RAGE AND OTHER OVERREACTIONS
Toby came in today feeling baffled and ashamed of the rage episode she experienced over the weekend. Her reaction was so our of proportion to the situation, she said. She …
Exquisite Dilemmas
An Exquisite Dilemma is when what one partner needs is exactly what the other cannot tolerate. Some Examples Tanya has a thing about “running out of stuff” or not having …
Including Yourself in the Equation
“Remember to include yourself in the equation”, I am often telling women who are very good at figuring out how to address the problems of others or to accommodate their …
Pulling Up Into Adult
Pulling Up Into Adult offers a physical shift that gives you a different perspective of the outside, different feelings on the inside, as well as a different appearance to others. …
Semi-Structured Activities
Semi-structured activities ease difficult social, relational and emotional situations by allowing you to focus on something other than the anxiety-provoking elements of the social setting, the relational tension or your …
Doing the Hard Stuff
You know how you’ve been meaning to do this thing for a while. It’s not even that big a deal. Anyone else would have done it easily. Actually it may …
Calming Your System
Feeling anxious? Agitated? Frenzied? Upset with yourself? Someone else? Life in general? Finding it hard to think straight? Need to calm down enough to figure out where to go from …
Getting Oneself To Do Hard Stuff
You know how you’ve been meaning to do this thing for a while. It’s not even that big a deal. Anyone else would have done it easily. Actually it may be something you really need to do, know you should, want to – in a way. But don’t. Just can’t, it seems.
Below is a list of strategies I have accumulated over the years. Please feel free to add to the list, make comments and to give feedback on what works.