Neurodivergent Perfectionism and the Power of Pacing
Discover how neurodivergent perfectionism shapes trauma recovery in AuDHD adults and why nervous system pacing is the ultimate antidote to healing.
Finding purpose, identity and values through grounding
Finding Purpose
As human beings, we have an innate drive to seek out something beyond our basic biological needs. We also want and need purpose.
Writing learning and memory
Writing, Memory and Learning in Therapy
While you are writing, you are using a part of your brain that is different from the part of the brain where you are listening or speaking. Sometimes it is a way of disconnecting.
In defense of defensiveness
In Defense of our Defense Mechanisms
The journey to self-compassion lies in developing greater tolerance of the body’s defense mechanisms that show up as defensiveness.
Spiritual Bypassing: Another Guest at the Denial Dinner Party
Spiritual bypassing is a coping mechanism, intentional or otherwise, that "protects" the ego from anxiety as an elaborate form of denial and avoidance.