Riding the Waves of Emotion: How Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Distress Tolerance, and Pendulation Work Together
Do you ever feel like your emotions hit you in a single, overwhelming wave, too big, too fast, too much? Or maybe you’ve heard, “You’re too sensitive,” enough times that you’ve started to believe you can’t handle your own emotional world.
How to Set Boundaries as a Couple: Holiday Edition
Have you ever had a conversation with your partner about having more firm expectations with their family or your family? Have you ever felt like you and your partner can’t start your own holiday traditions because someone’s extended family monopolizes the holidays? This article can help you learn how to start setting boundaries and reinforcing them to strengthen your relationships and cultivate peace during the holiday season.
Holiday Boundaries 101: How Families Can Stay Connected this Season
Boundaries aren’t about limiting closeness, they’re about protecting it. When you move through the holidays with clarity, consistency, and compassion for yourself, you create space for more genuine connection with the people you love.
Understanding the Relationship Between Parts Work and Attachment and How to Heal Your Wounded Parts
Attachment is dynamic which means it can change based on the experiences we have with close loved ones, also called attachment figures. This means we can have multiple types of attachment styles depending on the relationship. We can also have multiple “parts” depending on our experiences. Our attachment style might dictate how these “parts” react and the behaviors they might develop.
Navigating Cuffing Season: How Attachment Shapes Your Relationships
Attachment shapes how we connect, trust, and feel safe in relationships. In recent years, terms like “anxious” or “avoidant” have become common online, but what’s often missing is how to move toward secure attachment.
Fall Into Connection: 3 Mindful Moments to Incorporate with Your Kiddo This Season
Just like the trees let go of their leaves, fall invites us to release what we no longer need. It’s a time of reflection, slowing down, and finding warmth in togetherness. These small mindful moments, raking, walking, breathing, help kids feel grounded and valued.
Even 10 minutes of your presence teaches a child:
"You matter. You are worth my attention. You belong."