Wisdom from Sarah's story: how codependency and enmeshment led to her death, because she never learned what constitutes healthy attachment. Learn how to be a secure base for our children, and for ourselves.
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Why We Have to Feel Our Feelings
Trauma stems from a fracture in our brains, in which external phenomena causes an internal splitting - of our rational mind from our emotions. Feeling our feelings - no matter how illogical they may seem - is necessary for the processing of the events to be made complete.
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Why Some People Never Go to Therapy
Why is it that the people who could most benefit from therapy are the least likely to go? A good therapist is a good mirror, and many people are terrified to look in a mirror.
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Every Action has an Equal & Opposite Reaction
Newton's laws of physics give us profound insight for relational dynamics. Even a small change can create a cascade of beneficial results. Inertia also shows up in relationships -- until an outside force changes it for the better.
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From Outburst to Insight, Releasing Our Rage
On this interview on the Emotion Well podcast Bronwyn addresses what happens when we keep our anger and resentment inside, as well as how to connect with our anger without becoming a "hothead." In other words, how we can be true to ourselves without hurting others.
Anger, like fire, can burn down a house. Join Marriage and Family Therapist Bronwyn Schweigerdt in this conversation on how to channel our anger in a healthy way.