Dr. Shiloh's Blog
The People Pleaser’s Detox boundaries emotion regulation fawning response nervous system people-pleasing trauma patterns

People pleasing often gets praised in our culture. We call it kindness. We call it selflessness. We call it being easy to work with, loyal in relationships, or someone who always shows up.

But underneath that polished image is often something much heavier: emotional debt. Emotional debt builds when...

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Trusting Peace After a Lifetime of Hypervigilance boundaries emotion regulation mental health peace self-trust trauma informed

A Letter to Dr. Shiloh

Every so often, I receive a message that represents the heartbeat of so many people. Individuals who are strong, responsible, intuitive, and exhausted by a level of vigilance they don’t know how to turn off.

Today’s blog is written in response to one of those people - a woma...

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The Art of the Pause: Why Responding Is More Powerful Than Reacting calm confidence choose your response emotion regulation impulse control mindfulness

The Art of the Pause - Why Responding Is More Powerful Than Reacting

Most of our regrets in life didn’t come from what we said. They came from what we said before thinking. Before pausing.

We reacted. We got overwhelmed. We felt pressured. We felt triggered. We answered too quickly. And afterward,...

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