Jennifer J. Kozel, PhD, LCP, Inc

12/31/2025

12/30/2025

Why avoidance doesn't work.. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17mp4ieyD7/

10/28/2025

I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.

-Virginia Satir

10/04/2025

This helpful article outlines IFS strategies with the inner critic part of self. The author did such a good job making it easy to understand.

If you want to understand the good intentions of your inner critic, read on.

09/25/2025

”There are moments in life when guidance appears at the very instant you need it. Not too early, not too late, but exactly on time. This is not an accident. It is the rhythm of life itself, reminding you that you are never behind, never forgotten, never broken." -Alan Watt

09/01/2025

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08/28/2025

”It means that you stop confusing compassion with self-sacrifice. It means you learn to say I see your pain but I will not become it. It means you allow people to sit in the discomfort of their own reflection without rushing to make it easier for them by dimming your truth.”

, , , , the secret to inner peace and emotional power...

08/19/2025

A list of five choices to think about:

Source: Psychology Today

How to stop the everyday habits—from mindset to sleep, alcohol consumption, and procrastination—that quietly dull your brainpower.

07/31/2025

The love that you have given and the love that you have felt cannot be lost. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler

07/26/2025

If we do something to be worthy in the eyes of others, we are not seeing the worth in ourselves. Elizabeth Kubler Ross & David Kessler.

07/15/2025

“...I am here to tell you that conscious evolved men don’t operate this way.”

I really like this man's advice. He says that you should leave immediately if your man is using harsh self-centered manipulation tactics. Maybe he is right.🤔 But I don't think there is one size fits all. I would stop and assess whether or not the relationship is something that could be helped/saved with intensive couples therapy. Either way, his words are strong, wise, and worth considering. I would agree that just normalizing abuse is obnoxious and useless to a person's spirit. But really, allow yourself to think with your own intuition.

Disclaimer: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to replace professional advice, therapy, or counseling. Alway...

07/03/2025

No matter what age we are, when non-verbal and verbal communication is positive and respectful, the human body responds with calm and wellbeing. In that state, we are able to connect positively with others. However, when communication is harsh, tense, hurtful, threatening, dismissive, and/or humiliating, it creates tension. The nervous system jolts into fight/flight/freeze states of alertness, while the mind works to defend itself from emotional distress. In this kind of state, we retreat inward and the ability to connect with others becomes compromised.

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Raising babies to be emotionally healthy adults is perhaps the most important job in the world. The first step is understanding emotions and emotional communication.