Hi Reader,

Ok, Wow. After last week's email about unconscious beliefs, my inbox lit up.
So many of you wrote back with reflections, ahas, and one big question:

“What exactly is a schema?”

I touched on it briefly last week, but your replies made it clear this needs a deeper dive. So, we’ll explore it more fully later this week. For now, here’s a refresher:

Schemas are beliefs that don’t live in your thinking mind.​
They’re tucked deeper in the emotional and protective layers of your brain.
They shape your responses before you even know what’s happening.

Because they live beneath conscious awareness, they are harder to access.
The result/kicker is: they have more power over how you think, feel, and relate than your conscious beliefs ever could.

In many ways, these deeper beliefs are driving the bus even when you don’t realize they’re in the bus.

More on this soon. Keep an eye open for the email where I’ll share how these patterns work, how to recognize them earlier, & how to gently shift yourself towards feeling more safe and on solid ground.

Here for you,✨
Tess

P.S. If this sparked a question or curiosity, hit reply—I always love hearing what’s coming up for you.

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Quote from Pinterest​
​"Your brain isn't trying to sabotage you it’s trying to keep you safe.
Once we understand that, we can begin to choose something different."​
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