The left side, right side metaphor
The Left Side: Your Anxious Heart
This side of you feels deeply. It craves closeness, reassurance, and connection. When the world feels uncertain, it longs for safety in the form of others’ attention. Though it sometimes fears abandonment, it is also your well of passion, your ability to love fully. This side needs to know it’s seen, that it’s enough. It needs a gentle hand to remind it that love doesn’t always look like holding on tight, but sometimes, like letting go with trust.
The Right Side: Your Avoidant Strength
This side of you is the protector. It values space, independence, and self-sufficiency. It pulls back when things feel overwhelming, giving you the space you need to process and regain control. It helps you set boundaries and avoid emotional chaos, keeping you from losing yourself in relationships. Though it sometimes pulls away, it does so out of self-preservation, knowing that too much closeness can feel suffocating. This side needs to know that it’s safe to open up, that vulnerability doesn’t mean weakness, but strength in trusting another.
Pen and Page Journey 