Talk therapy can be helpful for so many people. However, those with trauma histories that occured over their lifetime may find talk therapy to be not very helpful. I discuss in this post about the importance and applications of DBT skills based therapies and the importance of using those skills outside of session.

My experiences pre and post AuDHD diagnosis. How life has changed for me and why I am encouraging for you to advocate for yourself.

Grieving the loss of a loved one is hard. Grieving the behavioral reinforcements that come along with the grief is another layer. In this post, I discuss ways reality acceptance of behaviors creates relief and grief as well as encouragement for finding spaces to experience your emotion healthfully.

We are doing our best and can continue to do better. That dialectic sticks with me often. Recent events happened and having this reality acceptance helped out tremendously.

“What I am encouraging people to do throughout this brief time is to notice all sides of this year. The pain. The pleasure. The grieving. The healing. The monotony. The prosperity. The setbacks. The forwards. The beginnings. The middles. The ends.”

It’s not about you regressing and not making changes and everything about noticing the vulnerabilities that remind you of a familiar you.

I have found my joyful and gentle movement routine that has helped me. Here is my journey in a written format with an explanation of how it fits into the biosocial theory model as well as some gentle advice that may provide you a different framework of how to find the movement that keeps you moving forward!

I used to hate the half-smile reality acceptance DBT skill. Now, I can’t live without it. Read to see what happened to encourage me to use this skill more often than not!

I’m a therapist in therapy and it’s been such a helpful self-care strategy for me. From being more present with clients, to making more money, to being more authentic, my healing process has been life changing and I believe it may be that way for you too!