Grimes Effective Counseling

05/01/2023

04/15/2023

Finding compassion, nourishment, and comfort in our space. Healing our hearts ❤️

04/15/2023

03/10/2023

Join us at the Mother Hunger Immersive Retreat, April 14-17. Come connect and heal the wounds you’ve endured for too long. A life with the capacity for joy is waiting for you…


care

02/09/2023

As you heal, remember that your inner child is not who you are right now. It is a version of you that got stuck in the past, with the corresponding emotional development.

With that in mind, it’s crucial to communicate with this child in a language and way that she will understand.

Your inner child is vulnerable and will use defense mechanisms to protect herself. Treat her with the utmost love and respect that she, and ultimately you as an adult, deserve.

Give her the space she needs to express herself and the time she needs to heal. Try not to rush the process or turn to your go-to distractions or addictions to ease her/your pain. The longer we push away pain, the longer we will suffer.

And you, my dear, do not deserve to suffer even one second longer.

02/06/2023

Early attachment patterns create mental maps for our relationships throughout life and guide our expectations of others.

Lacking appropriate self-soothing and comforting skills, we may have difficulty regulating our emotions, bodily sensations, impulses, thoughts, and behaviors.

We are more prone to have difficulty focusing and concentrating and a limited tolerance for frustration.
Perhaps we lack patience with ourselves and others. We may be hypersensitive, highly reactive, and lacking in emotional endurance and resilience. We may have trouble motivating ourselves.

Basically, we grow up with an emotionally starved, very young inner child running our lives.

-Julie Simon,
When Food is Comfort

02/03/2023

Learn more about our Mother Hunger Immersive Retreat held in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains!

01/27/2023

Women with Mother Hunger often have the experience of being parentified as children, taking on the role of caregiver, of their mother and/or siblings at an early age because their mother wasn’t able or willing to provide that appropriate care.

What happens when that same mother that wouldn’t or couldn’t provide care for their child is now elderly and/or sick and in need of care again from their adult daughter?

Feelings of anger, resentment, bitterness, and ambiguity are all valid emotions to have and yet not usually socially/culturally acceptable.

How do adult daughters with Mother Hunger set healthy boundaries with their mother who is aging/sick and unable to care for themselves at this time?

How can adult daughters with Mother Hunger decide how much “care” they are willing or able to provide while releasing the feelings of unjustified guilt, shame, and resentment?

If you are experiencing, have experienced, or will experience being an adult daughter caregiving for an emotionally immature and/or emotionally abusive mother, there is a support group available for you.

Click link for more info! https://linktr.ee/emilygrimes

01/15/2023

Never forget how important you are. You matter.