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EPISODE · May 10, 2026 · 0 MIN

When Strength Becomes Armor | Armor for Protection, Not Hinderance

from Untangling the Heart · host Elizabeth Gifford Maffei

We all build armor.Sometimes to survive.Sometimes to protect ourselves from getting hurt again.But armor was never meant to keep you trapped.It was meant to help you move through life — not hide from it.In this episode, Patti Brown Sword shares the difference between protective strength and the kind of emotional armor that keeps us disconnected from ourselves and others.There’s a difference between protection…and paralysis.

We all build armor.Sometimes to survive.Sometimes to protect ourselves from getting hurt again.But armor was never meant to keep you trapped.It was meant to help you move through life — not hide from it.In this episode, Patti Brown Sword shares the difference between protective strength and the kind of emotional armor that keeps us disconnected from ourselves and others.There’s a difference between protection…and paralysis.

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