If you’ve been feeling stressed and overwhelmed, you’re not alone. Understanding how your body reacts to stress can be a game-changer, especially when armed with knowledge about the polyvagal nerve—an essential part of the nervous system that directly influences how you function and respond to life’s challenges. Sara Cohen lives and thrives Boulder, CO. Sara […]
LISTEN HERE Secure Attachment with Sara Cohen on The Wayfinder Show Sara Cohen grew up in Newton, Mass and is now a therapist in Boulder, Colorado. In this conversation, we discuss: Wanting the feeling of being able to handle anything that comes in the door. Attachment therapy: Don’t get sucked into the story. What does “forgetting […]
Listen to this Ted Talk as Elizabeth Gillespie explains the science behind how close relationships change your life. EFT is at the root of my therapy practice, listen and if you have questions please ask. LET’S TALK Our experience of relationships usually moves between two extremes: our need for them is biologically hard wired and […]
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) is an evidence-based method for helping couples to identify their ineffective cycle(s) and find deeper connection. EFT has the best, most long lasting outcomes over time of any type of couples therapy. In addition to the empirical evidence, I use it because I see time and again that it works. […]
The author and I share similar ideas about EFT and working with couples. Couples going through EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) counseling report feeling they have a better handle on where they get off track and are able to catch themselves before they end up deep in a negative cycle. As they get further along in […]
How did we get into yet another “stupid” argument? It’s like Groundhog Day…we keep circling around the same old stuff and we never get anywhere. We don’t know what to do, but this can’t go on. And we can start thinking, I’m done, I can’t do this any more. Sound familiar? In my world, there is […]
What a good idea to use meditation instead of detention!
Celeste Headlee: View on TED Talk HERE.
Ten years ago, psychologist Sue Palmer predicted the toxic effects of social media. Now she sees a worrying new danger… see full article
Brené Brown breaks down trust into easy-to-remember parts using the acronym BRAVING, so that we can better understand what trust actually is, how we can build trust, and become more trustworthy.
There are a few basic principles for learning how to open our stuck places and release the contradictions of the body of fear. The first of these principles is called Expanding the Field of Attention. A repeated difficulty will be predominantly felt in one of the four basic areas of mindfulness. It will come either […]