How would you answer someone if they asked you, “How well do you protect your physical boundaries?”. If it were asked by anyone other than a therapist, that’d be pretty odd, but nonetheless, roll with it. Put simply – physical boundaries are things like personal space, your comfort level with physical touch, and your physical … Read more
So many women struggle with self-advocacy and self-protection which often stem from not maintaining healthy personal boundaries, which often leads to pleasing others before pleasing themselves. One can be the most badass, successful, educated woman in town. Due to conditioning we all experience to varying degrees in childhood, we can still lack in our abilities … Read more
It’s becoming more widely known how much having a dog can improve so many aspects and qualities of life. While many of us may already be aware of that fact, do we know how our little fur babies accomplish these tasks? In light of Dog Appreciation Day this Friday, I thought it suitable to take … Read more
Before we get into the nuts and bolts of how your attachment style can manifest and affect you and your relationships, what is it? Our attachment styles, or our sense of security in relationships with others, are based on attachment theory which was developed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth in the 1960s. They identified … Read more
Some may think that there is an ‘appropriate’ or ‘healthy’ amount of time to mourn the loss of a relationship after a break up, but the aftermath of a relationship and time spent healing is as unique as the person experiencing it. Several factors impact the way we respond to loss of a relationship, and … Read more
As a woman, you’ve achieved financial success, and career advancement, and while you are still evolving and growing (which all of us should constantly be doing throughout our life’s journey), you feel you have largely achieved your life’s goals. So if you’re so good at all of this and have proven to be able to … Read more
Not many of us have heard of existential anxiety, but many of us experience it every day. According to Zia Sherrell, MPH, existential anxiety is “a feeling of dread or panic that arises when a person confronts the limitations of their existence”. Existential thoughts are those that focus on the meaning and purpose of life … Read more
Until recently, there has not been a way to concisely classify the hurt one experiences following traumatic events in an intimate relationship, commonly manifested as finding out your partner has an addiction, had an affair, made financial decisions without you, or just generally found out about a lifestyle that exists of which you had no … Read more
When I see a successful, driven woman who has worked very hard to get where she is in life, my immediate perception is “wow, she must have it all together” or, “I wish I had her confidence”. Meanwhile, below these surface assessments of her character and situation lurks the hidden trauma and adversity that has … Read more
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