Feeling Safe & Standing Strong

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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Feeling Safe Standing Strong, Bronwyn Clee explores the inner voice and the quiet influence it has on our emotional wellbeing. Rather than trying to silence self-talk, this conversation invites a gentler relationship with the stories we carry.  Through personal reflection and two simple somatic practices, listeners are supported to notice tone, soften self-judgm...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Feeling Safe Standing Strong , Bronwyn Clee from The Institute of Hope is joined by Katrina “Trine” Gall to explore emotional fitness, nervous system regulation, and healing after burnout.  Recorded on Kalkadoon Country in Mount Isa, western Queensland, Trine shares her journey from high-pressure hospitality and serious health challenges to deep personal transfo...

Send us Fan Mail In this guest conversation, Bronwyn explores what it means to lead from a place of emotional steadiness, compassion, and clarity. She shares two practices that support emotional fitness in leadership, relationships, and challenging moments. A steadying episode for leaders, helpers, and anyone holding space for others.

Send us Fan Mail Jacques Botha joins Bronwyn for a rich conversation about proactively strengthening emotional fitness.  We met on LinkedIn and quickly struck up a meaningful connection. Turning chaos into clarity, from the stockroom to the boardroom, and occasionally, even the dining room is Jacques jam. In this episode, we explore Jacques's take on emotional fitness, grounded leadership, an...

Send us Fan Mail Permission is one of the most compassionate emotional fitness tools we have, yet often the hardest to give ourselves.  In this episode, Bronwyn uncovers the transformative nature of permission, from rest to honesty to softening. A gentle, deeply supportive exploration of allowing yourself to be human.

Send us Fan Mail Personal Fitness Trainer Rach Klein joins Bronwyn for a conversation about courage, authenticity, and the emotional fitness required to live in alignment with your truth. Rach shares about how she's built a strong foundation over time, and how it all started when she and her partner embarked on their Secret Health & Fitness Mission. At age 40, she had finally reached a po...

Send us Fan Mail Awareness is the first step toward emotional change, but often the quietest. In this episode, Bronwyn blends personal experience with professional insight to explore how awareness whispers before it shouts.  Two gentle somatic practices help you reconnect with your body and return to the present moment.

Send us Fan Mail Psychologist Dr Margaret Lambert joins Bronwyn to reflect on what it really means to “show up” for ourselves emotionally. Together, they explore inner awareness, resilience, and lived experiences, as well as small practices that help us stay grounded when life gets loud. Please know there are some deeply personal experiences shared on this Podcast pertaining to grief and loss.   A...

Send us Fan Mail In this opening episode of Season Two, Bronwyn explores what emotional fitness actually is and why it matters in everyday life. Through gentle reflection, a personal story, and two grounding practices, she invites you to reconnect with yourself in simple, meaningful ways.  A calm, steady introduction to building emotional strength from the inside out.

Send us Fan Mail What we practise today shapes the safety we pass on to others. In this final episode of the season, we reflect on the idea of a “safety legacy” and how small choices, habits, and ways of relating, can ripple forward to impact families, workplaces, and communities. Safety is both a personal right and a collective responsibility. Somatic Practices in this episode: Anchor Object Ritu...

Send us Fan Mail When we’re clear on what we stand for, we can handle challenges with more steadiness. In this episode, we explore how values act as anchors for safety and why living in alignment with them, strengthens trust and confidence. Ownership of our choices helps build safety for ourselves and others. Somatic Practices in this episode: Values Walk — walking slowly while repeating a chosen...

Send us Fan Mail Feeling safe increases when people share a common understanding of what’s happening. In this episode, we explore how miscommunication can leave us feeling unsafe and how building shared meaning brings greater stability to our relationships. The principle of shared responsibility and clear communication helps everyone feel safer. Somatic Practices in this episode: Say Back Practice...

Send us Fan Mail Few things feel heavier than the conflict we don’t know how to talk about. In this episode, we explore the impact of silence on our safety and well-being, and how carrying unspoken tension shows up in our bodies. We connect this with Universal Protective Behaviours, especially the reminder that safety includes having safe ways to speak up. Somatic Practices in this episode: Lion’s...

Send us Fan Mail When life feels messy, our minds and bodies can get tangled in the noise. In this episode, we explore how to find small moments of clarity even when everything around us feels overwhelming. We’ll look at how nervous system overload can affect our thinking, and how Universal Protective Behaviours offer us tools to step back and regain perspective. Somatic Practices in this episode:...

Send us Fan Mail Boundaries aren’t walls. They’re signals that help us protect what matters and feel safe in ourselves. In this episode, we explore how boundaries show up in daily life and why they’re essential for healthy relationships and self-respect Informed by Universal Protective Behaviours, Pillar One: We all have the right to feel safe . In this episode, we explore how boundaries are a way...

Send us Fan Mail Safety doesn’t just live inside us; it grows when we feel connected to others. In this episode, we explore how relationships can either build or erode our sense of safety, and why noticing subtle cues in ourselves and others helps us respond with care and respect. We’ll touch on how the nervous system is wired for connection (sometimes called co-regulation in Polyvagal Theory), wh...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Episode 3: Learning the Language our Bodies Speak Sometimes the bravest thing we can do is stop, breathe, and give ourselves permission to pause. This episode is about slowing down enough to notice what we need. We’ll explore the idea of self-regulation , which means learning to guide our own emotions and body responses back toward balance. It’s not about avoiding stress but abo...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Episode 2: Listening to the Body's Alarms Our bodies are designed to keep us safe, and it often sounds the alarm before our mind fully understands what’s happening. This episode explores how the fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses show up in our daily lives. We’ll break down the nervous system in simple language: it’s like a smoke alarm that sometimes gets too sensiti...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes our bodies notice danger or discomfort before our minds catch on. In this episode, we explore the hidden ways our body signals us when something’s not quite right, even when nothing seems obvious on the surface. This is the foundation of psychological safety, recognising those subtle inner alarms and learning to respond with care. We touch on how the nervous system works...