A holistic approach to trauma defines attachment injury/wounding not as an event or a challenged relationship, but rather as a disruption and overwhelm to our body-mind’s capacity to feel safe, secure, cared for, and consistently connected with. Attachment trauma may …
Category: Relationships
The Cycle Breakers Circle
his is the cycle we all go through on any healing journey. We need to discover where we are stuck and what we inherited from our parents and childhood. Then we need to attend to and heal those wounded parts, …
Using Your Body To Attune
This is what we call deep empathy, and it’s like a nourishing fertilizer for relationships, helping them grow and thrive. The body is infinitely wise. Much love, Jen
Corrective Experiences
As a therapist, I know about the importance of corrective experiences. They help create a different template of how we are treated and what that feels like. Staying with corrective experiences and leaning into them is a big part of …
A Gift for Your Child
A redo sounds like: “That came out way too harsh. Can I say it again in a kinder voice?” This teaches your child a few things:
Self-Awareness Archetypes
These archetypes come from the research of Dr. Tasha Eurich (2019). She has a fabulous TEDx talk called ‘Increase your Self-Awareness with One Simple Fix’. She says that 95% of people believe they are self-aware, but only 10% — …
Blocks To Self-Awareness
True self-awareness takes courage. We have to be ready to look within and find things we don’t like and/or feel unable to change. Sometimes, self-awareness can feel like a punishing party. This is why I am a huge advocate for …
What is Self-Awareness?
Dr. Tasha Eurich (2019) in her research, differentiates between internal and external self-awareness. Internal self-awareness can be cultivated through: While gathering external data we have to bear in mind that the other person is seeing you through their own …
Parts That Block Listening
As the listener, you must first notice the part of you formulating your response. This part is likely to be a protector in your system. This part is probably trying to protect you in some way. It might be protecting …
Brené Brown Quote
We meet vulnerability every time we do something new. How much vulnerability did you feel today? That’s how courageous you are! Big love, Jen