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Understanding Cult Dynamics + Why We Need To Keep Our Empathy Instead Of Resorting To “I Told You So”
I’ve been overwhelmed by what’s going on in our country right now and feeling helpless and speechless, while I sort out my own emotions, thoughts,...
5 Parenting Mistakes We Don’t Even Know We’re Making
In preparation for Mothering As Medicine, the six week Zoom course I’m co-teaching with pediatrician and ACESAware trauma expert Rachel Gilgoff, MD,...
When It’s Ethical To Control Your Kids- & When It’s Not
I had a controlling mother. She felt entitled to control what I wore, how I did my hair, whether or not I plucked my eyebrows or shaved my legs,...
Do You Rescue Or Prefer To Be Rescued?
If you’re like most people I know, you either fantasize about being rescued- or you identify with being the rescuer. If you look at the history of...
Do You Feel Like You Wind Up Parenting Your Partner, Who Then Resents Being Infantalized?
I was recently listening to one of my favorite podcasts, couples therapist Esther Perel’s Where Shall We Begin. In this episode, the woman who is...
Helping Your Children Heal Their Mommy Wounds
I mostly steer clear of writing about my daughter or our relationship. Because…boundaries. Just because I’ve chosen to put a lot of my vulnerability...
The Sensitive Art Of Relational Rupture & Repair
This morning, I had a small conflict with a friend, who I’ll call Piper. Although I’m on a tight book deadline for a book that’s due February 1,...
The Challenges & Blessings Of Partnering With Someone With A Traumatized Nervous System
My partner Jeffrey Rediger and I are almost done with the manuscript for our first book together about the health implications of unbalanced...
When You’re Not Getting Your Needs Met Because The One You Love Has Adult ADHD, Part 2
In Part 1 of this series about how to navigate unbalanced relationships when one of you is autistic or has adult ADHD, I told Tara and Bryce’s story...
When You’re Not Getting Your Needs Met Because The One You Love Has Adult ADHD, Part 1
In LOVE SCHOOL, our IFS community of practice for healing relational trauma, improving relationships, and getting to know how your own parts engage...
An Empty Nest At Christmas (+ Empathy For All Of Us Who Are Hurting This Holiday Season)
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...
Pursuing A Healing Partnership Is Like Climbing Mount Everest
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...