Releasing Family Roles: A Body-Based Healing Circle

Releasing Family Roles: A Body-Based Healing Circle

Have you spent your life feeling like the Scapegoat, the Peacemaker, the Invisible One, or the Golden Child?

Many of us unknowingly adopted survival roles as children to feel safe, loved, or accepted in families where emotional connection was missing.
These roles helped us survive, but they are not who we truly are.

This healing circle is a space to begin gently recognizing and releasing the role you've carried, so you can reconnect with your true, authentic self.

What to Expect:

• A grounding space to gently connect with your body
• Insight into how family roles show up somatically
• Time for journaling, visualization, and nervous system regulation

Most of the session will take place in quiet, internal space — supported by guided prompts and gentle pacing. You will be guided every step of the way.

You’ll explore how these roles live in the body, how to begin letting them go, and how to reconnect with the self that lives beneath the roles.

Reminder: This is body-based healing.
This is not a space for storytelling or sharing details of your past. We will stay present in the body, focusing on what’s alive for you in the present moment.

Cross-talk will not be permitted (no comments or advice after sharing). Sharing is always optional and is offered only as a way to further your personal healing or to gently practice using your voice in a supportive space.

No experience is needed. This space is especially supportive for adult children of dysfunctional families (ACA, ACOA, and similar recovery paths), or anyone on a healing journey seeking more clarity and embodiment.

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Please bring:

• A journal and pen
• A quiet, comfortable space
• Anything that helps you feel grounded (blanket, tea, etc.)

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Host:
Natalie Bussell
Healing & Embodiment Coach | NB Holistic Health
Trauma-informed. Nervous-system aware. Body-based healing.

### Core Principles of Trauma-Informed Practice

1. Safety – Physical, emotional, and energetic safety are prioritized. People aren’t pushed to do anything that feels overwhelming.
2. Choice – Participants have agency; they can opt in or out of any practice, change positions, or just observe without pressure.
3. Collaboration – The facilitator and participants are in a shared experience, rather than a top-down “expert/subject” dynamic.
4. Empowerment – Focus is on strengths, resilience, and self-trust rather than on deficits or “fixing.”
5. Cultural Humility – Recognizing and respecting that people’s experiences, beliefs, and bodies are shaped by diverse backgrounds.

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### Why It Matters for Healing

• Many trauma survivors are hyper-aware of threat cues (tone of voice, body language, abrupt changes), so being mindful of these creates a safe space where healing can actually happen.
• The nervous system learns safety through experience, not just logic — so a calm, respectful, choice-based space helps the body downshift out of survival mode.
• Avoiding re-traumatization means you don’t accidentally trigger someone into reliving their trauma through overly intense, invasive, or fast-paced practices.