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Co-regulation 💞💞

Helping a child regulate doesn't mean you are giving in to your child. You can compassionately hold a boundary and help them Co-regulate.

Learning to Co-regulate with your child is a skill that you will be able to draw on during stressful times. It helps children and adults to manage emotions while maintaining connection. It will also help children to grow with a sense of security and the ability to eventually self-regulate. Surely, if you are the parent or the child, this is something we could all use regardless of age.

More information in my book
Guidance from The Therapist Parent

Available on my website www.thetherapistparent.com and Amazon

June is PTSD awareness month.

A good read.
"Where have all the cowboys gone."

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? (Part 1) The age of conformity and the siege of wounded Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine.

Living with a rare or chronic illness means experiencing grief and loss in a nonlinear way. In my latest article, I explore how to identify and cope with the different types of grief and loss which specifically impact the chronic lllness community.
Click here to read the article: https://buff.ly/3KqknDk

Living with a rare or chronic illness means experiencing grief and loss in a nonlinear way. In my latest article, I explore how to identify and cope with the different types of grief and loss which specifically impact the chronic illness community.
Click here to read the article: https://buff.ly/3KqknDk

Super important especially for women.

Signs Your Hormones Are Out Of Balance Is your body sending mixed signals? 😰Dr. Julie Brush dives deep into the world of hormonal imbalance. Watch to discover if it’s affecting YOU!More videos to...

These are so important.
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Grieving is a personal process. There is no timeline. Grieving happens in layers & often times in many layers for years after.

The Right Things to Say to Someone Who's Grieving ... and things you should never say, starting with "At least..."

Great article!!

Dr Deborah MacNamara On How to Raise Children Who Feel Loved and Connected An interview with Pirie Jones Grossman

“You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you can't destroy the truth.”
~Terry Goodkind.

Behavior reveals...

Toxic Positivity Awareness Post.

Great Quote. ✍️💌

🙏🫶 A true form of being consciously aware when sitting with someone in their darkest hour.

Sitting with you 🫶

A summary of the entire new mental health guidance from the WHO & UN written by Dr Jessica Taylor.
Link below:

Newsletter is here

https://whatwouldjesssay.substack.com/p/un-and-who-call-for-significant-shift?fbclid=IwAR3hrPTztvGLjvj4ZLkfo8Vkx_fq-Y0DAUhKXn1zIKmL73vfiL7wzgbOyrw_aem_Aa66c42XX1paggclcXQcXDxuvHv227mYoq-jBNpWi8D6ci2wrWocNFMNMn-jlawruvc

A compassionate message from Dr. Jen Wolkin in regards to recent traumatic events (and arguably always).

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Hold your kids and let them know how loved and safe they are with YOU.

I’m holding everyone grieving.

More .

I love you, XO, Dr. Jen

World Mental Health Day 🙏 💞🌍💞

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"Shamekka* may appear “normal” on the outside, but like so many others with connective tissue disease (CTD) — a broad term for disorders that affect the body’s organs, joints, and structural systems — she is very often living with a great deal of pain.1,2 The 43-year-old mom of three tells Refinery29 she feels like a “hot mess” internally, with multiple symptoms (think fatigue, rashes, swelling, weakness, joint pain, and more) affecting multiple areas of her body almost constantly. Life, she adds, can be unpredictable, complex, and frustrating.
Out of the more than 200 different CTDs that are known to exist,2 Shamekka has been diagnosed with five of them, one of which is scleroderma, where the immune system attempts to repair healthy tissue with extra collagen, causing hardening and tightening of the skin. Scleroderma is more than a skin condition, though — it can also cause serious lung complications such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH),3 which is a rare, progressive disease4 marked by abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs.5
PAH can occur in people with different CTDs,6 but it is most common in those with scleroderma.7 A study showed that Black women are especially vulnerable to it compared to other races — they're 2.5 times more likely to have it,8 in fact. Those with scleroderma can experience a delay in diagnosis of up to four years, so proper education about the disease is important."

What To Know About A Rare Disease Impacting Black Women Meet Shamekka, an advocate who lives with eight chronic illnesses, including connective tissue disease. Here, she shares her story.

Grief work is a process.

Loyalty
Love
Trust
Honesty

Awareness on Post-Stroke Depression

Possible Cause of Post-Stroke Depression Identified Researchers have pinpointed a molecular signature of post-stroke depression, suggesting a link between immune activity in the brain and depression after a stroke.

Everything You Need To Know About

Everything You Need to Know About Aluminum Aluminum is a metal commonly used in antiperspirants to stop sweating. Learn everything about aluminum in cosmetics and beauty products including what it is, how it’s used, possible negative health…

Medical Gaslighting 101

No, Moderate Drinking Isn’t Good For Your Health.

"Despite a long-held belief that moderate amounts of alcohol are good for you, a sweeping new analysis finds that the more you drink, the higher your risk of early death."

No, moderate drinking isn’t good for your health Despite beliefs about the benefits of moderate alcohol use, like a daily glass of red wine, a new analysis finds early death risk increases the more you drink.

Things to remember. ✨🙏✨🌻💖

Things to remember ❤️ ~ Nanea

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Hugs 🤗🫂

Handshakes are so dark ages. Giving a hug is activating energy globally. Here's why.

1. **Emotional Connection:** Hugs are a powerful way to express emotions, affection, and empathy. They can convey warmth, comfort, and support, fostering deeper social connections.

2. **Trust Building:** Hugging can create a sense of trust and intimacy between people. It can help break down social barriers and build stronger relationships, both on an individual and societal level.

3. **Stress Reduction:** Scientifically, hugs trigger the release of oxytocin, often called the "bonding hormone." This can reduce stress and anxiety levels, promoting mental well-being and potentially reducing conflict in society.

4. **Enhanced Communication:** Hugging can be a non-verbal form of communication that transcends language barriers. It's a universal gesture that people from different cultures can understand, promoting social cohesion.

5. **Community and Social Bonds:** In societies where hugging is common, there's often a stronger sense of community and social support. These close bonds can lead to greater resilience in the face of challenges.

6. **Evolutionary Perspective:** From an evolutionary standpoint, physical touch and close social bonds may have been essential for survival in our ancestral past. Hugging could be an adaptation that helped humans cooperate and thrive in difficult times.

Hugs go beyond a simple physical gesture; they play a crucial role in building emotional connections, reducing stress, and fostering trust in society. These effects can contribute to a more evolved and interconnected social fabric, while the physiological responses to hugs provide a deeper spiritual awareness and communication. It doesn't need to be heart to heart for this to happen. When we open our arms to another person, we are embracing ourselves. We are coming home to who we are and what we are.

It takes 5 seconds of a hug to remember yourself.
Please don't pat on back, which disrupts the nervous system and energetic field from making a soul connection.
Hug with a wish of prosperity or good health. Intend while hugging .

Love you !

PSA from a trauma informed neuropsychologist.

I will say this on a thousand days and in a thousand ways 🫶

Something to reflect upon.

Her experience in the caption will make you sit back & reflect.

A bit from my past:

My first job after getting my PhD was working as a therapist for people from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Almost all of them were diagnosed with depression, GAD, bipolar, or BPD. Most were highly medicated— some to a point that still sticks with me years later.

As I got to know their background and lives 3 things were very clear:

1. A vast majority had been emotionally neglected, emotionally abused, or physically abused as children.

2. A vast majority had experienced domestic violence or were currently living in it.

3. Basic needs were never met. Life was an hour by hour struggle. Treatment was an attempt to allow them to get to work in most cases. To just continue to surviving.

It was the start of me questioning the field I had been trained in. One that diagnoses people with disorders without taking a look at the whole picture. It began my path of holistic understanding.

A person cannot be well when one unexpected bill will have them fall behind on rent. When they lay their head on a pillow and all they can think about is expenses piling up. When a bill at the grocery store is almost double what they paid last year when their income has stayed the same.

An entire family unit deeply struggles within survival mode. When a job is lost. When daycare needs to be paid, but so does the light bill— what do you choose? When parents can’t even think about the emotional needs of their children because they have to figure out where their next meal is going to come from.

In 1942, 10 years before the diagnostic manual of mental illness was released Maslow knew what was once just common sense: we have a hierarchy of needs.

At the bottom are basic needs food and shelter. Then safety (resources, security). Then belonging (connection, friendship, intimacy.) Without three things we *will* he sick, period.

I get pushback for questioning the status quo. And I’ll continue to do it. The status quo is keeping people sick. It denies their experience. And it says we should bandage people’s symptoms so they can return to the environment that made them sick.

May we wake up, heal ourselves, and build conscious communities to help each other.

A Good Read!

We Glorify Overwork and Refuse to Rest.

None of us want to admit that we would rather feel overwhelmed than underwhelmed.

Why We Glorify Overwork and Refuse to Rest None of us want to admit that we would rather feel overwhelmed than underwhelmed. In fact, we often experience a greater sense of our own value when we’re working than we do when we’re not. Working is not just a way to stay busy, but also to prove our worthiness – to others and to ourselves. T...

The way all adults talk to and about young people becomes their inner voice.