Fun is important. Fun is necessary. Fun is healthy. As I've been on the healing journey, I've been able to laugh more freely and appreciate a good joke and recognize that sometimes when people are being sarcastic or bantering back and forth that I don't have to take it all seriously.

Dysregulation to me sounds like when you can't focus and you're not in control of yourself and something else is in control of you and you can't handle anything well. You're not focused.

Today we’re going to discuss how to support your kids when you’re going through a difficult time. Maybe it’s a traumatic time. Remember, trauma is not about the event, it’s about how we interpret and experience the event. We can go through the same event and one of us feels like it was traumatic and the other feels like it was not.

We’ve always lived within our body, and our body stores memory. We consciously or subconsciously remember. Your body carries unresolved trauma. I'm going to share some practical ways you can self parent and help to heal yourself.

Today’s conversation is for anyone who battles and deals with intrusive thoughts. Intrusive thoughts are anything that makes you think you have something to fear, you’re less than, makes you shut down or run away, or stops you dead in your tracks. It’s the thoughts that seem to run over and over in our minds or interrupt us in the middle of our day.

Let's talk about ways to support yourself!

Be practical. Speak up for yourself. Ask for what you need! Don’t expect other people to know what you need. Start to become aware of what your body needs. Practice recognizing what your body is trying to communicate. Does it need rest? More nutritious foods? Time for play and fun?

Courtney shares with us several tips and techniques to help with time management. With more on her plate than ever before, Courtney shares that she also has more time to do it all. Find out how you can experience the same!

Kristin Dovbniak shares so many helpful tips and techniques with us today to simplify the cooking experience. If you want an easier time planning and preparing your meals, you should definitely take a listen!

So sleep hygiene, I think is just the most important thing, whenever we're talking about like self-care and emotional wellness. That's always the very first thing that I check in with people on because if you're not sleeping, if you're waking up every day and you're exhausted, it's going to be really hard to make progress in the other areas of your life. So if we can get you sleeping well, then you're going to have so much more like energy and just, you're just going to be able to do so much more. 

Today's episode is a conversation I had with a good friend of mine Erica Kyne, LMSW. As a therapist she helps individuals find healing through Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). She explains all about ART and shares with confidence that healing can happen quickly!!

When it comes to the inner (or outer) critic, strong action must be taken! In this episode I encourage you to evaluate your shaming thoughts and begin to change the way you interact with them. The critic is not the self. It is a learned response and it's one that causes emotional distress. It's time the voice of the critic be stopped!! We have the ability within our own self to take charge over our thoughts and manage our thinking.

So much could be said on building depth and connection! I touch on what people pleasers and freeze types may need in order to feel safe enough to grow connection with you.