What is Avoidant Attachment? Avoidant attachment refers to a tendency to avoid emotional closeness and dependency on others. Those with this attachment style may have developed self-reliance as a defence mechanism, often suppressing their need for connection. This can make …
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Feeling Loved and Important
Feeling loved and Important to your partner is an attachment need. BUT HOW??? Here are some ways to make your partner feel loved and important:
Being Understood and Accepted
Which one has more power for you? To be understood or accepted? To be understood is to have someone say, “You make sense” in one way or another.To be accepted is to belong. Both are food for the heart and …
Feel Like Whatever You Do is Wrong?
I have a FREE resource to help you get awareness. In it you will learn: My gift to you, Love, Jen
International Day of Yoga
The theory is that trauma-informed yoga practice assists traumatised people by helping them re-establish contact with their bodies, connect to their sensory experiences, and increase their emotional awareness. This has absolutely been my experience with yoga. Yoga has helped me …
Anxiety or Anxiety Disorder?
You might not know there is a big difference between anxiety and an anxiety disorder. Most of us will experience anxiety on and off, but how do you know when anxiety has become a real problem for you? Anxiety is …
A Stephanie Kramer Quote
Leave a comment if you have tried to do it all alone. The part of this quote that hits me is the last line, ‘not alone’. Living in a culture that revers the individual over the collective, it is easy …
Healing Community
I live healing. It is a big, integrated part of my life, not just something I do for work. I also do it for fun. You might be thinking, “for fun?” What? I have been staying with my friend Laura …
IFS and Attachment Theory
Have you ever wondered why you react to certain situations or relationships in a specific way? Are you curious about the intricate workings of your mind and how it shapes your experiences? Today, I want to dive into two fascinating …
What is Internal Family Systems?
We all have parts. As I sit here now, there is part of me that wants to go for a walk in the English countryside and there is part of me that wants to share with you. When we have …