by Karoline | Nov 10, 2025 | Healing, IFS, Physical Health, Relationships, Sexuality, Spiritual Bypassing, Spirituality
I once had a (very brief) romance with a guy who I suspect is a sociopath. He suspects he’s a sociopath too, so it’s not just me. In a book he wrote, he even has a whole chapter about sociopaths and was very openly curious about whether he, too, was one of them....
by Karoline | Oct 28, 2025 | Healing, IFS, Mental Health, Physical Health, Relationships, Spirituality
My partner Jeff is facing a lot of big decisions right now. He has two very different job opportunities potentially pulling him into two vastly different lifestyles. He has to decide where he’s going to live once our short term Airbnb in Forestville, CA, which came as...
by Karoline | Oct 28, 2025 | Creativity, Healing, IFS, Medicine, Mental Health, Money, Relationships, Spirituality, Trust, Work Life Purpose
I love one-on-one Internal Family Systems (IFS) parts work. I am forever indebted to my IFS therapist Nancy Morgan and to IFS founder Dick Schwartz, who I’ve been blessed to do some one-on-one work with from time to time. I highly recommend seeing an IFS therapist if...
by Karoline | Oct 24, 2025 | Healing, Mental Health, Physical Health, Relationships, Sexuality, Spiritual Bypassing, Spirituality, Trust
Pop psychology uses a lot of lingo to describe various imbalances in relationship: Overfunctioning/ Underfunctioning Narcissist/ Codependent Neurotypical/ Neurodivergent (ADHD, autism, etc) Caregiver/ Disabled care receiver Falsely empowered/ Disempowered One up/ One...
by Karoline | Oct 15, 2025 | Creativity, Healing, IFS, Relationships, Sexuality, Trust
Everyone deserves to be loved, especially the people who didn’t get love growing up. We all deserve companionship, affection, attention, appreciation, nurturing care, safe touch, comfort, and someone to have fun with. All human beings deserve to feel special, chosen,...
