I'm going to tell you something that might sting a little.

If you're someone who says yes when you mean no, who agrees to keep the peace, who shape-shifts depending on who you're with—people can sense it. And on some level, they don't trust you.

Not because you're a bad person. But because they can feel that you're not being real with them.

Your fawn response might be keeping you safe, but it's also keeping people at arm's length.

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Self-sovereignty gets hijacked in six core ways: blended parts, survival-mode nervous systems, attachment wounds, ancestral trauma, emotional outsourcing, and soul-level patterns. This guide explores how these hijackers show up—and how to reclaim your power through IFS, somatic healing, and spiritual integration.

Self-sovereign: The lived capacity to lead from your authentic Self, even when trauma, emotional triggers, inherited burdens, or relational patterns arise. To be self-sovereign is to sit in the driver’s seat of your inner world—where your choices, boundaries, and responses are directed not by wounded parts or fear, but by clarity, compassion, and conscious intent. By Bethany Russell, LPC.