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Posted: September 8, 2024
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…
Posted: August 16, 2024
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,…
Posted: January 14, 2024
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…
Posted: November 12, 2023
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…
Posted: July 30, 2023
Resilience is the capacity to adapt successfully in the presence of risk & adversity. We’ve been discussing is cognitive fitness as one aspect of resilience. This is the capacity to adapt successfully in the presence of risk & adversity. To be healthy is to be…
Posted: July 16, 2023
Resilience is the capacity to adapt successfully in the presence of risk & adversity. One aspect of resiliency is cognitive fitness. Cognitive fitness is the capacity to adapt successfully in the presence of risk & adversity. To be healthy is to be flexible & adapt…