Have you ever felt like love is something you have to earn? In this personal reflection, licensed therapist Raquel Perez shares a powerful inner child healing moment where love finally felt safe. Through gentle insight and embodied awareness, this piece explores how early wounds shape our relationship with love — and how safety within ourselves can begin to change everything.

For years, sex felt flat—not because something was wrong with my body, but because a part of me had learned it wasn’t safe to exist. In this piece, I explore how shame and silencing fracture our relationship to pleasure, and how reclaiming identity can gently restore intimacy, connection, and embodied joy.

The holidays can bring both warmth and heaviness. This guided meditation by Colorado therapist Raquel Perez helps you ground into the earth, reconnect with your authentic self, and create boundaries that protect your peace—so you can move through the season with truth, presence, and self-love.