Just Calm Down

Podcast: From Crisis to Connection - with Geoff & Jody Steurer · Geoff & Jody Steurer

Opublikowano: 2026-05-07

“Just calm down.” It might sound reasonable in the middle of a hard conversation, but it almost never works. In fact, it usually makes things worse. In this episode, we explore what’s actually happening when emotions escalate after betrayal and why the goal is not to force yourself or your partner into immediate calm. We talk about how activation lives in the nervous system, why pressure to “get it together” often creates more shame and disconnection, and how both betrayed partners and recovering partners can unintentionally add more stress to an already overwhelme...