Nervous System Regulation: You Are Overloaded, Not Broken
Nervous System Regulation: What Nervous System Overload Actually Means Is a lack of nervous system regulation making you feel exhausted, crazy, drained or depressed? We’re hearing it all the time over here–people feel burnt out, anxious, or are worried they’re lazy and not getting enough done even though they are trying their best. So, rere’s […]
Family Screen-Free Time Is In
Family Screen-Free Time: Why Unplugging Together Builds Stronger Bonds Out: Everyone in the house in on a screen, In: family screen-free time. There’s a particular kind of silence and isolation that happens when everyone in a house is on a screen, and it’s not a peaceful silence. It’s the fractured kind, where five people can […]
Family Reconciliation Requires These Three Things
Most people want family reconciliation. Far fewer are prepared for what it actually takes. Here’s an honest look at the three commitments that make it real. Family reconciliation after family estrangement is one of the most talked-about goals in recovery — and one of the least understood. People say they want it and they mean […]
Don’t Be Your Daughter’s Best Friend
How Healthy Boundaries Actually Bring You Closer The relationship you’ve been longing for isn’t built on being everything to each other. It’s built on knowing where you each begin and end and that is not being your daughter’s best friend. Maybe you’ve always wanted to be your daughter’s best friend, or the mom your daughter […]
Recovery Burnout: When Recovery Itself Is Exhausting
You’re doing the work. So why does healing feel so hard right now? You May Have Recovery Burnout Meet recovery burnout. You’ve been going to therapy. Attending your meetings. Journaling, meditating, doing all the things you’re “supposed” to do. And yet, somewhere along the way, you started dreading the very routines that were supposed to […]
What Is The Vagus Nerve
The Vagus Nerve Is Having a Moment — But Does It Actually Work for Anxiety? If you’ve spent any time on wellness social media accounts lately, you’ve almost certainly seen someone clipping a little device to their ear, humming in a low tone, or doing elaborate breathing exercises — all in the name of “stimulating […]