COMMUNICATION FRIDAY: Thank You For Hearing Me
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What is mindful listening? At its core, it's about paying attention to your partner and focusing on what they have to say.
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This therapy blog serves to provide tips, tricks, and at home therapy techniques to try before accessing formal therapy or to compliment your current work in therapy.
Contact me with questions or to let me know how the at-home strategies are working. I'd love to hear from you!
PARENTING THURSDAY: Attention To My Baby
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Daily life can be busy.
Daily life with kids can take that busyness and grow it exponentially. With increased demands on our time and attention comes a decrease in our willingness and ability to communicate. Usually, the people who suffer this most are our children.
SELFCARE WEDNESDAY: New Rules
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When it comes to self care, there are a few things to try, and it can be difficult to strike the right balance between taking care of yourself and making good choices. Self-care isn't a lot of things either. If it becomes habitual to reach for some indulgent habits in the name of self-care, then it can actually damage your health over time.
Read MoreRELATIONSHIP TUESDAY: You Oughta Know
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Whenever resentment is present, there is a tale that goes along with it - you begin to tell a story about how you felt wronged, what happened to you, and the outcome you preferred, rather than the one you ended up with. You recount what really should have occurred instead, and pour fresh pain out.
By putting energy into the story, you keep it moving forward.
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