Dr. Rumana Mansur

Happy Pride Month everyone!
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Maybe Brene Brown can get through.

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To everyone having a hard time this holiday season, your NAMI family is here for you. Find your local NAMI at nami.org/findsupport
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As much as I love the holiday season, it does cause change in routine, which definitely impacts moods!

I have had to lean heavily into co-regulation, and found this graphic very helpful!

Sending everyone calm and peace!

Amanda P.

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Our deepest humanity is our highest possibility.

Allowed to grow unchecked, the shadow creates a world of unrelatedness, dominated by the prevailing sense of separateness we feel and the polarization and disunity we experience all around us. A condition we have learned to accept as "normal": "just the way things are."

The shadow is the ubiquitous architectural "substance" upon which our modern society is built and through which it functions. The shadow is the lens through which we look - and from which we derive our view of things. For example, much of what we think of as "Western Civilization" has grown out of the premise of separation, the dominant worldview that focuses on differences and distinctions, on the particulars that make us, our ideas, and our environment.

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When I can observe my thought process, I am no longer a prisoner of it. In silence I can rest and be inspired, and then come back refreshed, and also use my mind in a refreshed way.

When we aren’t fully integrated with the painful experiences of others, it blocks us from developing genuine empathy. Where empathy should be, we might instead find that we’re filled with fear, physical tension, and numbness.

Healing from intergenerational trauma requires us to feel the fears of our ancestors – merging them into our present flow. This allows us to cultivate greater empathy for our family members, friends, and other people in our lives.

Tune in to Point of Relation — Practicing Spaciousness and Empathy for Conflict Mediation with William Ury https://youtu.be/YAiDQfNKVYQ

Your Body Knows You’re Burned Out Here’s how to recognize the physical symptoms of work-related stress — and what to do about them.

From the Spouse of a Narcissist: Here’s What You Need to Know - Tiny Buddha As the spouse of a narcissist, I want to educate people about narcissistic emotional abuse so that they might never fall prey or feel my pain.

Reminders for this holiday season.
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Be careful with the word "Hero" — Gretchen Schmelzer Be careful with the word hero. I know it’s Veteran’s Day. I know the instinct and intention to use the word is good. I know you are trying to show respect and gratitude. But the problem with the word hero is that most people who live through war, most people who live through any long and repeate...

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The deeper the relationship I am able to create with myself, the less I have to project my problems outside.