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It’s Never Too Late to Heal Course

It’s Never Too Late to Heal- Course Opens Feb 1! Transforming the Stories of Our Lives Course Course Summary We’re offering a virtual support class for moms* (and partners) to empower you with tools and relationship skills to become confident, competent, connected, and calm, and to learn how to heal your relationships with the people in your life. * We

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Self-care and Community Care are Essential for Healing: Principle 8

Principle #8- No person is an island. We need to create communities of support for ourselves and our children. We need to take care of ourselves so that we can take care of our children and our families. When a relationship isn’t working well in your life, it’s essential to find ways to take good care of yourself and find

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Healthy Relationships Need Boundaries: Principle 7

Principle #7- Boundaries are an important part of life and healthy relationships. We can set appropriate limits with others while still respecting their needs and feelings if we are aware of ourselves. This is true for every relationship we have. Boundaries are critical for healthy relationships. When something isn’t safe or doesn’t feel safe to us, we need a boundary. Just

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Appropriate Expression of Feelings: Guiding Principle 6

We’re continuing our series of Rebecca’s revised 8 guiding principles from her new upcoming book, It’s Never Too Late to Heal, all about healing relationships in our families, couple relationships, extended family and friends, whether we have contact with them anymore or not. Today, we’re exploring Guiding Principle #6, all about the importance of space for feelings. I think this

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The Stories We Tell Ourselves, Stories in Our Bodies- Principle #5

We’re exploring my revised principles for healthy relationships as explored in my new book, It’s Never Too Late to Heal, due out winter 2022. To really understand some else’s behavior, we need to understand that there are two primary experiences that help us to make sense of what we’re seeing. The first are the stories we tell ourselves about what’s

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Responsiveness is the Key: Principle #4

We’re exploring my revised principles for healthy relationships as explored in my new book, It’s Never Too Late to Heal, due out winter 2022. Principle #4–  Behaviors occur on a continuum. Behaviors in children and adults correlate to the parents’ own neurodevelopment and attachment status. Responsiveness is the key. On one end of the continuum, you’ve got people who are very

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A Need When Met Will Go Away

Principle #3-  Children unfold neurosequentially, and high-quality, connected relationships allow for the unfolding. A need met will go away; a need unmet is here to stay.  The word neurosequential was coined in the 1990’s by Dr. Bruce Perry, a neuroscientist, brain researcher, and clinician. He explains that our brains develop from back to front (i.e., most primitive to most developed)

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There’s nothing more important than the relationship!

Revised Principle #2- Nothing is more important than the relationship. The relationship we have with others is more important than anything else. We know from research that babies in orphanages who have their physical but not their emotional needs met fail to thrive and frequently die. In addition, the research of Dr. Bruce Perry, a psychiatrist and brain researcher out

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