Reconciliation is NOT For Chumps
Reconciliation is not for the faint of heart. This podcast validates the difficulty in forgiving and offers advice to those who wish to do so.
12 Jan 202035min
Why the Hell Would I Validate?
There are multiple reasons to validate. Yeah, one reason is to make to the other person feel better, but there are several other options as to why you might want to do it even when you don’t feel li...
28 Dec 201922min
When It's Difficult to Validate
Validation is a skill. I don’t care what that one angry lady from Vermont said at my DBT presentation a few years ago, validation is NOT “a way of life.” It is a skill we can use or not. Quick revi...
19 Dec 201931min
Helping Versus Enabling: What's the Difference?
“Helping” someone involves doing (or not doing) something which improves the final outcome of a problem for another person. “Enabling” is any behavior that looks like help on the surface, but actual...
8 Dec 201918min
Non "Woo-Woo" Ways to Cope
Somehow, someway, the majority of people have coped with crises and bad feelings for centuries without essential oils, guided imagery, or inner childwork. They didn’t call a friend for support, cry ...
24 Nov 201921min
Guilt Trips: The Holiday Edition
The holidays are a great thing AND they can be rough as hell. If that is confusing to you, just skip this blog…and thank your lucky stars for your current life circumstances. For the rest of us, there...
17 Nov 201925min
Validation Part I
It’s hard to talk about validation without considering what it is NOT. Hopefully you can immediately see that the statements above are examples of invalidation. Although we don’t need to validate ev...
27 Okt 201924min
Why Don't More Men Go to Therapy?
I snarled as I scrolled past yet another one of those patronizing posts on Instagram from a therapy practice. You’ve seen something similar, I’m sure. There’s usually a mountain or some other form o...
20 Okt 201915min
