Family of Origin Issues 
5 Ways to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness and Peace of Mind (1)
We all seek happiness. We all want to feel calm, grounded and avoid being hijacked by our own emotional reactivity. Thankfully, the recent studies in neuroscience are demonstrating how to do this. If you find yourself easily stressed, worried and fearful, there are likely personal historical reason for this when your brain learned to be [...]
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The Toolbox: Top 10 Emotional Health Articles for 2011
New Years Eve 2011 is rapidly approaching and I am thankful for the support I’ve received for The Toolbox at LisaKiftTherapy.com - one of the original therapist-created websites. As a therapist who writes and also maintains a busy private practice, it’s important to me to maintain the quality and integrity of this site. 2011 has been [...]
Steps to Identify Your Unhelpful Belief Systems
Do you struggle with anger, depression, anxiety or recurring relationship problems and have the sense that it might have roots somewhere in your past? Trust your instincts. There’s likely something there worth taking a look at. I work extensively with people in individual therapy to assist them in working through the past – to move on [...]
Who Says Our Dysfunctional Parents Did the Best They Could? by Amy Eden
You all know this phrase. It makes me want to scream whenever I hear it, these days at least: They did the best they could. I just asked my spouse what he thought of the term, what it really means, and he said, “That someone failed, but not for the lack of trying.” (Trying, sure. [...]
More in this category
- What is Family of Origin Work?
- 5 Simple Steps to Stopping Limiting Beliefs in Their Tracks by Tamarisk Saunders-Davies, MBACP
- Childhood Experience and Adult Anxiety
- Yikes – I’m Turning Into My Mother! by Pauline Wallin, Ph.D.
