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.

After betrayal, heartbreak, or long-term disconnection, intimacy can feel confusing and unsafe — even when love is still present. In this article, therapist Raquel Perez explores how the body learns to protect, why desire disappears after hurt, and how trust and intimacy can be rebuilt through safety, attunement, and compassion.

Feeling stuck in your healing journey despite consuming endless self-help content? In this blog, Colorado-based therapist Raquel Perez, LPC, explores how self-improvement can become a trap that feeds your inner critic—and why acceptance and emotional safety are essential for true growth. Learn how therapy for depression, anxiety, and relationship issues can help you move beyond self-help and into meaningful transformation.