Estrangement, loneliness and the holidays
Originally posted December 16, 2019. Have a peaceful holiday season, with a side of realism! In May of 2018, Cigna surveyed 20,000...
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Tips for Facing the Holidays for Sexual Abuse Survivors
Originally posted December 6, 2019. Trauma survivors are made particularly anxious by the hoopla around the holidays. Because of the fear...
Research: Small Everyday Pleasures Make a Big Difference
Updated June, 2023 How effective are everyday stress management techniques in helping keep a person healthy? How strongly do everyday...
Vivian at College: Am I involved with a narcissist?
Originally posted October 17, 2019. When Ted’s daughter Vivian FaceTimed him from college, she seemed a bit down. He suspected it was...
Sarah asks: Is verbal abuse really abuse?
Originally posted September 15, 2019. It was a few months before Sarah felt she trusted me enough to reveal what she felt was her deepest...
PTSD, Flashbacks and Post-Traumatic Growth
One day, Dave was having a quiet day in his workshop. He was working on his model trains, his favorite hobby. He was looking at the...
#SuicidePrevention – We Love You
I guess you all know by now that the two celebrities, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, took their own lives this past week. Of course,...
DBT ABC PLEASE Skills of Emotion Regulation (Part Two)
The ABC PLEASE skills are the first floor in the house of happiness. Think of the ABC PLEASE skills as extreme self-care, to help you manag
DBT – ABC PLEASE Skills of Emotion Regulation (Part One)
The ABC PLEASE skills are the first floor in the House of Happiness. Train yourself to develop habits of joy and contentment.
DBT Emotion Regulation Skills
The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) section of Emotion Regulation educates about emotions and provides skills to manage strong emotions
DBT Mindfulness for Daily Life: “How” Skills
Updated August, 2021 Mindfulness skills can be applied to everyday life, used on an ordinary, everyday basis. We continue with learning...
DBT Emotion Regulation Overview
DBT’s Emotional Regulation skills help a person build up a base of positive experiences that helps stabilize emotion
DBT Mindfulness “What” Skills: Coloring Books for Adults
Updated August, 2021 Mindfulness doesn’t need to be all sitting alone and trying to concentrate! Those of us who have very active minds...
DBT Skills for the Fourth Trimester
Updated August, 2021 DBT for Managing Emotions for New Moms Taking care of a newborn is all encompassing. It is exhausting. And it’s...
8 tips to set boundaries with difficult people
Originally posted January 22, 2019. Joe’s a pretty emotionally balanced person with pretty good boundaries. And still, people got under...
Most Popular Posts of 2018
Originally posted January 9, 2019. Happy reading! Thank you to my loving readers for visiting my humble blog! Looking back at the dynamic...
6 DBT Skills to Nurture Your Mental Health During the Holiday Rush
Originally posted November 27, 2018. 6 DBT Skills to Nurture Your Mental Health During the Holiday Rush Lots of us get flustered during...
Hobby Corner: A Lifetime of Loving Lionel Trains!
Originally posted November 21, 2018. Hobby Corner: A lifetime of loving Lionel Trains! America, reclaim your leisure time from social...
Does Clara have Anxiety or PTSD?
Originally posted April 24, 2018. Clara had an accident about two years ago. She had slipped on the ice in her driveway, fallen and as...
Heartlife Holistic® Healing: DBT Create Your Own Comfort Kit
Updated August, 2021 Research shows that practicing a mindfulness skill 5 -6 times a day over a time period of 4 -6 weeks, for only 30 ...
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