Brené Brown is a researcher with a strong social justice framework. For the past decade she has focused her research on shame and shame resiliency. She is also an engaging writer and has written several books. Daring Greatly was released in September of 2017 and includes all her research to-date, including a new area around […]
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I often ask my clients if they know the difference between shame and guilt. It’s an important question. Since I can’t ask each of you reading this what your definitions are, I’ll offer mine here as a place to start this conversation: Guilt is I did a bad thing Shame is I am a
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Listening to a podcast this week, I was struck by this powerful statement made by Andy Izenson: Cultivating relationships that are resilient enough to take ‘ouch,’ ‘oops,’ and ‘no.’ Isn’t that the truth of it all? When we feel held and supported unconditionally, in a way that makes it totally safe to speak our needs
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One of the things I get to do in my professional life is facilitate groups for the Embody Love Movement. Founded by Dr. Melody Moore, her inspiration for this curriculum was a group of teen female identifying clients she worked with as a group. They are now known as the ELM Warriors. Over the years
Life as a teenager is confusing. Sometimes you still feel like a child, and other times you feel totally grown up. Maybe this is because of your own desires and feelings, but it can also be because of the way other people treat you. This seesaw of emotions can be confusing. It can feel lonely,
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I’ve been having a lot of fun in the past several months working with a creative marketing consultant. It really has been a blast. People I’m close to might possibly be getting tired of hearing me sing the praises of Jade Consulting. Repeatedly. It’s just so much fun! Part of what has been so fun
It seems like every certification or degree I’ve done has, at some point, required a family tree project. From preschool to grad school. When I was little it was fun. I remember looking at family photos of distant relatives and interviewing grandparents and aunts and uncles. I learned all sorts of family history. But by
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In my work with teenagers, I am struck by how often scarcity thinking comes up – the fear of not being enough. Not pretty enough, not smart enough, not caring enough, not not not. It saddens my heart to see these young adults carrying the weight of trying to “be enough” to keep their families
A friend shared this blog with me today, one person’s reflection on national allegiance and how countries choose to remember or release the darker parts of their histories. It’s beautifully written and offers parallels to our own country’s current choices. This quote from the German constitution speaks to so much: Human dignity is inviolable … All persons are equal
As some of you may relate to, I recently pulled my shoulder holding my daughter as she slept. It was an old injury re-aggravated, nothing critical but definitely uncomfortable. My first instinct was to tend to myself by resting. Stroller instead of carrier, no heavy lifting, good general self care with Epsom salts and a
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