by Nicolay Kreidler | Dec 25, 2024 | Mental Health, Relationships, Uncategorized
Unlike many of my trauma survivor clients, for whom holidays were often a nightmare, I am one of those people who grew up with a family who knew how to do wonderful holidays. At home in Winter Park, Florida, the holiday season was filled with advent calendars and...
by Nicolay Kreidler | Dec 22, 2024 | Creativity, Dick Schwartz, IFS, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing
After my divorce from the father of my now 18-year old daughter, I hoped to find a relationship with someone who was willing to go the distance with me. I’d met people who claimed to be up for personal or spiritual growth, but when the rubber met the road and we...
by Nicolay Kreidler | Dec 20, 2024 | Environment, IFS, Mental Health, Relationships, Uncategorized
For those of you seeking to write a memoir or learn self-help tools to deepen your Internal Family Systems practice, either as an adjunct to your IFS practice or because you can’t afford or can’t find an IFS therapist, my health equity parts want to share some...
by Nicolay Kreidler | Jun 22, 2024 | Relationships
In Understanding Attachment Styles: A Key to Trauma-Informed Dating, Part 1, we talked about how understanding your attachment style (and learning to spot the attachment signals of someone else’s attachment style) can make dating easier. We also talked about secure...
by Nicolay Kreidler | Jan 7, 2024 | IFS, Inner Pilot Light
When I was introduced to Internal Family Systems (IFS) and my “parts” a decade ago, one of the first parts that stepped up to meet me was my writing part. Typically, IFS practitioners do Self-to-parts connection with a therapist or in their inner world solo. But I had...
