How to Break the Cycle of Over-functioning & Deepen Intimacy With Christine Hassler
Episode Highlights With Christine
- Over-functioning and why capable, efficient people end up doing everything, but how to break the cycle
- This can look like competence but be connected to control and safety starting in childhood
- How can we actually break the pattern of over-functioning
- “If I stop doing all this, bad things will happen” and the myth of that belief
- The question of "will I still be valued if I don’t do everything for everyone?"
- For true change to happen, there is usually chaos in between
- It’s never too late to have a great childhood
- Nervous system tips for re-patterning the over-functioning
- How have you set yourself up so that people can’t help you?
- Ways to help our kids develop a healthy foundation without over-functioning
- We are usually subconsciously attracted to people who remind us of the patterns of our family of origin
- The female nervous system needs to feel safe and can feel this from the masculine through consistency and presence
- What happens to a relationship when women are overfunctioning
- Hypervigilance looks like being too “in the masculine” and protecting yourself from relationships
- Women can try to create safety through control
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Resources Mentioned
- Christine's website including the Love Magnet workshop
- Christine's books
