{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Soul Medicine with Carina Bull","title":"Hyper-Independence: Why You Can’t Ask for Help","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":455,"description":"Hyper-independence can look like strength.But often, it’s something the nervous system learned when support didn’t feel safe.\nIn this episode, we explore hyper-independence as a survival response, how it forms, why it shows up in relationships, and what it quietly costs over time.\nIf you’ve been carrying everything alone, holding invisible emotional weight, or struggling to ask for help without guilt, you’re not broken.\nYou adapted.\nWhat This Episode Offers\n\nThis is a space for recognition, not fixing.Many listeners finish feeling clearer, softer, and less alone, even if nothing in their external world has changed yet.\nIf This Resonated\n\nIf this episode left you feeling open or unsettled, you might find it supportive to ground your system gently.\nI’ve created a free Ground • Clear • Protect guided meditation to help you come back into your body and regulate after emotional depth.\nIt’s available here:\nhttps://carinabull.com.au/groundingmeditation\n\nTake what you need.\nNothing else is required.\nOptional Support\n\nYou can explore my current offerings here, if and when it feels right:www.carinabull.com.au\nClosing\n\nIf this episode felt supportive, you’re welcome to follow the podcast or share it with someone who’s been carrying everything alone.\nMusic Credit\n\nMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators):\nMountaineer – Juciest\nLicense code: OEPVET9VNFBLLISZ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/B8fm5LmEkuARU3WnwCgwMvpCSCMKqr5_24hA9hdYMv4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNDQz/ZDc2YmY0ZjUzOWFl/ODljZTZkZWU5ZjI1/ZjJmYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}