Paralyzing Anxiety:  Flight-or-Flight’s Brother, Freeze

Paralyzing Anxiety: Flight-or-Flight’s Brother, Freeze

A paralyzing anxiety attack can almost completely shut you down. When Fight-or-Flight’s brother, Freeze, hits you with his Supervillain-like freeze ray – unless you have a high frequency ice pick handy – you’re stuck! Okay, okay. Anxiety related “freezing” might not...
Take These Steps to Manage Anxiety and Begin to Thrive!

Take These Steps to Manage Anxiety and Begin to Thrive!

How do I Manage Anxiety? Just like a plant grows vigorously and flourishes when its needs are met, humans thrive when they are cared for and cared about. Anxiety, though, is as damaging to a person as the lack of sunshine is to a plant, causing it to shrivel up and...
Improve Your Relationship:  Understanding Bids for Connection

Improve Your Relationship: Understanding Bids for Connection

You may be surprised to know that most communication is non-verbal, and when it is verbal, often, it’s indirect: Most of us aren’t great at asking for what we want.  This is why understanding a bid for connection is so, so, important.  A bid for what, exactly? You may...
Simple Meaningful Mother’s Day Gifts

Simple Meaningful Mother’s Day Gifts

The best Mother’s Day gifts are so exclusive, so unique, that you can’t get them on Amazon or anywhere else.  These cherished items are things that move mothers to tears. And while it may sound like they come with a hefty price tag they don’t—far from it.  The gifts...
What is a Healthy Marriage Relationship?

What is a Healthy Marriage Relationship?

What are my rights in relationships? I have been talking to quite a few clients lately who describe their relationship as “verbally abusive.”  Previously, I wrote a blog on what a verbally abusive relationship looks like, in case you are wondering.  Many...