FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL COACHING

What is your go-to when your loved one is emotionally dysregulated? Fight is driven by anger and a belief that you can overpower the threat. Flight is the classic fear-based response to avoid or escape the threat. Freeze may be severe dissociation, including fainting, or it may be avoiding engagement and hoping the threat passes by. Fawn may arise from fear as well, but there is likely to be guilt involved as you find yourself trying to soothe your loved one. Your emotional r

The holidays have a way of showing us how quickly old patterns return. We can react not to what is happening now, but to years of past experiences. We hope for connection, kindness, or understanding—and feel disappointed when things don’t go as planned. Even people with years of meditation practice, advanced social and emotional skills, or decades of experience in family psychology can find themselves angry, hurt, or exhausted during their own family gatherings. We may arrive