Discover how replacing defensiveness with accountability can open the door to collaboration, reduce tension, and build lasting emotional safety in your relationship.

Learn how to replace criticism with empathy using gentle start-ups and "I" statements to build emotional safety and strengthen your relationship.

Learn about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the toxic communication patterns that erode trust in relationships, and discover practical ways to shift them.

In part one of this blog, I shared information about hindsight bias in the context of trauma. I presented some thoughts to consider to begin to challenge this coping mechanism, and today those challenges will be expanded.

Hindsight bias, a cognitive mechanism that discards inaccurate information and embraces correct information, can be an advantage in our memory.

Did you know that gratitude fosters connection? It boosts positivity and trains our brains to notice and appreciate the little things in life.

We can put a brave face on the outside, and hide from others any number of emotions happening inside us, but when those emotions escape in the form of crying "seemingly out of no where", that's a lot harder to hide. It is more than just inconvenient. It can be down right confusing.

Whether you make new year's resolutions or you reject them, this is a time of year when such things cross our minds.

Being able to take criticism or rejection in stride isn’t just a lovely idea, it’s a superpower. At least, that’s how it may seem to someone who experiences rejection sensitivity.

What causes a person to feel guilty when they have done nothing wrong?