Self-care tips for therapists in private practice and beyond
Therapist’s self-care is a popular and evasive topic these days. We all know that it is good to take care of ourselves and many of us still struggle to know how to apply self-care principles to our daily lives.
From Self-Protection to Connection
we all can get upset and triggered, resorting to self-protective reactions of anger, defensiveness, resentment, over-explaining, criticism, pulling away, or shutting down.
What is your unique medicine?
What Is Your Unique Medicine “One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires… causes proper […]
FOUR STEPS TO REPAIR YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARTNER AFTER AN ARGUMENT
Learning to repair after an argument is one of the most important skills for your relationship sustainability. Research shows that successful couples get upset with each other and might have conflicts, but they know how to come back together and repair.
MANAGING STRONG EMOTIONS: SELF-REGULATION AND CO-REGULATION
Emotions are our involuntary reactions to the environment. Emotion regulation is how we modulate/modify/change those reactions. When it comes to managing our emotions, we have two main routes through which we can help ourselves ride the waves of emotional experiences and soothe our nervous system: Self-regulation and co-regulation.
Tending to the Roots
We are all born into stories — the stories of our families, our cultures, our lands, our countries. These stories live in our households and our communities, they live in our bodies, our relationships, and our genes.
