Embodied Love Rising

Embodied Love Rising Welcome to Embodied Love Rising ! Led by Dr. Marchell, we explore attachment, relationships, and personal growth with culturally nuanced insights.

Join us for tools to heal, thrive, and transform the way you love. đź’›

Many of us learned to confuse effort with intimacy — believing if we did enough, we’d finally be loved enough.But true l...
09/25/2025

Many of us learned to confuse effort with intimacy — believing if we did enough, we’d finally be loved enough.
But true loyalty isn’t about labor. It’s about being seen, heard, and cherished without performing.

✨ Reflection: What would it look like for me to receive love instead of earning it?

When love felt unsafe, your system built strategies:– Be agreeable– Don’t need too much– Overgive to stay connected– Avo...
09/23/2025

When love felt unsafe, your system built strategies:
– Be agreeable
– Don’t need too much
– Overgive to stay connected
– Avoid intimacy altogether

These strategies weren’t weakness—they were brilliance. But now, they might be blocking what you truly desire: love that is mutual, restful, safe.

✨ Reflection: Which protector strategy do I still carry?

Caretaking often begins in childhood—being “good,” helpful, or low-maintenance to get scraps of love.As adults, it can s...
09/21/2025

Caretaking often begins in childhood—being “good,” helpful, or low-maintenance to get scraps of love.
As adults, it can show up as:
– Always giving, rarely receiving
– Feeling unseen, even in partnership
– Carrying an ache of not being fully chosen

💡 The truth: This isn’t failure. It’s a blueprint you can rewrite.

✨ Reflection: Where do I give love as labor instead of as a gift?

The version of you who stayed agreeable, overgave, or hid her needs wasn’t broken—she was brilliant. She kept you safe w...
09/19/2025

The version of you who stayed agreeable, overgave, or hid her needs wasn’t broken—she was brilliant. She kept you safe when love felt unpredictable.
But now, she doesn’t have to run the show anymore. ✨
Today, whisper to her:
“Thank you for keeping me safe. But I am safe now.”
đź’­ What would you thank your protector-self for?

If rest feels unsafe, it’s not because you’re broken—it’s because your nervous system learned that stillness was dangero...
09/17/2025

If rest feels unsafe, it’s not because you’re broken—it’s because your nervous system learned that stillness was dangerous.
But here’s the shift: Rest is where you reset. Rest is where you rise. Rest is where your body learns it no longer has to hustle to belong.
✨ This week: Create one ritual of rest. A bath, a walk, journaling, or just doing nothing—and call it sacred.

Loving from wounds feels like chasing.Loving from worth feels like clarity.✨ Worth says:– I don’t rewrite myself to be e...
09/15/2025

Loving from wounds feels like chasing.
Loving from worth feels like clarity.
✨ Worth says:
– I don’t rewrite myself to be easier to love.
– I don’t overgive to prove my value.
– I know my love is sacred, and I get to be met fully.
💭 Reflection: What would change if you believed you are not too much—you are just asking the wrong person when they’re unwilling to grow?

If love requires you to shrink, silence yourself, or sacrifice your peace — it isn’t love, it’s survival.✨ Worth-based l...
09/13/2025

If love requires you to shrink, silence yourself, or sacrifice your peace — it isn’t love, it’s survival.
✨ Worth-based love says: I can be fully me and still be chosen.

đź’­ Reflection: Where have I mistaken survival for love?

Healthy love never asks you to dim your light.It doesn’t demand you shrink your voice, your vision, or your truth.💜 Wort...
09/11/2025

Healthy love never asks you to dim your light.
It doesn’t demand you shrink your voice, your vision, or your truth.

đź’ś Worth-based love says:
– You can be big and still be cherished.
– You can be soft and still be safe.
– You can be fully YOU—and still be held.

✨ Reflection: Where have I been shrinking, and what would it look like to stand tall instead?

Your nervous system doesn’t always distinguish between healthy love and familiar love.That’s why you may feel “chemistry...
09/09/2025

Your nervous system doesn’t always distinguish between healthy love and familiar love.
That’s why you may feel “chemistry” with someone who triggers your anxiety… and disinterest with someone steady.

The shift? Teaching your body that peace, joy, and consistency are safe, too. 🌱

✨ Practice: This week, notice when calm feels uncomfortable—and choose to stay with it.

For many women, love has long been tied to survival.đź’” Survival love feels like: vigilance, effort, walking on eggshells....
09/08/2025

For many women, love has long been tied to survival.
đź’” Survival love feels like: vigilance, effort, walking on eggshells.
đź’ś Soulful love feels like: rest, reciprocity, being seen without performance.

✨ Reflection: Which one does your nervous system recognize as “normal”?

Boundaries aren’t rejection—they are sacred.An embodied yes feels expansive and aligned.An embodied no protects your pea...
09/05/2025

Boundaries aren’t rejection—they are sacred.
An embodied yes feels expansive and aligned.
An embodied no protects your peace.
✨ Practice today: Try a “soft no” without apology or over-explaining. Notice how it feels in your body.
đź’­ Where do you most need to honor your yes and no right now?

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