The truth is, although it is not impossible to change our lives alone, it is significantly less likely to be successful and is far more...

Empathy is one of the important pieces of forming emotionally safe and positive relationships. It is a way we feel and can help someone...

If you are like most people, emotions and how they work can be confusing sometimes. There may even be times we think we get it, then we...

This great TED talk focuses on how early life nurturing actually changes the expression of our genes, of our DNA. There are two layers to...

Many of us feel guilty when something good happens for us in front of someone who has less. We take away our permission to be happy and...

This is the kind of tribe we want to surround ourselves with, friends and family who remind us of all of these things and encourage us to...

Some people have 1-2 close friends, others have many, and others still have many acquaintances but no one they feel really close with....

I was at a conference late this week and had the good fortune to speak about relationships and attachment with other clinicians. It was...

These questions come from just about everyone when we first meet, but especially when they haven’t had any “major  traumas” in their...

IF We need some positive, uplifting and cute stories every now and then to release the feel good chemicals in our bodies that promote...

Bosses give us job descriptions in part so we know what is expected of us. Ideally, clear expectations guide our choices and actions....

We have a 12 yo, and we were just talking about consent with him and came across this great video that talks about consenting for...

For example, babies are hard-wired to cry when their needs are not met, which activates their stress response (sympathetic nervous...

How come something as basic as rejection, isolation and exclusion can be so powerful in controlling human behaviour? Because we evolved...

You decide… I was working with a young woman in her 40’s a while ago, Samantha. She was conceived around the time her mother had an...

We like certainty! We create absolutes out of uncertainty all the time! We turn things that are not definitive at all, like marriage,...

Have you ever heard “Do as I say, not as I do.” Well, as a parent and as a professional I’m here to tell you, it doesn’t work! And, it is...

The way it happens is always the same…so let’s look at some actual examples and what we can do about it! Isabella (not their real name)...

We teach kids how to be safe around fire, around strangers, at the park…but how many of us were taught to be safe at home and within...

This sounds like a post only for parents- but don’t be fooled! Click through to read the ILM Practical Parenting Newsletter. Summer 2015....