How to create emotional safety

A friend recently asked me “Why are some people open minded and accepting of new ideas, while others get defensive or resistant any time something contradicts their current point of view?” My answer started with the concept of felt safety and ended with summarizing regulatory capacity.

The foundation of intimacy is emotional safety. When there is emotional safety, it creates a climate for closeness by allowing a person to feel internally relaxed when they are with someone. According to John Gottman, a psychology researcher, defensiveness is one of the four key factors that leads to trouble in relationships. Along with defensiveness, the other key factors are stonewalling, contempt, and criticism.

Emotional safety is an essential aspect of healthy relationships. You can create emotional safety within yourself through awareness and practice of these techniques.

How to create emotional safety in your marriage. There are 9 key attitudes that will help you build a realationship based on trust, security and love. #1 Kindness #2 Respect #3 Appreciation #4 Affirmation #5 Being Mindful #6 Open Communication #7 Responsibility #8 Releasing #9 Available

The evidence couldn’t be clearer - psychological safety is critical if you want your employees and team to thrive in today’s workplace. But how do you create it? While the definition might sound simple enough, the fact is that creating psychological safety in the workplace is anything but. According to these stats from recent research, here are a few things you can consider doing to begin creating psychological safety at work:

Feeling safe isn’t just about physical security—it’s about emotional, mental, and energetic protection. When your nervous system feels at ease, you make better decisions, attract healthier relationships, and live with greater confidence. Discover powerful techniques to cultivate deep-rooted safety and inner peace. 🌿✨ #EmotionalWellness #SelfHealing #FeelingSafe #InnerSecurity #MentalHealth #SpiritualGrounding #PersonalEmpowerment

Emotional safety enables us the freedom to collaborate, dream, be wildly creative, share bold ideas, feel increased compassion, and express ourselves freely with one another. The latest research in neurobiology shows that emotional safety is one of the most important aspects of a satisfying connection in a loving relationship.

You didn’t choose the betrayal, but you can choose how you heal.
Rebuilding after broken trust is hard, but with the right support, you can move forward with clarity, strength, and renewed connection to yourself. Healing is not about forgetting what happened. It’s about understanding the impact, creating emotional safety, and learning to trust your own voice again. Therapy can be a powerful part of your recovery journey. It creates a safe space to be seen, heard, and supported as you…

Emotional safety isn’t built in the absence of discomfort. It’s revealed in how we move through it🦋 It’s not about always feeling good. It’s about knowing the connection won’t disappear when things get hard. It’s care that stays💗 Love that repairs💌 Presence that doesn’t punish🫶🏼 Emotional safety is co-created. It’s a mutual commitment to pause, reflect, and repair without using silence, guilt, or withdrawal as weapons. It’s not about avoiding tension. It’s about trusting we can…

Being in a safe, healing environment. 👈👈 It cannot be overstated how advantageous it is to the nervous system to have physical, emotional, financial, psychological safety, ect... If you are not in a safe, healing environment. this is where the majority of your efforts should be focused on first. Even if it takes months to plan and execute, your long-term well-being will be dramatically improved from creating a life where you can be safe. Once you are in a safer environment internal…

Emotional safety isn’t built in the absence of discomfort. It’s revealed in how we move through it🦋 It’s not about always feeling good. It’s about knowing the connection won’t disappear when things get hard. It’s care that stays💗 Love that repairs💌 Presence that doesn’t punish🫶🏼 Emotional safety is co-created. It’s a mutual commitment to pause, reflect, and repair without using silence, guilt, or withdrawal as weapons. It’s not about avoiding tension. It’s about trusting we can…

Emotional intimacy does not return on its own. It is something that must be nurtured after betrayal. Rebuilding that connection takes intention, time, and mutual effort. It begins with creating emotional safety and continues through small but meaningful steps like honest communication, shared routines, and being fully present with each other. This process is not about rushing. It is about gently reconnecting, rebuilding trust, and learning how to feel close again, even after deep…