#SelfAwareness #LoveAndHealing #NeuroscienceOfConnection
The deeper I heal, the deeper I love.
Not just others — but myself, too.
And that’s not selfish. It’s sacred.
Healing and self-awareness aren’t just about recovery — they’re about reconnection.
With your heart.
With your nervous system.
With your true self.
And from that place… love flows differently. Love becomes truer.
🧠 The Psychology and Neuroscience of Love and Healing
When we experience trauma — especially relational trauma — the brain adapts for protection, not connection.
🔒 The amygdala becomes hyper-vigilant.
💔 The prefrontal cortex (where empathy and regulation live) can go offline.
❤️🩹 We may shut down, avoid closeness, or disconnect from ourselves and others.
But through healing and self-awareness, something remarkable begins to happen:
💫 The prefrontal cortex re-engages.
🧘♀️ The nervous system shifts from fight/flight into safety.
💛 We begin to regulate our emotions, rather than be consumed by them.
💡 We become present — not lost in past pain or future fear.
And from that safe, grounded place… love transforms.
🌹 How Healing Deepens Love
- We stop looking for love to fix us and start offering love from wholeness.
- We create healthier boundaries — not walls, but compassionate fences.
- We love ourselves enough to say no to chaos, and yes to peace.
- We become more emotionally attuned, which allows us to love others with greater empathy.
- We love without losing ourselves.
Healing teaches us that love isn’t possession.
It’s presence.
It’s attunement.
It’s allowing — of ourselves and others.
And the more we know and accept who we are, the more capacity we have to love deeply, truly, and freely.
🌟 Final Thought:
Self-awareness expands your heart.
Healing opens your nervous system to joy, closeness, and calm.
And love — real, grounded, reciprocal love — begins with you.
Heal deeply. Love fiercely. And start with yourself. 💞
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— Linda C J Turner
Trauma Therapist | Neuroscience & Emotional Intelligence Practitioner | Advocate for Women’s Empowerment
