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Understanding Emotional Bypassing vs. Emotional Processing: A DBT Perspective 💡It’s tempting to brush aside uncomfortabl...
19/06/2025

Understanding Emotional Bypassing vs. Emotional Processing: A DBT Perspective 💡
It’s tempting to brush aside uncomfortable emotions. But are we processing our feelings or just bypassing them? The difference matters for our mental health and relationships. Let’s dive into these concepts and see how Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) can guide us toward emotional well-being.

Emotional Bypassing: The Avoidance Trap 🛑
Emotional bypassing happens when we dodge or suppress our feelings instead of facing them.
Common signs include:
* Avoiding or dismissing emotions
* Using distractions to numb feelings
* Getting defensive when emotions surface
* Rationalising emotions without feeling them
* Feeling disconnected from self and others

While bypassing might feel like a quick fix, it can fuel anxiety, depression, or emotional numbness over time. DBT, created by Dr. Marsha Linehan, offers practical tools to shift this pattern. We tune into the present moment with mindfulness, noticing emotions without judgment.
Distress tolerance skills—like self-soothing or healthy distraction—help us cope with intense feelings without running from them. These strategies build the courage to face emotions head-on.

Emotional Processing: The Path to Healing 🌱
Emotional processing means engaging with feelings in a healthy way.
Key steps include:
* Pausing to recognise emotions without judgment
* Creating a safe space for feelings to emerge
* Naming emotions and their root causes
* Validating emotions as meaningful
* Exploring what emotions reveal about our needs

DBT’s emotion regulation skills align beautifully here. Labelling emotions brings clarity, while checking the facts helps us dig into the thoughts driving our feelings. Validation, a core DBT practice, encourages us to accept our emotions as valid, boosting self-compassion and resilience. Together, these tools turn raw emotions into opportunities for growth.

With Australian Yoga Week fast approaching now is a great time to reach out and engage with local Yoga teachers and Ther...
10/06/2025

With Australian Yoga Week fast approaching now is a great time to reach out and engage with local Yoga teachers and Therapists in the East.

Yoga provides a learning space for you to find inner peace and stillness in the sometimes crazy World we live in. Not only will you learn the foundations of mindfulness, you will learn how to connect deeper with yourself whilst moving your body with your breath and making shapes that enhance your wellbeing and improves posture, strength & flexibility. 🙏🙏🙏

Let me show you. Reach out and I’d love to support and introduce you to this Sacred Wellness practice 🧘‍♀️

Meet Lauren from Bronte Wellness. Delivering tailored and personalised wellness sessions of Movement, Mindfulness and Nu...
26/05/2025

Meet Lauren from Bronte Wellness. Delivering tailored and personalised wellness sessions of Movement, Mindfulness and Nutrition to you!

For a FREE clarity call: 0403201111
Website: WWW.BRONTEWELLNESS.COM.AU

Have you ever wondered why you can’t remember certain events that occurred during challenging times, or times you simply...
22/05/2025

Have you ever wondered why you can’t remember certain events that occurred during challenging times, or times you simply ‘may just want to forget’… our memory and brain does this to cope with the experience.

Traumatic wounds can go deep in your psyche and the memory loss is a matter of survival at times.

What’s important isn’t re-living the trauma, or feeling the need to remember what happened, but learning how to feel safe again in your own body. That’s where the healing space exists.

Feeling safe again isn’t a switch - it’s a state you get to gradually through practice of self awareness, self care, doing what brings you joy, being around those who support and care for you, conscious breathing, being in the present moment, and also knowing where you are at NOW, even if that is admitting you don’t feel safe.

Be kind to yourself and be authentic. Don’t fall for the good vibes only propaganda - life will always have curved balls - it’s how we regulate and respond not react to those moments. ✌️

Eating Rainbows 🌈 Bring colour into your children’s food whenever and wherever possible. Colourful food is not only impr...
21/05/2025

Eating Rainbows 🌈 Bring colour into your children’s food whenever and wherever possible. Colourful food is not only impressive on the eyes, it provides children with variety and makes them look forward to meal times.

Let’s face it, some days kids will just throw your food on the floor - I get it! Whats important however, is how you pick yourself up when this happens (abide by the 3 second rule 😝) and of course keep trying again and again, stay strong parents 💪

In our family we admit we did a bit of tough love, if the kids didn’t like or eat what we cooked, they went without or usually just ate on the plate what they did like and left the rest, if it didn’t tickle their fancy. Nowadays though our kids eat pretty much everything, and if not, they at least try.

Here is an example of dinner tonight, Rainbow Italian Pasta - yep looks too good to eat! Served with steamed peas and prawns, and some chopped up shiitake mushroom. Sometimes it’s all about hiding it right. IKYK

Making me hungry and I hope you too. Get adventurous and try something new 🌸☀️

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Break Free from the Trap of Negative Thoughts – A Science-Based ApproachNegative thoughts are not just uncomfortable—the...
17/05/2025

Break Free from the Trap of Negative Thoughts – A Science-Based Approach

Negative thoughts are not just uncomfortable—they can be deeply convincing and paralyzing. They impact our decisions, relationships, and mental well-being. But what if we could learn to challenge these thoughts instead of believing them blindly?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)—one of the most researched and effective therapeutic models—offers tools that empower us to break this cycle. One powerful method is simply asking ourselves six evidence-based questions that disrupt automatic negative thinking.

Here are 6 powerful questions to challenge your negative thoughts:

1. Am I making assumptions?
— Helps identify when you’re jumping to conclusions without solid evidence.

2. What are the other possible outcomes?
— Encourages flexible thinking by reminding you there’s more than one possible future.

3. Is there another way to look at this?
— Promotes alternative, more balanced perspectives.

4. What would I say to a friend in this situation?
— Cultivates self-compassion and perspective-taking.

5. Is there any evidence for or against this thought?
— Pushes you to examine the facts, not just your feelings.

6. Will this matter 6 months from now?
— Helps you zoom out and regain perspective.

Why does this matter?

Recent research (Beck & Dozois, 2024; APA, 2023) shows that individuals who consistently challenge their negative thoughts experience significant reductions in anxiety, depressive symptoms, and even physical symptoms of stress. These micro-interventions change how the brain processes emotional information over time—essentially, rewiring your brain for resilience.

I’ve seen firsthand how empowering this small daily practice can be. It doesn’t require expensive tools or hours of therapy—it starts with awareness and curiosity.

You are not your thoughts. You are the one observing them—and that gives you power.

If you’re struggling with intrusive thoughts or feel overwhelmed by negativity, try saving this list. Come back to it. Practice one question a day.

Mums to Be - stay healthy & strong during your pregnancy and do the work now so that postnatally your recovery is faster...
16/05/2025

Mums to Be - stay healthy & strong during your pregnancy and do the work now so that postnatally your recovery is faster and more effective.

Growing and having a baby is not an easy job. It takes a lot of energy, effort and wear on your physical body and emotionally.

Practicing Pilates has helped many pregnant women cope with the growing changes pregnancy brings, helps women feel stronger in their muscles, more supported in their joints and provides a platform of connection with body and controlled breath, necessary components as you prepare for birth.

Reach out today, mention this Ad and you will save 💰. Normally sessions are $100 for private; mention this Ad and your session is reduced to $65

☎️ Lauren 0403 201 111
📧 visit WWW.BRONTEWELLNESS.COM.AU for more information

Express yourself in the most accurate way possible . The experience of this will provide meaning and healing to that whi...
15/05/2025

Express yourself in the most accurate way possible . The experience of this will provide meaning and healing to that which you are going through or trying to share in a relationship. Imagine if we all used the right word to describe our feelings, thoughts - so much clarity would be born from that. Thank you for being so real and guiding.

What does emotional health look like?! Are you checking in curiously with yourself , do you have healthy coping mechanis...
15/05/2025

What does emotional health look like?! Are you checking in curiously with yourself , do you have healthy coping mechanisms when times are tough? Being emotionally healthy is not always having your s**t together as let’s face it, life is messy! It is however knowing your tipping point, perhaps having the ‘Roar’ moment or shedding the tears for an hour and then picking yourself up knowing that this too will pass and finding your inner compass again.

It’s okay to be fragile, emotive and real. Don’t shy from real human emotions, instead learn to harness them, recognise them before they become all too consuming and have tools in place that you know are helpful to YOU in order to anchor you once again.

REST - a word we sometimes feel ashamed to say as we are taught from a young age to ‘Rest when you’re dead, No rest for ...
08/05/2025

REST - a word we sometimes feel ashamed to say as we are taught from a young age to ‘Rest when you’re dead, No rest for the wicked, Go hard or go home.’
We are literally not taught to rest.

However, times are changing, more and more as individuals, and even in workplaces now, we are starting to dissect this stigma. We are recognising the value and benefits Rest provides us, our loved ones and our communities.

Start to think about areas in your life that you can take Rest - Social, Mental, Physical or other.
Don’t be ashamed to rest. Embrace it. Feel the benefits rest provides - more in tune with your body, more relaxed, able to have improved stress management, better communication with others, more resilient.

You deserve it!

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