The Adult Inner Child Many of us live primarily from our inner child psychology. As you go about your adult life, some of your life activities might have a childlike undertone. Inner child emotionality can so easily "take over" adult states, especially when you feel frightened or insecure. Dr David Hawkins describes the inner (adult) child: "The inner child we hear so much about is not actually inner at all; it is actually quite "outer." As people grow up, they take on variou

The word Tonglen, or Tong Len, is Tibetan for “giving and receiving”, with Tong meaning “giving” and Len referring to “receiving”. This...

Psychiatrist Sigmund Freud originally described the conscious mind, which consists of all the thoughts that you are aware of, as the tip...

This is a sample lesson from my Inner Child Therapy Course Compassion for Your Inner Child "The cry we hear from deep in our hearts...

Focusing is a path of self-inquiry that welcomes nuanced experiences that we often overlook. We gently bring awareness into our bodies,...

To enrich your depth of awareness, I encourage you to track your inner life between your therapy sessions by keeping daily notes that...

The Enneagram is a personality system of nine archetypes. According to the Enneagram, each of the nine personality types is defined by a...

The Root of Core Pain - "I am suffering and separate from love because..." Often without knowing it, each of us has such devastating...

Managing Emotional Pain I have found that working with personality parts in therapy is a creative way to understand emotional pain....

Most people either suppress their emotions or become completely overwhelmed by them. It is possible, however, to turn towards your...

The “window of tolerance” is a term coined by psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Siegel. Your window of tolerance is the amount of stress that you can handle before you become too emotionally dysregulated to be able to practically function. When you feel emotionally triggered, and you do not know how to recalibrate yourself and calm yourself, you will step outside your window of tolerance and become hijacked by your emotions. When you become emotionally hijacked, it will feel not easy t

SMART goals are designed to help you achieve your goals on track and to help you achieve the life that you want. SMART stands for:...

"Even though I have this problem...I completely love and accept myself." It is interesting to consider that wanting to change can be a form of self-hatred. "If only I were different...then I would be more lovable...a better person...more successful...etc. Yet, if you first accept yourself where you are, it is paradoxically much easier to make a change. What is EFT Tapping? EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques. EFT is a practical self-help method that involves using the

You might have a toxic person in your life. It might be a family member, a partner, a spouse, or a friend. As an empath who might have...

“Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs, and, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become expert at ignoring their gut feelings and in numbing awareness of what is played out inside. They learn to hide from their selves.” ~ Bessel A. van der Kolk The trauma egg exercise was developed as a tool for processing emo

"Small-t trauma happens from events, often hidden or unacknowledged within an apparently normal life." ~ Hilary Jacobs Hendel Francine...

"Put simply, the morning pages are three pages of longhand writing; strictly stream of consciousness. Pages are meant to be the act of...

Do you consider yourself an empath? Are you highly aware of the emotions of those around you? Can you sense what other people need...

People with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) are driven by unexamined and unhealed shame. If you have a narcissistic person in...

Letting go of what emotionally weighs you down is central to the healing process. Releasing emotional pain is not easy, and it can feel overwhelming in the beginning. Keep your journaling and meditation sessions short to start, until you get used to holding kind and accepting presence with your emotional pain. Journal Process 1. Cultivate Awareness of Your Emotional Pain Notice what you are thinking as you feel a negative emotion. The thoughts about what you are feeling are t