103 SelfWork: Seven Frank Tips For Getting Along with Family
Today we’ll be focusing on what you have control over when you’re with family for the holiday season and I’ll offer seven pretty frank and real-time tips on how to manage your own. We can all hear the same tips over and over about not forgetting to maintain good self-care, don’t eat every dessert...
Five Common Ways Couples Bicker And Fuss – And Five Strategies to Stop
We all do it. Fuss. Bicker. Squabble. And we usually do it with the people we supposedly love the most. These are the fights that feel almost scripted because both people say the same things over and over. You can predict how long it’s going to last, and then who does what when it’s...
102 SelfWork: How Do You Feel Your Feelings?
Many people have trouble with connecting with their feelings. I’ve talked a lot about PHD – and certainly those folks have many intense feelings well hidden away. But it’s not only in PHD that this can occur. Many times, I’ve watched someone on the verge of letting go, of allowing an emotion to...
How To Step Away From Paralyzing Shame
At the age of 34, I didn’t think I’d ever live down my shame. I’d struggled through a chaotic ten years. I’d ended two marriages, both for different reasons. Yet, the thread between them was me. I was struggling to even think of myself as a good person because of the voice that...
101 SelfWork: Coping with SAD, Shame, Grief and Perfectionism During the Holidays
Do you dread the leaves turning color? Did you have a loss during this year that you’re still grieving and the thought of raising a glass to another year makes you sick to your stomach? Are you looking back at last year and berating yourself for pounds not lost, goals not accomplished? Or are you...
What Are You Teaching Your Daughter About Her Body? Five Strategies for Being a Healthy Role Model.
Sometimes, something hits a nerve. A few years ago this Dove commercial caught my attention. It highlights body image messages that mothers might unintentionally give daughters. And.. it shocked me. The subject of the video is moms talking about what they liked and disliked about their bodies,...
100 SelfWork: Celebrating #100! And It’s All About You!
Today is a huge celebration with the 100th Episode of SelfWork! You are the reason that SelfWork is going strong. You’re writing in questions. You’re letting friends and family know that SelfWork is helping you. You’re leaving ratings and reviews. I cannot be grateful enough for...
Three Ways to Fight Your Own Critical Voice About Your Body
At thirteen years old, I decided I was going to shave my legs, all the way up to my mid-thigh. I felt quite adult and dangerously risqué. My mother was mortified and told me, “You’ll regret it forever.” At the time, I took her comment quite superficially. “You are just...
099 SelfWork: Three Hurdles in Fighting the Black Dog of Depression
Fighting depression can take courage, persistence and support. It can be created by so many events or experiences and it can wear so many faces, that there isn’t one path toward healing. That healing will be unique to you. Episode 099 focuses on three common hurdles — three decisions...
When Mom Is Emotionally Unstable. Seven Ways To Heal.
Mom. For many this word brings with it childhood memories of feeling safe while being tenderly tucked into bed, of band-aids and hugs when you scraped your knee, or wise advice given when you fell in love for the first time. You watched your mom and learned from her; she was committed to family,...
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