Attachment theory has become increasingly well known in recent years, and for good reason. Understanding your attachment patterns can be one of the most useful ways to understand your relationships, emotional responses, and the ways your nervous system responds to closeness and connection. However, attachment is often simplified online into categories or personality labels. The reality is much more nuanced. Attachment patterns are not fixed identities. They are learned surviv

If you have ever been in therapy and heard your therapist talk about staying within the window of tolerance, you may have wondered what that actually means and why it matters. You may also have experienced moments in therapy where emotions felt overwhelming, memories felt too intense, or you found yourself completely shut down and disconnected without having the language to explain what was happening. The window of tolerance is one of the most important concepts in trauma the

People pleasing is one of those things that looks like a personality trait from the outside but feels like a survival strategy from the inside. It's the person who always says yes. The one who anticipates what everyone else needs before they're asked. The person who finds it almost physically impossible to disappoint someone, even when it comes at a significant personal cost. It's the quiet, exhausting habit of managing everyone else's emotions while ignoring your own. From t