Finding "Right Distance" from Emotional Overwhelm
Most people either suppress their emotions or become completely overwhelmed by them. It is possible, however, to turn towards your...
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Shelley Klammer
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Expanding Your Window of Tolerance
The “window of tolerance,” is a term coined by psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Siegel. Your window of tolerance is the amount of stress that you...
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How to Set Smart Goals
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:...
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How to Watch Your Thoughts
“One of the most difficult things I ever did was learn to support myself through my whole range of emotional experiences without running...
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How to Love Yourself
Loving Yourself Self-love means loving all aspects of yourself, including your flaws, your weaknesses, and all the things you don’t like...
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What is the Shadow?
For the first half of our lives (and for many, into the second half of life), we build up an idealized false self, and whatever we do not...
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Accepting What Needs to Change
"Even though I have this problem...I completely love and accept myself." It is interesting to consider that wanting to change can be a...
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Empaths & Healthy Anger
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...
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Trauma Egg Exercise
“Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their...
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What is "Small-T" Trauma?
"Small-t trauma happens from events often hidden or unacknowledged within an apparently normal life." ~ Hilary Jacobs Hendel Francine...
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How to Write Morning Pages
"Put simply, the morning pages are three pages of longhand writing; strictly stream of consciousness. Pages are meant to be the act of...
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Are You an Empath?
Do you consider yourself an empath? Are you highly aware of the emotions of those around you? Can you sense what other people need...
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Are You Susceptible to Narcissistic Abuse?
People with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) are driven by unexamined and unhealed shame. If you have a narcissistic person in...
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How To Release Negative Emotions
Letting go of what emotionally weighs you down is central to the healing process. Releasing emotional pain is not easy, and it can feel...
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4 Negative Communication Patterns
Did you know that there are four negative communication patterns, as defined by psychological researcher John Gottman, that can lead to a...
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How To Deepen Positive Feelings
Did you know that your brain has a built-in “negativity bias?” The negative bias is the brain's tendency to register negative events more...
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What is Positive Psychology?
Positive psychology is a scientific approach to studying human thoughts, feelings, and behaviour, with a focus on strengths instead of...
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12 Ways to Create Ventral Vagal Calm
For many years, the autonomic nervous system was thought to have two branches, a sympathetic branch for revving up and a parasympathetic...
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