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09/20/2025

09/04/2025

Recent research highlights the crucial role of emotional safety in fostering healthy relationships. Emotional safety involves feeling secure, understood, and respected within interpersonal connections. Studies suggest that when individuals perceive their relationships as emotionally safe, they are more likely to engage in open communication, express vulnerability, and build trust. This environment allows partners to navigate conflicts more effectively and promotes overall well-being.

Conversely, relationships lacking emotional safety can lead to negative outcomes, such as increased anxiety, decreased satisfaction, and a higher likelihood of unresolved conflicts. Current findings indicate that feeling unsupported or judged can significantly impact mental health, leading to feelings of isolation or resentment. It is essential for individuals to cultivate an atmosphere of empathy and understanding in their relationships to enhance emotional safety, thereby improving relational dynamics and individual mental health.

09/03/2025

Authenticity and vulnerability – those are two buzzwords we talk about a lot in personal growth and community development work. Most of us know how important they both are, and so we strive to embrace them. But… there’s an important aspect that is sometimes missing from the conversation: em....

09/02/2025

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08/29/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-health-nerd/202503/the-psychological-benefits-of-spirituality

Discover how spirituality boosts mental health—new research reveals its powerful role in reducing anxiety, fighting depression, and creating meaning in life's challenges.

08/28/2025

My co-therapist today 🐾

… 7 sessions of sniffs and snuggles from my Montana girl 🤎🤍

08/13/2025

Ready to cultivate deeper connections?

Remember, we cannot build new relationships using our old, wounded ways. We MUST be willing to do something differently, and consistently walk the path we now know is healthy. 💪🏼

Here are some ideas to get you started:

1️⃣ Lead with your recovery behaviors—try journaling or mindfulness to connect with yourself first! 💭
2️⃣ Choose safe people who respect your boundaries and encourage your growth (and who are also on this path 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾
3️⃣ Lean into vulnerability; it’s where true connection happens! 🌿
4️⃣ Practice saying “no” to what doesn’t align with your values or well-being—your voice matters!

Let’s pave the way for new, fulfilling relationships!

08/11/2025

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Rupture in relationships is inevitable — but repair is a skill.

Strategies to Help Clients Navigate Rupture and Build Skills of Repair gives you a roadmap to help clients rebuild trust and connection.

Because unresolved ruptures don’t just fade — they fester.

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02/11/2025

Observances are not complaints.

Unhealthy relationships will have people convinced that bringing an issue or relational concern to the table is complaining, nagging, or trying to find problems where there aren’t any.

A healthy relationship welcomes insight, concern, and observations about the state of the relationship or threats to the relational health. In fact, it is a mutual responsibility for each party to bring concerns and observations to the other. It is a loving act…an act guiding the relationship to its highest health, and is seen as a gift by a healthy partner.

If relational observances are met with defensiveness, rage, blame-shifting and gaslighting then it’s time to take a look at the health of your relationship.