a house with the doors wide open, waiting for someone to storm in and hurt you.
Let's do this together right now. I need you to plant your feet flat on the floor. Imagine roots growing from your heels deep into the earth. Solid unshakable.
Good. [00:04:00] Place one hand on your belly and one hand on your chest.
Take a slow inhale through your nose. Fill in your belly first. Hold it for two seconds and exhale with a big sigh. Like you're dropping the weight you've been carrying way too long.
Press gently into your chest and whisper. I am safe in my body.
Inhale again, feeling your back supported by the chair or a wall behind you. And as you exhale, press your feet into the floor and say, this is my home. I am here. I am enough.
Stay here for just a breath or two.
Notice any [00:05:00] softening, even just 1%.
That's your nervous system. Remembering what safety feels like.
Today, we talked about something. Most of us never learned. How to create safety within ourselves. Maybe you realized like I once did, that you've been living like you're always about to be hurt. The good news, you don't have to stay there. You can build safety room by room, starting with your breath. If you feel even a hint of relief from today's reset, I want you to take the inner sanctuary quiz.
I'll show you which room of your inner world needs the deepest healing reset, whether it's boundaries in your living room, self-worth wounds in your bedroom, or emotional chaos in your basement. Take the quiz today. Your free three minute personalized reset, [00:06:00] and mini journal are waiting.
The link is in the show notes and I'll see you tomorrow.
Your healing begins with coming home to yourself.
Take the Inner Sanctuary Quiz now to discover which part of your life needs the deepest reset—your 3-minute reset audio and journal are waiting.
