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Stop Self-Abandonment: Nervous System Healing and Learning to Stay With Yourself

Susan Kricun Season 2 Episode 8

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Stop Self-Abandonment: Nervous System Healing and Learning to Stay With Yourself

What does it actually mean to stop abandoning yourself — not in theory, but in real life?

In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, Susan names what she stands for. Not as a recap. Not as a how-to. But as a clear point of view rooted in lived experience.

This conversation explores what changes after a quiet but decisive internal shift — and how nervous system healing, attention, and self-loyalty become the foundation for lasting change.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

  • Why discipline and mindset alone often aren’t enough
  • How self-abandonment shows up through urgency, control, and over-functioning
  • The difference between self-improvement and self-loyalty
  • How to care for your body without collapsing your identity into what’s struggling
  • What it looks like to “stay” with yourself as trust rebuilds over time

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Inside Return, you’ll receive at least two private drops each month, designed to help you come back to yourself in the exact moments you usually lose yourself, including:

  • Resets — short audios for urgency, overwhelm, spiraling, or the pull to self-abandon
  • Boundary Scripts — clear, kind language you can borrow (texts, work replies, family moments) without over-explaining
  • Audio Letters — like a voice note from me when you’re in the middle of it, helping you re-ground and choose differently

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