Why Do I Struggle To Receive?

Episode 23: Why Do I Struggle to Receive? Trauma, Worthiness & the Fear of Letting It In
In this soul-deep episode of The Trauma Queen, Jessica Ella explores one of the most common yet hidden blocks women carry: the inability to receive. Whether it’s love, support, pleasure, rest, or money—many women unconsciously reject what they crave most. And the root of it? Trauma.

From early emotional wounds, people-pleasing patterns, or growing up with conditional love, Jess unpacks how unhealed trauma wires us to give endlessly but freeze, deflect, or self-sabotage when it’s our turn to receive. If receiving makes you feel guilty, weak, indulgent—or even unsafe—this episode will speak straight to your nervous system and your soul.

💫 Inside this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why so many women link receiving with weakness, shame, or unworthiness

• How abuse, abandonment, or codependency distort your ability to feel safe in receiving

• The connection between over-giving and the identity of the “strong one”

• Why your nervous system might see receiving as a trigger rather than a gift

• Practical, trauma-informed reprogramming to open to abundance, intimacy, and support

• How to go from blocked and burnt out to deeply healed, open, and magnetic

Jess shares her personal story of shifting from survival-based independence to embodied feminine receptivity—and how that transformation changed everything in her life.

This episode isn’t just about awareness—it’s about trauma recovery, self-worth, and learning to let the good in.

💫 Ready to stop pushing love, money, and support away? Begin your healing here: https://linktr.ee/jessellaainsworth