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Parents, you are directly responsible for and actively creating your child’s future attachment to others...with their friends, spouse, and children. Break the cycle. Be a mindful parent. 💕

In addition to your personal, social and relational experiences…nature/nurture. 💕
Book: The Child in You - Stefanie Stahl

Mental health is self-care. You can’t pour from an empty cup.

Now accepting insurance for Georgia clients. 🙌🏼 Contact me today to book an appointment. 💫 (telehealth available)

Intentional & mindful daily practice, choice, and habit. Remove the unnecessary negativity.✌🏼❤️

Which wolf are you feeding?

How Mindfulness Empowers Us: An Animation Narrated by Sharon Salzberg Mindfulness allows us to see our thoughts and feelings as they really are, freeing us from old ways of thinking. Want to give it a try? Download our iPhone o...

When we activate parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS), our heart and breathing slows, blood pressure lowers and digestion is regulated. Our body enters a state of relaxation, and this relaxation breeds recovery. The more time we spend in a PSNS state, the healthier we are.❤️

How to Find Inner Peace More elusive than happiness, but with greater benefits.

Challenge your thoughts to create new thinking patterns and habits. It’s intentional and takes effort, but it works! 💪🏼✌🏼❤️

Happy Easter Everyone! Enjoy the day with those you love. 💖🕊️✝️🐰

You have to fill up to pour out. Stay intentional about your wellness.✌🏻

Every habit matters when it comes to your wellness. Decompress with these tips. 😎

Life has a lot of hardships and challenges, so celebrate every chance you get. 🙌🏼❤️

No matter how big the offense/hurt, we can all learn to forgive. Forgiveness is a choice, and it does not have to involve reconciliation with the offender(s).
See comments for a video on radical forgiveness. 🙏🏼❤️

Enjoy your weekend! Take some time to reflect and recharge. 🙌🏼❤️

The tips below have been scientifically shown to reduce stress, improve mood, and enhance cognitive function. Don't forget to incorporate them into your daily/weekly routines. 🙌🏼

When the past is impacting your current or future projectory, understanding the WHY behind the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors brings it to your awareness and allows you to process, heal, and change. 💫

Perhaps growing up, you assumed the responsibility of maintaining the emotional connection and closeness with your parents/loved ones. This is often because they lacked the emotional maturity, awareness, and control to provide you with the deep understanding and emotional connection you needed. You probably avoided “rocking the boat” by keeping your inner feelings and thoughts to yourself, and apologizing when your opinions/actions made them upset. Remember, it’s OK to disagree, it’s OK to have different values and belief systems, and it’s OK if others don’t get it. Stop apologizing. Like and share if you agree. ❤️

Are you used to dating emotionally unavailable and avoidant individuals who lead you on a roller coaster of emotions, causing you to question your value and self-worth in relationships? If so, you may find yourself feeling “bored” when you actually date someone who is stable and emotionally regulated. Bear in mind, this is probably a reaction to feeling internally calm and secure, and NOT a sign that you lack “passion” in the relationship. Hyper-arousal/vigilance due to emotional highs and lows is not passion. Don’t let your brain confuse the two.❤️
If you agree, please share and like this post.😊

In the past, traumatic experiences were considered rare, but we now know many people have dealt with trauma in their life. Unfortunately, the defenses created to cope with that trauma are still affecting many of us negatively today. Effective trauma therapy is crucial in helping people heal and move forward.
pic credit: nicabm

Breaking unnecessary routines is a way to experience meaningful change and surprise. Becoming more aware of our feelings and regulating them in a way that leads to greater life satisfaction is a path to an emotionally richer, memorable and subjectively longer life.

How to Subjectively Expand Our Lifetime Life feels subjectively longer with more novel and fulfilling experiences.

“As important as all the floors of the Sound Relationship House are, they don’t hold together without the pillars of TRUST and COMMITMENT. In a healthy, supportive relationship, two people make the decision to have faith in each other and stick together. They freely love one another and pledge to help that love grow.”
Pic: The Gottman Institute—see comments for more details…

“Research shows that when we become attached to someone, we form one physiological unit. Our partner regulates our blood pressure, heart rate, breathing and levels of hormones in our body. Whether we like it or not, dependency is a biological fact.” Therefore, It is our responsibility to learn how to emotionally regulate and be available to our partners. ❤️

Mindfulness is an essential practice in becoming more aware. Awareness helps you cultivate new skills, change old thinking patterns, and modify behaviors. 💫

Thanks everyone for the likes and follows!💓 Check out some of these mental health apps for better wellness in the new year! If you have a favorite not on the list, please share below. 🙌🏼

I look forward to walking alongside you on your journey of healing and growth. Contact me to get started today. 🙌🏼💓