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View fullsize “I statements” I feel (Emotion) when (Blank) happens. I need (blank). When expressing a need, focus on sharing what you need and NOT what the other person is lacking. During arguments we get stuck wanting to place blame and pointing ou
View fullsize Name and Label Your Emotion Naming and labeling your emotions can do two things: 1)It can take away the power of the emotion. When something is unknown it can be scarier and more overwhelming. Once we label it we know what it is so we feel less sca
View fullsize It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. - Eugene Ionesco ⠀ The more questions we ask the more understanding we get to. Many of the things we do or the things believe have become so much are part of us that we run on auto pilot. ⠀ When
View fullsize Focus on the cause vs. impact, rather than right vs. wrong. ⠀ Society has a way to get us to think on a binary in many ways. A common one is right and wrong. This shows up often in our anxiousness. We want to do what is right for ourselves, for our l
View fullsize Friendly Reminder Friday: You can be grateful for your life, and still be unhappy. ⠀ We often feel guilt when we are unhappy with our lives. We think that if we are unhappy it must mean we are not grateful. ⠀ It does not help that some people try to
View fullsize Progress through therapy takes time. You are not only learning new skills, you are often unlearning old habits that no longer serve you. ⠀ We know it takes time to learn a completely knew skill. But it takes even more time to learn to do a skill a di
View fullsize Friendly Reminder Friday: Unconditional love is for you too! ⠀ We often hear about the idea of unconditional love and giving it to those close to us. But what about for yourself? Do you love yourself unconditionally? You deserve to love yourself unco
View fullsize Multilingual folks, what is your heart language? ⠀ I was in consultation this week and shared that I was getting tutored in Vietnamese to become more fluent. My consultant asked me, what is your heart langauge? ⠀ It took me second to sit with that qu
View fullsize Healing and changes starts with noticing...noticing without judgement. ⠀ How often do you just notice yourself? Notice your reactions? Notice your emotions? And most importantly, notice without judgement? ⠀ We are often in autopilot in most parts of