Name: Episode 5. How do I honor my protective responses while expanding my capacity?
Uploaded: 2026-09-29T11:35:20.000Z
Duration: 1274
Description: Fear is trying to keep you safe and protect you, but what happens when it starts deciding the size of your life, your relationships, your intimacy, and your...

Fear is trying to keep you safe and protect you, but what happens when it starts deciding the size of your life, your relationships, your intimacy, and your capacity for love? In this episode, Laurie Marie explores the window of tolerance, that edge where your nervous system can expand and grow versus where it simply breaks down, and why learning to recognize that edge changes everything. She reminds us that fear is a physiological response designed to keep us safe, and that most of the time, when there’s no actual danger present, it’s simply doing its job a little too well.

Laurie Marie shares a practical tool for identifying your own edge, and explains why fear often gets louder right before a breakthrough, showing up loudest at exactly the threshold you’re about to cross. This episode is about honoring your protective responses without letting them run the show, gently expanding your capacity allowing in more of everything you actually want.

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