Relationships: How Do I Make Meaningful Connections?

To be able to find our way back to ourselves and each other, we must understand how our emotions shape our thoughts and decisions. If we don’t do this, we become “disembodied” from our own experiences and disconnected from others. Sometimes, a barrier in understanding this is that many people struggle to be held accountable without rationalizing, blaming, or shutting down.

Bridgette GottwaldMarch 18, 2022connection, meaningful, relationships, stress, acting out, feelings, emotions, language, brene brown, heart, atlas, human experience, words, labels

SURF Emotions: How Can I Ride the Wave?

The waves in life aren’t ever going to stop coming, but you can learn how to SURF. Life is a collection of ups and downs, and it’s full of ascending and descending hills and peaks. We will fall, learn how to get up, make mistakes, celebrate our successes and navigate the many disappointments life might throw at us. SURF is a common mindfulness technique and acronym that helps you to learn how to “ride the wave!” We cannot avoid or escape difficult situations or emotions that come our way, but we can be prepared and know how to handle them when it does occur.

Bridgette GottwaldFebruary 17, 2022SURF, mindfulness, specific, follow through, understand, recognize, need, triggers, specific thoughts, feelings, feelings chart

Present Over Perfect, Part I: How Is Therapy Similar to Vinegar?

Has anyone ever told you that it’s okay to see a therapist? Yes, it is okay to see a therapist. Read that again. In fact, 48% of Americans seek counseling and the stigma around mental health has decreased in recent years.

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Get Grounded: Easy Techniques to Feel Balanced

Particularly after traumas, it’s completely normal to experience flashbacks, anxiety, and symptoms that bring about discomfort. These grounding techniques serve people positively in that they help to control symptoms by turning attention away from the negative thoughts, memories, worries, and re-focusing the mind on the present moment.

BlogBridgette GottwaldJune 29, 2020trauma, grounded, technique, unbalances, feelings, emotions, process, body awareness, mental exercises

The Rhyme and Reason: Experiencing the Same Emotions on Repeat

Emotional healing and physical healing are completely intertwined – you can’t have one without the other. Regardless of how these patterns are triggered, it’s your thoughts and feelings that are keeping you stuck, as well as how your body has responded and attached to the issue at hand. If you want emotional healing, you have to experience physical healing as well.

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