Resources, Articles and Blogs for Anxiety, Relationships and Trauma to help you today
How Do You Know If Someone Is Right for You? A Therapist’s Perspective on Attachment Trauma
If you struggle with attachment trauma, relationship anxiety, or emotionally unavailable partners, it can be difficult to know whether someone is truly a healthy fit for you. In this therapist-written blog, explore the difference between emotional intensity and emotional safety, why unhealthy relationships can feel familiar, and how secure relationships help you become more grounded, connected, and fully yourself over time.
Highly Sensitive Person? Here’s Why You Replay Conversations and Hear That Critical Voice After
If you’re a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), your inner critic likely doesn’t just sound like a passing thought—it feels intense, convincing, and hard to ignore. This blog helps to understand why the HSP inner critic is so powerful, where it comes from, and how to work with it using a nervous system-informed, parts-based approach rather than trying to silence it.
Why Crying Matters: Emotional Release and Nervous System Regulation in Therapy
Understanding the nervous system helps us see crying as a natural form of emotional release. Learn how tears support regulation, reduce stress, and why suppressing emotions can impact your mental and physical health.
Fawn: When Your Nervous System Prioritizes Others
Learn how the nervous system’s fawn response shapes people-pleasing and loss of self—and how awareness supports boundaries and emotional regulation.
Freeze: When Your Nervous System Shuts Down
Learn how the nervous system’s freeze response leads to shutdown, numbness, and feeling stuck—and how gentle awareness supports safety and healing.
Flight: When Your Nervous System Tries to Escape
Learn how the nervous system’s flight response drives anxiety, overthinking, and constant busyness—and how awareness supports grounding and regulation.