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Start With Me

by Melissa DeGore

Start with Me. Me Era → Love EraIn the first season of Start With Me, we explore the current state of our inner and outer worlds—and why so many of us feel disconnected, reactive, overwhelmed, or stuck in patterns we don’t fully understand. Much of how we think, feel, and behave isn’t a conscious choice at all; it’s shaped by conditioning, lived experiences, and unhealed patterns stored in the body and nervous system. This first season is about building awareness—seeing clearly how fear, survival, and adaptation have quietly shaped who we are and how we move through the world.We unpack how fear often disguises itself as control, perfectionism, people-pleasing, avoidance, or overachievement, and how these patterns follow us into adulthood, influencing our relationships, self-worth, and sense of safety. Rather than approaching this with judgment or quick fixes, this conversation invites compassion, understanding, and presence as the foundation for real