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Dancing With Emotions
The goals of emotion regulation entail learning about the nature of emotions and how they work and why we can trust them, how to tamp down and change overly abundant or disproportionate emotional reactions to situations without suppressing them, and ultimately how to let go of emotional suffering while befriending our emotions. All within the dialectical framework giving primacy to the dialectic of acceptance vs. change, as we live into new patterns.
Emotion Regulation for ADHD
WISE MIND FOR THE DISTRACTED MIND: EMOTION REGULATION SKILLS FOR ADHD EMOTIONS AND ADULT ADHD Emotion regulation is getting more attention in research and clinical circles as a significant dynamic in the lives of ADHD adults, with more voices advocating for...
2022 and You: Happy Mindful New Year!
Happy New Year to all of you dear readers. I hope that your recent traverse through the holidays was filled with warmth, love, and joy. And now that we have crossed the threshold into 2022, many of us are making new year resolutions to lose weight, save money, quit...
Ebb and Flow in Life and Love
“When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of...
Wise Mind Counters Rejection Sensitivity
Adult ADHD and Self-Criticism We ADHD adults know too well the pain of persistently letting down others. We're chronically tardy. We make small careless mistakes in details that can lead to disastrous outcomes in schoolwork, professions, or home life. At best we have...
Love in the Intervals: Elements of a Wise Marriage
Turning Toward and Togetherness Thanks to the work of Doctors John and Julie Gottman, we have decades of consistent evidence that shows togetherness and turning toward patterns are key to mutual appreciation, love, and respect. And even where there are patterns of...
Wise Mind, ADHD and Self-Acceptance
Head and heart further cohere as we engage core mindfulness skills, cultivating wise mind, and this counters the inner fractious self-critical chatter we’ve carried our whole lives.
Accept and Redirect: ADHD and Mindfulness
Distraction Frustration Perhaps you find your head busy with thoughts about the unfairness that you can't have a block of time for yourself. Maybe you begin to judge yourself for not being able to let go of the passing feet and giggles of your children, who were only...
Mindfulness for Mental Health Professionals (and others)
Mindfulness is a broad term that refers to any practice of non-reactive participation, intentional cultivation of awareness, and paying attention to the moment as well as bringing oneself into each moment as fully as possible. It is a simple yet many-layered and...
Wise Mind for the Distracted Mind: DBT for Adult ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD) is a commonly controversial and misunderstood disorder in the mental health world. One that many don't take seriously, even among medical and mental health professionals. The name itself, as argued by Russell Barkley,...
Wise Mind, Wise Marriage
Couples therapy is often prompted by a rupture, or ruptures, in connectedness, a breach in the relationship. Anything from a slow drift into parallel lives to active hostilities during heated arguments. These ruptures, whatever their nature, manifest wounds in the...
Wise Mind for the Distracted Mind: DBT for ADHD
Wise Mind for the Distracted Mind is an evolving project that involves the cultivation of a careful modification of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) principles, structures, and skills to help ADHD diagnosed adults better address significant areas of struggle such as...
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