Someone can grow up in a loving home and still carry attachment wounds into adulthood. One client described spending years feeling small, unseen, and emotionally responsible for keeping other people comfortable, even when personal needs went unrecognized. Those early...
DUMP THE RESOLUTIONS! Happy 2024! Of course with these words generally comes the question, “What are your resolutions?” However, statistics show that 23% give up on their resolutions within the first week, 35% do not keep their resolutions over a month, and only 9%...
Racing thoughts can make the mind feel impossible to slow down, especially during anxiety, stress, or emotional overwhelm. One fearful thought quickly turns into dozens more, while the body reacts through tension, shallow breathing, restlessness, or difficulty...
Have you ever regretted spending time with your extended family for the holidays? Some people look forward to spending time with their family. Others can predict how the visit will go. They have been down that road! Even for those who want to be with these...
Why do emotional reactions sometimes feel younger, harsher, or bigger than the situation itself? Fear, anger, emotional shutdown, or self-criticism often develop earlier in life as ways to survive painful, invalidating, or emotionally overwhelming experiences....
Parents often carry attachment wounds, fears, or emotional patterns from childhood into parenting without fully realizing it. The way you respond to stress, conflict, emotions, and repair can quietly shape how safe and connected your child feels growing up. Attachment...
People beginning EMDR often ask the same question: “How long will this take?” EMDR therapy in Denver is a process, and there is not a fixed time limit on healing. The answer depends on your trauma history, current stress, emotional regulation, and how safe your mind...
and profoundly sweet. (Cheryl Strayed) Take a moment to sit with this: “Mothering is absurdly hard and profoundly sweet”. While paradoxical, these two facts cannot be joined together with ‘but’.Doing that seems to weaken the first idea that mothering is absurdly hard....
Someone can appear successful, self-aware, caring, and emotionally intelligent while still feeling deeply stuck inside painful relationship patterns. One client came into EMDR therapy in Denver, exhausted from repeatedly finding themselves in emotionally unhealthy...
