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Psychotherapist, Coach, Speaker, Close the Chapter Podcast Host + Facilitator helping you to close th

09/14/2025

💗 The younger you is still waiting to hear the words they needed most.

Re-parenting means pausing, turning inward, and offering compassion to the child within who once felt unseen. It’s reminding yourself: You are enough. You matter.

Each time you nurture that younger part of yourself, you soften the shame, calm the nervous system, and begin to heal abandonment at its root.

👉 Swipe left to see and reflect on the words your younger self most needs to hear today.

🎧 Listen to this week’s Close the Chapter Podcast to learn how to validate your own emotions and nurture your inner child.

09/14/2025

Every time we try to avoid the pain we feel, it only grows stronger.

Abandonment wounds often feel unbearable.

And so, we learn to push the pain down, burying it under busyness, perfectionism, relationships, or distractions.

Avoidance only keeps the wound alive.

The feelings sit in the shadows, shaping how we see ourselves and how we connect with others.

The real shift happens when we choose to face our pain.

When we acknowledge, this hurts and I feel alone. I can begin to sit with it. I can nurture myself through it.

Turning toward the pain doesn’t make it bigger.

It actually lessens its grip.

🩷Each time we meet our abandonment wounds with compassion, their power begins to dissolve.

Want extra support as you turn toward your pain?

📝Kristen’s free guided journal is a tool to help you reflect, process, and grow.

Download it at kristendboice.com/freeresources and let’s walk this healing path together.

09/13/2025

✨ One simple question can uncover your deepest wounds:

“How old do I feel right now?”

When emotions feel overwhelming,
it’s often your inner child speaking.

That younger part still carries loneliness, rejection, and the belief of being unloved. 💔

Healing begins when your adult self learns to pause, listen, and step in with compassion.

You can comfort that younger part of you, reminding them they are safe, loved, and no longer alone in their pain.

Over time, this practice helps soften old wounds and build a sense of inner security.

Kristen explores this more deeply in Close the Chapter Podcast Episode 334: Healing From Emotional Abandonment.

🎧 Listen here: kristendboice.com/podcastepisode334

09/13/2025

You can’t heal what you don’t acknowledge.

Abandonment wounds often hide in the background.

They show up when we feel left out or unseen.

Without naming it, the wound stays buried.

It quietly shapes our relationships and sense of self.

💗 The first step in healing isn’t rushing to fix or erase the pain. It’s getting honest about what’s really there.

Once we shine a light on it, we open the door to healing.

We begin to nurture the child within who once felt alone.

Because awareness doesn’t just acknowledge the wound—it also breaks the silence around it.

What feelings or memories are asking to be named in your story right now?

📘 Download the free guided journal at kristendboice.com/freeresources to support your healing journey.

09/12/2025

Have you ever felt empty?

You had a “good” childhood, so why does it still feel like something is missing?

Abandonment isn’t always about someone walking away—
it can be those moments when you felt unseen, unheard, or like your feelings didn’t matter.

And those moments add up, often following us into adulthood.

The truth is, you’re not broken. Healing is possible.

With awareness, self-compassion, and gentle shifts,
you can learn to validate your own feelings and build safer, more loving connections.

✨ Kristen talks about this in Close the Chapter Podcast Episode 334: Healing From Emotional Abandonment.

Listen here: kristendboice.com/podcastepisode334

09/09/2025

Children learn more from what we show than what we say.

In this episode, Hilary Jacobs Hendel Author and Blogger talks about how children grow emotionally by watching how we handle our own emotions.

Think about it, our children are always watching.

They notice how we handle stress, conflict, disappointment, and joy.

🗣️ We can tell them how to manage emotions a hundred times but what leaves the deepest imprint is what they see us actually do.

Feeling our emotions instead of burying them.

Reflecting before we respond.

Choosing actions that align with love and respect.

Modeling these shows them that emotions aren’t something to fear rather they’re something we can go through with compassion and courage.

✍️ Want support in practicing the pause? Download Kristen’s free guided journal to begin reflecting on your own emotions and modeling healthy regulation for your children.

Tap the link in bio or visit kristendboice.com/freeresources to get started.

09/08/2025

We spend so much time teaching kids social and emotional skills in school, but parents were never given that same education. And yet, our kids look to us every single day to model how to handle emotions.

That’s the heart of Hilary Jacobs Hendel’s new book Parents Have Feelings, Too: giving parents a simple and practical education in emotions. Why?

✨ To break old patterns we inherited.

✨ To understand the impulses behind our anger, guilt, and sadness so they don’t run the show.

✨ To give parents tools in the moment, so we can pause, reflect, and respond in ways we’re proud of.

✨ To raise a new generation of emotionally educated kids by modeling it ourselves.

💡 This week on the Close the Chapter Podcast (Ep. 333), Kristen welcomes back Hilary to dive into the big ideas from her new book, and why understanding your own emotions is the most powerful gift you can give your children.

Parents Have Feelings, Too will be available September 23, 2025. You can pre-order now — link in the show notes.

🎧 Listen to the full episode here: https://kristendboice.com/podcastepisode333

09/06/2025

Children don’t just learn from us, we learn from them too.

Their honesty, reactions, and even pushback often reveal the places in us that still carry unprocessed fear, shame, or grief.

That can feel uncomfortable and at times, even overwhelming.

The reactionary response might be—
“Don’t talk to me like that” or “Look at all I do for you.”

But those reactions build walls.

What builds bridges is the moment we breathe, notice what’s rising inside, and choose connection over defense.

🩷 When we allow our children to be our teachers, we grow alongside them.

We become more compassionate with ourselves and show them what repair, curiosity, and love look like in hard moments.

What has your child or a young person in your life taught you about yourself lately?

09/05/2025

👩‍👧‍👦 Have you ever noticed how your kids can bring out feelings in you that you didn’t even know were there?

The hardest part of parenting isn’t having the right words. It’s pausing long enough to notice, breathe, and choose how to respond.

❤️ When we can name and regulate our own feelings, we show our kids how to do the same. They don’t need perfection. They need presence.

Kristen welcomes back , award-winning author and psychotherapist, for a heartfelt conversation on why parents need emotional education.

Learn how the Change Triangle can help you navigate tough feelings and discover practical tools to raise emotionally healthy kids.

📖 Plus, Hilary gives us a sneak peek into her NEW book, Parents Have Feelings, Too — available September 23, 2025.

👉 Listen to the episode here: https://kristendboice.com/podcastepisode333

09/04/2025

Are your emotions running the show or are you?

In this episode Hilary Jacobs Hendel Author and Blogger reminds us that when we understand how emotions work in the mind and body, we can pause, reflect, and respond with greater intention.

This truth hits deep for so many parents.

When we don’t understand how emotions rise in our nervous system, we get pulled into impulsive reactions such as snapping, shutting down, yelling or saying things we wish we hadn’t.

Later, guilt creeps in, and we wonder why we couldn’t stay calm.

The good news? Emotional education changes everything.

When parents learn to name what they’re feeling, and connect inward before responding, there are so many benefits.

They break cycles of reactivity.

They model emotional regulation.

They create ripple effects of resilience and connection for the next generation.

It’s about practicing the pause, getting curious, and choosing intention over impulse.

🌿 Want support in pausing and processing your emotions? Grab Kristen’s free guided journal to help you reflect, release, and respond with greater intention.

Tap the link in bio or visit kristendboice.com/freeresources to download yours today.

09/02/2025

Real healing starts from the inside.

In this episode, Debi Jenkins Frankle, LMFT, shares how true repair is all about the work we do within ourselves.

When resentment and hurt go unprocessed, they quietly take up space in our hearts.

They drain our energy, strain our relationships, and keep us stuck in old cycles.

💗Internal repair asks us to name the truth, acknowledge the pain, and then release what no longer serves us. It empowers you to reclaim clarity and create space for deeper love and connection.

💡 Ready to let go of what no longer serves you?
Kristen’s free guided journal can help you take the first step.

Tap the link in bio or visit kristendboice.com/freeresources to get started.

08/30/2025

Sometimes so much of what we call anger is really grief in disguise.

Grief doesn’t only come from death. It can come from a parent who couldn’t nurture, a relationship that never healed, or love that was withheld.

When those losses aren’t spoken, they get buried. And what’s buried shows up in our bodies, our relationships, and our ability to feel safe in the world. 💔

Naming grief gives it a place to go.

Grief wants to be felt, not buried. And when we finally allow ourselves to name it, we open the door to healing, connection, and peace.

💬 Have you ever noticed grief showing up as anger or anxiety in your life?

Share your experience below. Your story might help someone else feel less alone.

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Welcome!

My name is Kristen Boice,

a psychotherapist (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist -- LMFT), motivational speaker, workshop presenter and trainer, and Close the Chapter podcast host who specializes in getting people unstuck—and that’s exactly what I help people like you do every day.

Through my speaking, Close the Chapter podcast, group coaching work, retreats, and free resources, I help people move forward to close the chapter on things that no longer serve them (like toxic relationships, negative behaviors and patterns, and old beliefs), and step into a different way of being.

Translation? If you’re in a period of transition, or have felt trapped where you are for too long, we’ll peel back the layers of your doubts and fears, and uncover the essence of truth already within you—so you can open the door to an incredible new phase of your life, no longer bogged down from the negativity holding you back.