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In Search of Self-Confidence

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:December 1, 2019
  • Post category:Boundaries, Full Self

Treat yourself as if you deserve to exist.

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Get to Know Your Guts

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:November 1, 2019
  • Post category:Body

Reconnect with your belly through kind touch and specific knowledge about the organs inside.

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Solid Support for Change

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:October 1, 2019
  • Post category:Find Support

When we have more inner and outer resources, it is easier to take risks and try something new.

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The Push/Pull of Touch

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:September 2, 2019
  • Post category:Body

When the need for touch has been met well enough, with kindness and safety, we accept the ongoing need as naturally as we accept the need to breathe.

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Good Enough for Mistakes

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:August 1, 2019
  • Post category:Wider Narratives

We can use our skills and resources to recover from mistakes and integrate them into the flow of life.

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Consider Additional Truths

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:July 1, 2019
  • Post category:Wider Narratives

The more we sense into our present environment and the people around us with caring, the less we impose our world view on others.

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Celebrate Small Steps

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:June 1, 2019
  • Post category:Find Support

Each of us can take time to soak up relief, hope, and ease when they arise.

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Intervene for a Better World

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:May 1, 2019
  • Post category:Relating

As the nervous system heals over time, our window of tolerance widens for minor infractions, and we can intervene more calmly and skillfully for larger issues.

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Careful Conflict

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:April 1, 2019
  • Post category:Relating

Learning to manage conflict with care is a lifetime project for each of us.

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Support a Friend in Crisis

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:March 1, 2019
  • Post category:Relating

"I'm here to listen."

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