CASE STUDY 4: ‘Karen’ and being open and honest about her true feelings
Welcome to the fourth instalment in a series of articles featuring real-life stories of healing and transformation based on actual people I’ve helped over the [...]
How Our Wiring Impacts Our Loving
A study by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago found that relationship dissatisfaction is on the rise. More people are struggling [...]
Empathy: The Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Partner This Valentine’s
Want to make a lasting and positive impact on your relationship with your partner this Valentine’s Day? Chocolates, flowers, and/or a candlelit dinner for two [...]
How to Heal Old Wounds Through the Practice of “Parenting Yourself”
Previously, we learned about a second staying exercise that helps us to attend to the parts of ourselves that get activated when we're triggered. Today, [...]
Love on the Brain: How Our Neural Circuitry Can Lead Us to Love (Or Not)
Feeling stressed and stuck in a relationship rut? Break up with old, unhelpful relationship programming to cultivate deeper, more romantic connections. Valentine’s Day is [...]
How Revisiting Our Past Can Help Us in the Present
Previously, we practiced a staying exercise to help shift our emotional experience when we're triggered in order to make space for introspection and learning. Today, [...]
May 2021 Be a Year of Growth and Transformation
"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter [...]
Drop and Stay With Strong Emotions Instead of Running Away From Them
To loosen the grip of our old programming, instead of reflexively reacting to triggers with our old programming, we can stay present to what's going [...]
How to Use the Breath to Ground and Calm Your Mind
When we're activated, our fight-flight-or freeze response is in gear, we're overcome by our distress and that's all we can see. But, if we expand [...]
How Does Our Brain Wiring Show Up in Our Attachment Styles?
As infants, we are incredibly adaptive. We monitor our caregivers—their moods, emotional signals, and behavior—and figure out how best to maximize the care we can [...]
