Learning how to navigate through a new divorce and/or separation can leave individuals with children to be fueled by many emotions. It can be especially seen as triggering or distressing when a high conflict co-parent is involved.
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Some people fear anger and try to avoid it at any cost. Anger is like any other feeling; no feeling is problematic. It is when we try to avoid the feeling or when we get hooked to it that we start experiencing negative consequences.
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With Valentine's Day around the corner, couples in LDRs may be feeling a bit less excited than other couples due to a lack of ideas on how to have a romantic date night. One of my first pieces of advice for those couples: start off by thinking about what you would want to do in person.
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Our social bonding is created through seeing the ways in which people respond to us in moments of pain and joy. If you comfort me when I hurt, you build my trust. You add to my emotional bank account. If you jump for joy with me when I have a win, I know you care about my success. That adds to my emotional bank account too.
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As a relationship therapist, I have met with many people who come to me because they are at a crossroad in their relationship. If you are here, you are not alone. Relationships have a natural lifespan. They come and go, depending on various internal and external factors.
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Our minds tend to automatically elevate thoughts that make us feel bad. Unless you’ve begun the process of building greater awareness, then it’s likely that your thoughts are on autopilot and therefore, not taking into account the full spectrum of possibilities.
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It is important to understand that this is our brain and body’s way of protecting us. Also, trauma impacts everyone differently and as such, our experiences will be unique.
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There’s an old therapy cliche that says, “meet yourself where you are”. And it’s a cliche because it works! Meeting yourself where you are means being accepting of your experiences as they are in the present moment and then making slow gentle movements from that place.
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When you leave your sport, it can feel like you’re leaving everything you know. The spark that sets transition in motion can comes with its own challenges – being cut from a team, suffering a career-ending injury, needing to fill other obligations in your family or community – but even when you meet transition with excitement, it can be difficult.
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If you enjoy having control over yourself, your life, and your world, you are not alone. We as humans tend to feel our most comfortable when things go as planned and we feel as if everything is just as it should be.
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As the holidays draw near, many parents are being asked to buy items that they are unsure of, such as video games and cell phones. It’s perfectly fine to feel uncertain and concerned about extending so much freedom to your child, especially when you feel pressured to follow the trend of others around you so your kids can fit in with their peers.
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The holidays can often bring up conflicts within oneself related to one’s family of origin. As a way to better understand these internal conflicts, let’s talk about Family of origin and some of the roles people play.
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At A Better Life, many of our therapists are trained or certified in Gottman Method Couples therapy. Clearly we believe in it as an effective approach to helping you heal wounds within your relationship and improve your communication skills and connection
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‘Tis the season for our screens to be flooded with images of modelesque families throwing their heads back in laughter, enjoying 5-star dinners in luxury rooms filled with unconditional love and fireside warmth. And while we all know on some level that we won’t ever live up to the media's ridiculous expectations of the holiday season, for some of us, it's still a reminder of loss, conflict and trauma, turning holiday cheer into holiday fear and tears.
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Many people come to therapy during or after challenges they face within the world of medicine. These challenges might be the result of a challenging diagnosis, a chronic illness, or a life threatening disease.
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Attending couples therapy can be a nerve wracking experience. Likely, you are struggling with your partner and already feeling worried or afraid about the state of your relationship.
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Divorce can lead to a flurry of emotions: anger, fear, sadness, and even relief. As a parent with children, there’s an increase in pressure to “do divorce right” and protect your them from the pain of losing their life as they know it.
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We’ve all had them: those seemingly random thoughts that pop into your head about something that you have to do later or a judgment about a situation. These thoughts hold so much power that without your permission, they take you away from whatever it was that you were doing.
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