[ad_1] Where do I even begin! Eighteen years and three weeks ago, I started writing Baggage Reclaim. I never imagined what it would lead to. All I’d set out to do was help at least *one* person avoid what I’d […]
‘Am I Self-Aware?’ Do You Trust, Listen To, Care For, and Know Yourself? Read More »
[ad_1] Tags: Emotional Health, healing emotional baggage, healing emotional pain, mindfulness, over-responsible, overgiving, overthinking, people pleasing, procrastination, resillience, self-care, self-care habits, self-soothing Feeling worse when you experience the onset of certain emotions or feeling as if you’re trying to anaesthetize
Rethinking How We Soothe Our Emotional Discomfort Read More »
[ad_1] Supporting a partner who’s struggling with their mental health without becoming anxious, depressed or low ourselves is possible, but it does take clear boundaries and self-care. We can care for our partner as well as for ourselves. ‘Support’ doesn’t
Healthy Boundaries in Supporting a Partner’s Mental Health Read More »
[ad_1] Being involved with emotionally unavailable people or with shady folks are examples of codependent relationships. You might feel excessively emotionally responsible for others and find it difficult to have boundaries, often seeing relationships as the definition of you or
You Can Move From Codependence to Interdependence for Healthier, Intimate Relationships Read More »
[ad_1] When you examine your emotional baggage, which affects you mentally, physically and spiritually, you see that the unresolved and unquestioned beliefs, judgements, stories, disappointment, rejection, trauma, unmet needs, blame, shame, obligation, resentment and ’rules’, all boil down to pain,
How Emotional Baggage Shapes Our Love Life Read More »
[ad_1] 2023 was quite a year. To say there have been some challenges is an understatement but my hope for you is that you are finding some inspiration and optimism for the New Year. There were highs, lows and transitions
Happy 2024, I Have a Few Things for You Read More »
[ad_1] Our feelings are instinctive responses that represent our emotional state. They provide clues about what we need to be and do for ourselves. Part of what causes us to feel unhappy, confused, frustrated, lost, and triggered, to name but
Feeling Your Feelings is Key to Breaking the Cycle of Codependency Read More »
[ad_1] Who doesn’t want to be happy? With much of your happiness in your control (40% says Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD), you are more empowered than you think to make legitimate changes to your emotional health. Some of the skills you
Happiness: Questions to Ask Yourself…and a Caveat Read More »
[ad_1] You may or may not be familiar with the term “family of origin” as it relates to therapy. When it comes to understanding how you function emotionally and/or in your relationships, it’s an important term to get familiar with.
What is Family of Origin Work? Read More »
[ad_1] (The following piece is by Dr. Carl R. Nassar, Ph.D., LPC, CIIPTS) It’s a Tuesday morning. A world away, more than two hundred hostages are held captive in the underground caverns of Gaza. I’m in my office—an upstairs loft
I’m a Therapist. Here’s what Happened the Day I Met with Both an Arab and a Jew. Read More »
