{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP 520: How Overfunctioning Blocks Love with Nina","description":"In this powerful coaching session, Christine supports Nina, a high-achieving woman who has learned to rely on herself since childhood\u2014and now wonders why love feels so hard to receive. Despite years of healing and success, she finds herself attracting men who are kind but lack direction, and she struggles to understand whether her independence is strength or self-protection. Christine helps Nina uncover the difference between healthy masculine energy and overfunctioning rooted in trauma. Together, they explore how early loss and betrayal created hypervigilance, and how surrendering to trust\u2014especially through a deeper spiritual relationship\u2014can open the door to healthy, reciprocal love. If you\u2019ve ever been told you\u2019re \u201ctoo strong,\u201d or you find it easier to do everything yourself than to receive support, this episode will help you reframe that pattern with compassion and start allowing love in. Consider \/ Ask Yourself: Do you relate to overfunctioning or feeling like the one everyone relies on? Is receiving help or love uncomfortable for you? Do you believe you need to have everything handled to feel safe? Have you confused control with confidence or independence with strength? Key Insights and A-HAs: Overfunctioning is often a trauma response, not healthy masculine energy. When we\u2019ve been hurt by men, we often project that hurt onto \u201cthe masculine\u201d as a whole. Safety must come before surrender\u2014your nervous system needs evidence that love can be safe. Healing happens in stages; each relationship can serve as a stepping stone toward healthy partnership. True surrender isn\u2019t weakness\u2014it\u2019s a return to trust, faith, and divine alignment. How to Deepen the Work: Reflect on early memories that taught you to \u201chandle it all\u201d and what beliefs they created. Practice receiving in small, everyday ways (compliments, help, rest). Replace \u201cI need to fix it\u201d with \u201cI\u2019m open to support.\u201d Pray or journal: \u201cGod, help me align with my most loving and healthy match.\u201d Remember that trust\u2014both spiritual and relational\u2014is a muscle built over time. Sponsor: Cured Nutrition Christine recommends Flow Gummies from Cured Nutrition for clean, sustained energy and mental clarity. Formulated with Lion\u2019s Mane, green coffee extract, and ginkgo, Flow helps boost focus without jitters or crashes. Get 20% off when you subscribe at curednutrition.com\/overit with code OVERIT. Upcoming Program: Christine\u2019s Emerge Program is now open! This 3-month embodiment experience is for anyone who has done the inner work but still feels stuck. Learn to integrate awareness into embodied confidence and flow. Join at christinehassler.com\/emerge2025.   Social Media + Resources: Christine Hassler \u2014 Take a Coaching Assessment Christine Hassler Podcasts, including Coach\u2019s Corner Instagram: @ChristineHassler | @SacredUnionCouples Facebook: Christine Hassler Book: Expectation Hangover by Christine Hassler Email: jill@christinehassler.com \u2014 For information on Christine\u2019s services Apply to be coached live on the show: christinehassler.com\/waitlist ","author_name":"Life Coaching with Christine Hassler","author_url":"http:\/\/christinehassler.com\/podcast\/","html":"