Feeling Safe & Standing Strong
Based on the Universal Truth “We’ve all got the right to feel safe”.
This Podcast is co-branded and brought to you by The Institute of Hope and Protective Behaviours International. Each episode offers practical, plain English tools for psychological safety, communication and emotional fitness with simple body based practices you can use right away. Listen here, read the full transcript and save your favourite practices.
Episodes
15 episodes
The Power of Permission
Permission is one of the most compassionate emotional fitness tools we have, yet often the hardest to give ourselves. In this episode, Bronwyn uncovers the transformative nature of permission, from rest to honesty to softening.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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11:44
Emotional Fitness with Coach Rach
Personal Fitness Trainer Rach Klein joins Bronwyn for a conversation about courage, authenticity, and the emotional fitness required to live in alignment with your truth. Rach shares about how she's built a strong foundation over time, and how ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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27:08
Awareness as the Doorway
Awareness is the first step toward emotional change, but often the quietest. In this episode, Bronwyn blends personal experience with professional insight to explore how awareness whispers before it shouts. Two gentle somatic practices...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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9:53
Emotional Fitness meets Emotional Freedom Technique
Psychologist Dr Margaret Lambert joins Bronwyn to reflect on what it really means to “show up” for ourselves emotionally. Together, they explore inner awareness, resilience, and lived experiences, as well as small practices that help us stay gr...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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38:38
S2_Eps1_Emotional Fitness: What is It, and Why does it Matter?
In this opening episode of Season Two, Bronwyn explores what emotional fitness actually is and why it matters in everyday life. Through gentle reflection, a personal story, and two grounding practices, she invites you to reconnect with yourself...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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11:00
Our Safety Legacy
What we practise today shapes the safety we pass on to others. In this final episode of the season, we reflect on the idea of a “safety legacy” and how small choices, habits, and ways of relating, can ripple forward to impact families, workplac...
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12:21
Standing Strong in Our Values
When we’re clear on what we stand for, we can handle challenges with more steadiness. In this episode, we explore how values act as anchors for safety and why living in alignment with them, strengthens trust and confidence.Ownership of o...
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11:31
Shared Meaning, Shared Safety
Feeling safe increases when people share a common understanding of what’s happening. In this episode, we explore how miscommunication can leave us feeling unsafe and how building shared meaning brings greater stability to our relationships....
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13:31
The Weight of Unspoken Conflict
Few things feel heavier than the conflict we don’t know how to talk about. In this episode, we explore the impact of silence on our safety and well-being, and how carrying unspoken tension shows up in our bodies.We connect this with Univ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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9:55
Finding Clarity in the Chaos
When life feels messy, our minds and bodies can get tangled in the noise. In this episode, we explore how to find small moments of clarity even when everything around us feels overwhelming.We’ll look at how nervous system overload can af...
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11:37
Episode 5: Boundaries are Safety in Action
Boundaries aren’t walls. They’re signals that help us protect what matters and feel safe in ourselves. In this episode, we explore how boundaries show up in daily life and why they’re essential for healthy relationships and self-respectI...
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9:14
Episode 4: Safety in Connection
Safety doesn’t just live inside us; it grows when we feel connected to others. In this episode, we explore how relationships can either build or erode our sense of safety, and why noticing subtle cues in ourselves and others helps us respond wi...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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10:41
Episode 3: Learning the Language our Bodies Speak
🎙 Episode 3: Learning the Language our Bodies SpeakSometimes the bravest thing we can do is stop, breathe, and give ourselves permission to pause. This episode is about slowing down enough to notice what we need.We’ll explore the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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9:46
Episode 2: Listening to the Body's Alarms
🎙 Episode 2: Listening to the Body's AlarmsOur bodies are designed to keep us safe, and it often sounds the alarm before our mind fully understands what’s happening. This episode explores how the fight, flight, freeze, and fawn re...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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9:13
Episode 1: When Safety Isn’t Obvious
Sometimes our bodies notice danger or discomfort before our minds catch on. In this episode, we explore the hidden ways our body signals us when something’s not quite right, even when nothing seems obvious on the surface. This is the foundation...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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11:42