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2 weeks ago

When Your Child Acts Out, It's a Signal-Not a Sentence

You can teach and model what safety feels like by providing your child with unconditional love.

Parenting

The Unseen Truth Behind the "Toxic Phrases" Parenting Trend

The #toxicphrasechallenge helps parents validate their parenting choices and lessons.

Post-traumatic parents may feel their trauma affects their children's upbringing.

It's important to focus on being present rather than aiming for perfection.

The 3 Self-Defeating Thoughts of Struggling Adult Children

Adult children's poor treatment of parents often stems from their own low self-esteem and struggles.

Miscellaneous

Dear Girl Dads: You Can Protect Your Daughters Without Terrifying Their Boyfriends

The Unseen Truth Behind the "Toxic Phrases" Parenting Trend

The #toxicphrasechallenge helps parents validate their parenting choices and lessons.

Post-traumatic parents may feel their trauma affects their children's upbringing.

It's important to focus on being present rather than aiming for perfection.

The 3 Self-Defeating Thoughts of Struggling Adult Children

Adult children's poor treatment of parents often stems from their own low self-esteem and struggles.

Miscellaneous

Dear Girl Dads: You Can Protect Your Daughters Without Terrifying Their Boyfriends

Is Your Relationship Built on Healing or Hiding?

Relief can feel like love after trauma, but it's important to recognize it may not be genuine.

Why "Nice" Friendships Aren't Necessarily Safe

Emotional incongruence in friendships can undermine psychological safety.

Covert narcissism often masks underlying relational issues.

Establishing boundaries is crucial for self-trust and recovery in friendships.

6 Reasons Why You Can't Forgive

Safety must come before forgiveness; feeling unsafe hinders the ability to forgive and can increase vulnerability to further harm.

Mindfulness

Understanding Protective Frames

Confidence frames allow individuals to approach risk while feeling protected, seeking excitement while acknowledging the potential dangers as thrilling rather than overwhelming.

Relationships

The Unseen Truth Behind the "Toxic Phrases" Parenting Trend

The #toxicphrasechallenge helps parents validate their parenting choices and lessons.

Post-traumatic parents may feel their trauma affects their children's upbringing.

It's important to focus on being present rather than aiming for perfection.

The 3 Self-Defeating Thoughts of Struggling Adult Children

Adult children's poor treatment of parents often stems from their own low self-esteem and struggles.

Miscellaneous

Dear Girl Dads: You Can Protect Your Daughters Without Terrifying Their Boyfriends

The Unseen Truth Behind the "Toxic Phrases" Parenting Trend

The #toxicphrasechallenge helps parents validate their parenting choices and lessons.

Post-traumatic parents may feel their trauma affects their children's upbringing.

It's important to focus on being present rather than aiming for perfection.

The 3 Self-Defeating Thoughts of Struggling Adult Children

Adult children's poor treatment of parents often stems from their own low self-esteem and struggles.

Miscellaneous

Dear Girl Dads: You Can Protect Your Daughters Without Terrifying Their Boyfriends

Why "Nice" Friendships Aren't Necessarily Safe

Emotional incongruence in friendships can undermine psychological safety.

Covert narcissism often masks underlying relational issues.

Establishing boundaries is crucial for self-trust and recovery in friendships.

Mental health

2 months ago

Is Your Relationship Built on Healing or Hiding?

Relief can feel like love after trauma, but it's important to recognize it may not be genuine.

1 day ago

How to Be a Safe Space for Others

To help yourself relax, try stretching and taking breaths with an extended exhale.

Mindfulness

#relationships

fromThe Gottman Institute

Why Do Couples Argue?

Arguments can be opportunities for growth in relationships when couples understand their underlying causes.

4 Questions Emotionally Adept Partners Ask Each Other

Commitment to growth enhances relationships.

Shared goals improve relationship health.

Approach conflicts as collective challenges.

Emotional safety is crucial in relationships.

Love or Respect?

Love alone is insufficient; relationships need respect, presence, and emotional safety for healthy functioning.

What Is "Floodlighting" In A Relationship & How Do You Recognize It?

Floodlighting involves sharing intense personal trauma too soon in relationships, often misinterpreted as vulnerability.

3 months ago

Relationships

3 Signs You Have a 'Safe Partner'

Relationships

4 Ways to Tell if Your Relationship Is Right for You

fromThe Gottman Institute

Why Do Couples Argue?

Arguments can be opportunities for growth in relationships when couples understand their underlying causes.

4 Questions Emotionally Adept Partners Ask Each Other

Commitment to growth enhances relationships.

Shared goals improve relationship health.

Approach conflicts as collective challenges.

Emotional safety is crucial in relationships.

Love or Respect?

Love alone is insufficient; relationships need respect, presence, and emotional safety for healthy functioning.

What Is "Floodlighting" In A Relationship & How Do You Recognize It?

Floodlighting involves sharing intense personal trauma too soon in relationships, often misinterpreted as vulnerability.

3 months ago

Relationships

3 Signs You Have a 'Safe Partner'

Relationships

4 Ways to Tell if Your Relationship Is Right for You

more#relationships

2 weeks ago

I Asked AI Why I Was Afraid to Post, and It Got Real

You’re doing more outreach, more sharing, and more risk-taking than before, which activates parts of you that associate exposure with danger-emotional, reputational, or relational.

Artificial intelligence

2 weeks ago

When Your Child Acts Out, It's a Signal-Not a Sentence

You can teach and model what safety feels like by providing your child with unconditional love.

Parenting

6 Reasons Why You Can't Forgive

Safety must come before forgiveness; feeling unsafe hinders the ability to forgive and can increase vulnerability to further harm.

Mindfulness