Our Body Remembers What Our Mind Forgets

And it’s not your fault you feel unsafe in love.

by Catherine Josephine | The Love Priestess™

“Mommy, I just started crying in class for no reason.”

My daughter said this to me one afternoon after school.
She couldn’t name the feeling.
She only knew it overwhelmed her.

What she didn’t know—what many of us don’t know—is that our body remembers what our mind forgets.

At the time, her father was working out of state.
Gone for months at a time.
She missed him. She felt the instability.
And her little heart didn’t know how to make sense of it.

So her nervous system carried the weight.
It stored the sadness.
It held the ache for connection.

That moment stayed with me.
Because so many women I work with say the same thing in different words:

“I don’t know why I feel this way.”
“I don’t know why I get so anxious when he pulls away.”
“I don’t know why calm feels… scary.”

But I do.

Because I’ve lived it.
And I’ve studied it.
And I’ve helped others unravel it.

Here’s what I want you to know:

Trauma isn’t just what happened to you.
It’s what your system had to do to survive.

It’s not always the obvious things.
Sometimes it’s the absence of what you needed most:

→ No one coming when you cried
→ Being told you were “too much”
→ Feeling invisible when you needed presence

And what your system learned back then?

→ Stillness means danger
→ Vulnerability isn’t safe
→ Intimacy leads to abandonment

This is how trauma shows up in love:

You freeze. You fawn. You overgive.
You attract partners who mirror the same emotional unavailability you experienced as a child.
You feel panic when they pull away, but suffocated when they come close.

And then you blame yourself.

But what if the reason you can’t think your way out of it
is because your body is still holding the story?

That’s what I help my clients with.
I help them find the root of the feeling—
the real reason love feels confusing, chaotic, or unreachable.

We don’t just talk about love.
We work with the nervous system.
We use somatic and emotional tools to help you feel safe enough to open, receive, and stay in love.

Because healing isn’t about being perfect.

It’s about making peace with the little girl who had to hold it all alone.

And letting her know:
She’s not alone anymore.

✨ If you’ve ever cried and didn’t know why… this is the work that will change your life.
Ready to find out what’s really holding you back from the love you deserve?

If you’ve ever felt what I just described, you’re not alone. And you are not too much. You are simply awakening from the spell of survival.

Let’s rewrite the story together. 

If love feels like a storm instead of a sanctuary, you're not broken — you're remembering what safety feels like. Let me help you come home to yourself.

Apply for a Consultation Call with me to begin your journey from anxiety to anchored intimacy.

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where we uncover the patterns blocking soulmate love,
heal what’s been attracting the wrong partners,
and bring you into alignment with the love your soul is calling in.

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You don’t have to keep learning love’s lessons the hard way.
You’re ready to live in love and devotion.

If you are ready to go deeper on your healing journey, explore my programs designed to help you integrate love and soul-level healing. 

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Choose Your Path

Because waiting isn’t harmless.
It’s the slowest form of heartbreak there is.

xoxo love, Catherine

The Love Priestess

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