Explaining the Window of Tolerance
The window of tolerance is a phrase first used by Dr. Dan Siegel to describe the arousal state in which a person can best…
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Breaking Self-Betrayal Habits
Little self-betrayals become a habit. It is in the little moments where our natural reaction is to say yes, when the right answer for…
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Self-Betrayal: Neglecting Your Needs
Being scared of your needs is NORMAL when you have grown up in an environment where it was not okay or safe to ask…
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Self-Betrayal: Putting Others First
When we grow up with abusive or neglectful parents, we quickly learn to ignore our own needs. Maybe it is dangerous to express our…
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Protective Factors for Suicide Prevention
If you read through this list and see that you are weak in some of these factors, you can always strengthen others. For example,…
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Reaching Out To Someone You Are Worried About
This post is a great pocket guide for ‘how to have that conversation’. Above (in the slide) are the DOs, and below are the…
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A Suicide Attempt is a Cry for Help
When people are considering suicide, they need help from a trained professional. A therapist, counsellor, or doctor as soon as possible. Emergency assistance is…
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Statistics of Suicide in Australia
When I look at these statistics, I feel really sad. If suicide rates can be taken to be somehow reflective of how we are…
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Familial Guilt and Aligning with Our Values
This is one I come back to again and again. Whenever I am feeling guilty, I ask myself, am I out of alignment with…
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Mental Illness: Adapting to Unhealthy Situations
Knowing that mental illness results from normal adaptations to unhealthy situations became clear to me when I read “The Boy Who Was Raised as…
