The Terri Cole Show 789 Overcome Your People-Pleasing Habits with Beatriz Albina
Dec 4, 2025
Beatriz Victoria Albina, a nurse practitioner and somatic therapist, delves into the pitfalls of people-pleasing and emotional outsourcing. She explains the concept of 'functional freeze,' where one feels numb despite constant activity. Beatriz shares practical steps to reconnect with the body and emphasizes the importance of setting boundaries. The conversation highlights how childhood habits can drain energy and discusses the liberating effects of midlife hormonal shifts. It's a transformative dialogue for anyone looking to reclaim agency and self-trust.
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The Mixed State Of Functional Freeze
- Functional freeze mixes sympathetic activation (overdoing) with dorsal shutdown (numbness).
- This creates high achievement on the outside and emotional disconnection inside.
Stop Outsourcing Your Emotional Needs
- Stop sourcing safety, belonging, and worth exclusively from outside yourself.
- Recognize codependency, people-pleasing, and perfectionism as forms of emotional outsourcing.
Change Behavior Through The Body
- Rewire procedural emotional habits by working with the body, not only the mind.
- Use somatic and nervous system practices to override automatic people-pleasing patterns.
