New Year, New Goals: Time to Make a Vision Board
“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.” Melody Beattie What is…
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Gaslighting: That Ubiquitous Term
“Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Dorothy, Wizard of Oz The 1944 movie Gaslight, staring Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton, and Charles Boyer, chillingly portrays the concept…
Dizzy on the Merry-Go-Round: Cognitive Dissonance After Narcissistic Abuse
There’s no earthly way of knowing/Which direction we are going/There’s no knowing where we’re rowing/Or which way the river’s flowing/Is it raining?/Is it snowing?/Is a hurricane a-blowing?/Not a speck of…
Relational Trauma Can Resurface During the Holidays
“She is still a prisoner of her childhood; attempting to create a new life, she re-encounters the trauma.” ― Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic…
Don’t Be A Grinch! : Managing Holiday Stress
“Keep Calm and Get Your Ho Ho Ho On!” Disclaimer: I am a therapist, mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, and I wear many other hats. And I am actually writing…