Emotional Fitness

44 articles on emotional fitness — expert insights by Kenny Weiss on emotional healing, trauma recovery, and building healthier relationships.

December 29, 2021Emotional Authenticity

How to Accept Your Imperfections: Why Perfectionism Is a Trauma Response | Kenny Weiss

Perfectionism is a childhood trauma response — not a strength. Learn why self-esteem isn’t the ability to accept y...

October 2, 2021Emotional Authenticity

Stress is actually a fear response rooted in childhood trauma. Your nervous system learned to treat everyday life as a t...

September 11, 2021Boundaries

Learn how to fight fair in a relationship using the confrontation model. Understand reality arguments, the Worst Day Cyc...

September 9, 2021Authentic Self Cycle

Morals are fear-based rules inherited from childhood. Values are truth-based, self-authored principles that protect your...

August 28, 2021Codependence

Emotional shutdown is a trauma response rooted in childhood survival. When a child’s emotions were met with punish...

August 14, 2021Authentic Self Cycle

Self-love is not something you achieve through affirmations — it is the restoration of your authentic self after childho...