Navigating our emotions and figuring out how to come back to ourselves, or at least, a version of ourselves that feels comfortable, grounded, calm, connected – is why people come to counselling. I went back to the Window of Tolerance this week and created some new images. There are 3
Mindfulness helps us speak and respond with intention rather than unconscious reactions. It helps us with conscious awareness of how we’re thinking and feeling so that we can work on areas in our lives that may be tripping us up.
I’ve never really given mindfulness a lot of time. It sounded nice for hippies, but I hadn’t done much research into the evidence base for it or adopted the practices into my day-to-day. Turns out the hum of anxiety I often feel at different times of the day can be
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I just submitted my thesis. I did a deep dive into Polyvagal Theory, which is called the science of safety – and applied it to healing from the wounds of trauma experienced in church or as a result of exposure to toxic theology,
10 min read There are some big, heavy themes in this post. Please come back to it later if it’s too much for you. I write to process. Often I delete or save things in draft, but the act of committing to sentences helps me figure out how I feel
I’ve just read the memoir of the formidable woman, Marsha Linehan, who developed DBT, or Dialectical Behavioural Therapy. She developed it for people with suicidal ideation and behaviours and people with borderline personality disorder. Turns out it supports us all. DBT is considered one of the most important therapy models
The documentaries keep coming. On cults, megachurch demise and people we may have once looked up to and admired, falling from grace. Or rather, tripping over themselves while clinging to tired old scripts and defending the indefensible. And of course, we know why this is, to admit there was wrongdoing
The news has been a lot this week. Here in NSW there’s been some devastating events that have stayed with me. What do we do with the way the news affects us? How do we avoid getting stuck in sadness and the heaviness of tragedies when they can feel so
Queer communion & the imprint of the divine. It’s PRIDE month and I’m so grateful for the many glorious queer people in my world. LGBTQIA+ people have a particular, and from what I understand, exquisitely painful experience of being othered by Christians. I am devastated that my own toxic theology
