Jan 24, 2023
When People Don’t Really Get You
How do you determine how much to share in relationships? What do you do if you are vulnerable, and you are met with defensiveness, annoyance or rejection? How do you assess if the other person values authenticity, vulnerability and honesty? Jen and I talk about the skills and qualities...
Jan 17, 2023
How to Support Someone with Attachment Injuries
How do you to someone when their attachment wounds are present without self-defensiveness, or feeling that you did something wrong? How do you learn to deeply listen without your own bias or agenda? What are the barriers that come up that prevent you from being present...
Jan 10, 2023
Healing Attachment Injuries
This episode talks about what happens when your attachment injuries get triggered in a current relationship, but it’s based on wounding from the past. How do you separate out the past from the present? How do you communicate when that young part is present (and feeling hurt, angry, and...
Jan 3, 2023
I’m Excited about What I’ve Learned about Myself
Vanessa talks about the ways she is learning to manage her anxiety, and to use tools to identify what she is feeling, thinking, and needing. Vanessa is learning how to thrive as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), even though she experienced burnout, and she has a...
Dec 27, 2022
Ways to Reset for New Beginnings
Jen and I share our strong feelings about New Year’s Resolutions. We talk about other tools you can use to set intentions indicating what you might want more or less of in your life. We talk about how perfectionism can create barriers to self-compassion. We explore how mindfulness and...