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Parenting to Grow Self-awareness and Self-management

…ectively. These actions don’t exist in a vacuum devoid of interactions and feedback from how things feel in their bodies. Instead, they are the product of an intricate process informed by many aspects of being. However, once the “basics” are in place, attention to these hidden variables fades as priorities shift. Children’s lives then become carefully curated by their devoted and committed parents with the ideal future they have in mind. Education…

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PTSD: Why Does It Happen? How Survivors Can Heal

…act at a sound like a balloon popping. They may dread making a mistake for fear something terrible will happen, even if part of them knows it isn’t rational. It is as if the body’s self-defense system cannot be turned off. During the “fight, flight or freeze” survival response, the “senses become hypersensitive to better smell, hear, see and taste the danger… in preparation for further assessment and response,” explains sensorimotor psychotherapis…

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Seven Real Vows to Make Your Marriage Last

…t us but rarely are they entirely wrong. By staying open and vulnerable to feedback, we can respond sensitively to our partners while learning more about ourselves. We are also more likely to entice an open reaction from them when something bothers us, and we can both benefit from having a more honest relationship truly built on trust. 5. “I promise not to project elements from my past onto this relationship.” Though it may sound vague and simplis…

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Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence with Dr. Daniel Siegel

…tivate kind intention can literally help grow a healthier brain and reduce fear, anxiety, and stress in life. This webinar provides practical instruction for mastering and teaching clients how to apply the Wheel of Awareness, a life-changing tool for cultivating more focus, presence, and peace in one’s day-to-day life. Whether you have no experience with a reflective practice or are an experienced practitioner, Aware: The Science and Practice of P…

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Why People with Eating Disorders Need Our Compassion

…e. It is not ‘craziness,’ but the person’s best attempt to soothe enormous fear in a world where they still feel unsafe. It’s really about finding the meaning of the client’s choice, whether that choice is food restriction, binging, purging, overeating, or other self-harming. It’s felt to the personal like a survival skill, and the person is doing the best they can. Seeing the reason why a person is struggling with harmful behavior is SO important…

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The Voice (The Enemy Within)

…e not sufficiently repaired, the baby experiences a mixture of emotions of fear, shame, rage, sadness, and/or apathy. Research has shown that shame is a primitive emotion strongly associated with parental rejection during the earliest phases of development wherein the infant assimilates a core feeling of being dirty, bad or unlovable Basically, children internalize any hostile or negative attitudes that are directed toward them in the form of vagu…

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Voice Therapy

…new behavior that involves taking emotional risks and gradually overcoming fears related to pursuing their wants and priorities. During this step in Voice Therapy, clients formulate the values that give their lives special meaning. Then, with the therapist’s help, they plan methods and means of pursuing these goals. And lastly, as they cope with the necessary risks inherent in self-actualization, they attain a new level of vulnerability and learn…

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Making Changes in the New Year

…alizing that change takes time, will allow you to have a kind attitude toward yourself as you resolve to make changes in your life. Daring to Love Move Beyond Fear of Intimacy, Embrace Vulnerability, and Create Lasting Connection   Learn More or Order…

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Preserving Individuality to Strengthen Your Relationship

…for each other in our relationship? Reprinted with permission: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. Copyright © 2018 [Tamsen Firestone] Daring to Love Move Beyond Fear of Intimacy, Embrace Vulnerability, and Create Lasting Connection   Learn More or Order…

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5 Truths about Anxiety to Help You Stay Present

…e, on a certain level, we believe that if we anticipate or imagine what we fear, we can somehow have more control over the situation. Some of us even hold a sense that anxiety protects us from the future, often through the misguided belief that if we worry about them, our worst fears won’t happen. In our effort to control the uncontrollable or be certain about uncertainty, we rehearse tragedy and tell ourselves scary stories, but to what effect? W…

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