Connectfulness

01/10/2026

This lab is an experiential consultation community where therapists practice being with what arises, trace patterns with care, and work with sticky dynamics in gentle way that trusts protective wisdom and invites new possibility.

Past participants have shared they feel “safe to settle into a felt-sense of enoughness,” with room to slow down, undo aloneness, and reset with self-compassion. They’ve named increased capacity to befriend what arises in the therapy room, along with more regulation and courage inside hard clinical moments.

“I wanted a space where I could explore the parts of me that show up in challenging moments. I got that and so much more. Rebecca’s group felt like a warm hug. A place I could go to for community, growth and exploration” -KS, fall 2025 cohort

Our next cohort begins Tuesday 1/27/26 and meets online the fourth Tuesday of each month, January - June, from 5-7p Eastern.

Dear colleagues, I invite you to join us as we continue to build this experiential community.

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01/09/2026

If you were to peek under the hood of my practice these days, you’d notice how deeply it is influenced by Juliane Taylor-Shore’s Self-Trust and Integrated Resilience (STAIR) Method. STAIR is a framework that supports therapists in cultivating greater clarity, steadiness, and confidence in the room. It has helped orient my own deliberate practices around care. Rather than say more, I’ll invite you to experience it directly.
Jules is offering a free introductory webinar on the foundations of STAIR.

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12/29/2025

This world is hard and can be cruel. My hope is to support us in growing our capacity to stay present and sturdy inside what is hard. To be with what is and orient toward our integrity. To better match the impact of our actions with our intentions. To acknowledge the ouch so we can shift our behavior. To expand our sense of okayness. To trust ourselves and one another that we can be the change we’re hoping for. Lofty as it sounds, is there another way?

As we approach the close of 2025 I’m reflecting on this past year and what I’m carrying forward into 2026. This note is both a reflection and a sharing of what’s ahead, with the hope that you might feel a little less alone and a little more connected to what’s possible….

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This world is hard and can be cruel. My hope is to support us in growing our capacity to stay present and sturdy inside what is hard. To be with what is and orient toward our integrity. To better match the impact of our actions with our intentions. To acknowledge the ouch so we can shift our behavio...

11/28/2025

If you’re struggling with family contact this conversation may be helpful. I deeply value Laura and Sharon’s collective wisdom.

There’s just something about the holiday season that really brings family conflicts to a head. This year, our culture is talking about something we therapists have been addressing in our offices every winter for decades.

Cutting ties with family, family estrangement, “going no contact,” setting boundaries - whatever you call it, many families are feeling the strain when adult children refuse to go along with the status quo and challenge their parents on communication , boundaries and family dynamics.

Parents of the Boomer and Gen X generations whose own parents demanded obedience are bewildered when their children refuse to follow these same expectations.

Millennials and Gen Z are pleading for their parents to hear that they want respectful connection with their families of origin, not control or enmeshment.

As painful as these conflicts can be, there’s opportunity for repair and reconnection between adult children and their parents. For parents, it begins with letting go of our egos and focusing on hearing what our children are trying to tell us. We can be the leaders in teaching our family how to come back from painful conflicts.

Join me tomorrow on IG Live with , author of “Cutting Ties With Your Parents” for a discussion on family estrangement that is very timely as the holiday season kicks into high gear and many of us are booking extra therapy sessions.

11/28/2025

11/26/2025

rage IS a bid for connection

11/19/2025

Dear Ones,

There’s something I want you to know. Working through the hard stuff isn’t what drains us. It’s the turning away that wears us down.

When we turn toward the hard relational moments, when we turn toward ourselves, even in the smallest ways, something softens and opens. Compassion. Self-trust. Space.

That’s what we’ll explore together this Friday, November 21 from 4:30 to 8 PM in Gardiner, NY. Tiny, playful experiments. Micro-practices you can actually feel In your body. Ways of staying with yourself while you engage with what matters.

You don’t have to make things that matter smaller. You don’t have to learn any of this alone. You aren’t meant to. We get hurt in relationships, and we heal in them too. This group is tender and brave like that. You may find your own courage reflected back in someone else, and they may find themselves in what you choose to share.

If you’re wondering what might shift for you as we explore rupture and repair… come find out.

With love,
Rebecca ♡

11/17/2025

In their recent podcast, Autumn Brown and adrienne marre brown talk with Francis Weller. They discuss the essentialness of engaging with grief and shame, the necessary process of the long dark, and how descent leads to self-discovery.

I’m digging in and invite you to also…

The sisters are thrilled to welcome soul activist, Francis Weller to the show. They discuss how engaging with grief and shame is essential, the necess...

11/12/2025

Ruptures are part of relationship. They aren’t mistakes to fix or avoid. Ruptures are invitations to notice our edges, slow down, and meet ourselves and each other with compassion.

In Session 3: Rupture & Repair, we’ll explore what happens when connection feels hard. You’ll practice staying present in charged moments without abandoning yourself, notice how your nervous system responds, and develop small practices that help you respond rather than react. Alone or with a partner, this session will guide you toward relational responsiveness and deeper trust.

We’ll gather Friday, November 21 from 4:30 to 8 PM at The Living Room at Full Circle. A shared meal will be part of our time, a chance to tend ourselves in community. Space is limited.

11/10/2025

What do grief, love and acceptance have to do with boundaries?

Grief and Boundary Work: How Love, Loss & Acceptance Intertwine | Jules Taylor ShoreIn this teaching, Jules Taylor Shore explores how grief, love, and accep...

10/31/2025

With the looming food insecurity crisis, here’s a list of local resources, all accessible via UCAT transportation.

Please feel welcome to share additional resources in the comments. If you have the means, please consider donating food or funds to support these programs. Mutal aid and collective care are needed.

https://ulstercorps.org/for-volunteers/opportunities-by-agency-type/food-pantries-and-meal-programs/

10/12/2025

Powerful discussion around the importance of intimacy and holding, not just about segs, but about a deeper intimacy society is needing more of.