Spiritual Firestarter

What the Hell is "Holding Space" Really? (And How to Know If You Can)

Spiritual Firestarter

Show Notes

If you ever walked on eggshells as a kid (umm hi!), almost killed yourself to be perfect (uh hi again!) and/or had to pretend you were ok when you really weren't (well s@#$)...

this was probably never done for you growing up.

It sounded "woo woo" to me when I first started healing, but I saw recently with my husband how awesome it is when you don't do this...

- What "holding space" really means and why it's so important for any relationship especially parenting

-A way to see if you are able to

-Real-life ways to help you get there even with a trunk of trauma

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