From Storms to Stability

Lisa came into the Mind/Body Foundations program exhausted and emotionally frayed. She was holding it together at work—barely—but the real strain was happening at home.

Her relationship with her husband had become the central source of tension in her life. What used to feel like a partnership now felt unpredictable and volatile. Some weeks, everything seemed fine. Other weeks, Lisa found herself walking on eggshells, trying to anticipate what might set him off. The inconsistency was draining.

She started to notice a pattern—how much of her daily energy was going toward managing his moods, avoiding conflict, and keeping the peace. She realized she had begun holding herself back from things she enjoyed, like spending time with friends or expressing what she wanted, simply because it felt safer not to rock the boat.

The deeper she went into the program, the more she started to see how this pattern wasn’t new. It echoed early family dynamics—trying to stay small, good, and productive to avoid someone else’s emotional blow-ups. Her body knew this territory well: tension in the chest, a pit in the stomach, the familiar freeze response when things got heated.

Through the tools of the program—especially the parts work, somatic tracking, and journaling—Lisa started to unblend from the fear-based parts that had been driving her decisions. She began identifying the voice of her inner critic, the part that whispered, “You’re overreacting,” or “You’ll ruin everything if you speak up.” At the same time, she connected with the part of her that longed for stability, safety, and a home where she didn’t have to brace for the next storm.

The shift didn’t happen overnight. But as she tracked her sensations, named the voices inside, and began to honor what her body already knew, a different kind of clarity emerged. She wasn’t broken. She was tired of living in a relationship where she couldn’t relax into herself.

By the end of our work together, Lisa hadn’t yet made a final decision about her marriage—but she was no longer confused about what was happening in her body or her heart. She had language for it. She had tools. And most importantly, she had access to a deeper inner stability that would support whatever next step she chose to take.