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Social Capital: The SNOVID Underdog

How We Survive and Thrive: Thoughts from a Trauma Therapist Humans aren’t necessarily the most capable species. In fact, we are quite vulnerable individually. We

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Safe Escape

Ya’ll. I am going to level with you. Life is really hard right now. Routinely, I find myself saying there are no easy answers. Day

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Anger as a Flag for Boundaries

Whether it’s frustration, anger, or what you’d call rage, it’s an emotion that’s tied to our fight response. The wisdom of our fight response shows

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Orienting Toward The Good

What you appreciate, appreciates. When we experience chronic stress or trauma one of the things that happens in our body is that we orient toward

Overcoming the Shoulds

The shoulds show up a lot, don’t they? And they make us feel so disempowered. I see clients regularly get caught up in shoulds. I

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Your Life, Your Choices

I often hear clients talk about the not-so-subtle shoulds that loved ones sling their way. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “What does your therapist say?” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “You’re barking up

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Defiance Doesn’t Have to Be Bad

Defiance often gets a bad rap, but, like many things life, it can actually be a really useful quality. How many social justice movements have

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Be Fabulous & Vote

Everyone is saying to vote right now and I think it’s hard to feel motivated to go vote when our political system is so complex

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Reality Check Regarding Power

While hanging out in turtle mode, I realized that perpetration has actually been in power for a long time. At the time, I felt

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Be Awkward

In session, clients say the most amazing things. Things that help others hear their hearts and foster closeness. ⁣ ⁣ I often ask, “Have you

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Emerge

I’ve been quiet lately. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve needed to be. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The last several weeks have been really hard. And alongside my fellow survivors and allies

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Creating A Life

This past weekend, I got to hang out with several friend-colleagues that I absolutely adore and respect among the trees and mountains in Washington. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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