Emotions are celebrated and repressed, analyzed, and medicated, adored, and ignored — but rarely, if ever, are they honored. -Karla McLaren I want to focus this blog on emotional reactivity. Emotional reactivity is when we feel angry, hurt or stressed out and we overreact or react impulsively. We’ll be discussing how it shows up when […]
Your Motherhood Mindset
Life is about being and becoming, not having, and getting. -Stephanie Seabrook Hedgepath I love Carol Dweck’s work on fixed and growth mindset. Think about areas in your own life as a mom where a fixed mindset tends to be more dominant versus when you can usually stay within a growth mindset. The following are […]
Anticipatory Anxiety in Motherhood
Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far. -Jodi Picoult Do you feel like anticipatory anxiety is a big part of your mom life right now? Yes, the ongoing pandemic probably has a lot of do with that, especially once you’re fully vaccinated and trying […]
Feelings and Emotions
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller I often get asked in my therapy sessions about feelings and emotions. The following questions come up a lot. What do I do if I’m feeling emotionally reactive? What […]
Sunday Night: How to Help your Kids get in a Good Mindset for the School Week
Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom. -Oprah Winfrey Every Sunday night we go through the same resistance to the school week starting. “It’s boring. There’s too much work. There are too many kids. We never do anything fun.” And on and on and on. There’s even a really popular […]
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