Coping Skills and Videos

Often the need for grounding comes from being overwhelmed by emotions in some way. When you are triggered, you are deep in your emotion brain and it feels like the bad/traumatic thing is happening right now. Therefore, activating the logical/rational side of our brains can…

As I’ve mentioned previously, grounding is a profoundly important coping skill to learn to deal with dissociation in the moment when it’s occurring. I’ve reviewed grounding with nature and by using your sense of touch, so today I want to talk about visual grounding. Look…

As mentioned previously, grounding skills are strategies to help you connect to the reality of the here-and-now when you are feeling disconnected from yourself, your body, your thoughts, your present reality/safety, etc. In other words, these skills are really helpful in getting you out of…

Grounding is a profoundly important coping skill to learn to deal with dissociation in the moment when it’s occurring. Grounding skills are a set of strategies to help you connect to the reality of the here-and-now when you are feeling disconnected from yourself, your body,…

When a person is experiencing hypo-arousal, they are in a state of freeze or fawn. Their nervous system is in shut down and they may be experiencing emotional numbing, mind going blank, dissociation, or paralysis. Remember, since it can be hard to think clearly when…

Holidays can be difficult for those who grew up in toxic homes. So here are my holiday reminders. It’s okay and healthy to love family from afar if need be.  It’s okay to prioritize your emotional and physical well-being. Think through what you want to…