Remothering with AI: Finding Language for the Tangled Moments
“It sounds like a performance of pleasantries wrapped in a nest of unresolved history.”
That reflection? It landed.
What’s on Your Heart in These ‘Now Times’?
In these ‘now times’, what’s lifting you up? What’s draining? I asked our community, and the answers reveal surprising common threads.
Do these answers sound like yours?
The “Weighted Vest Effect” of Having a Difficult Mother
Understanding the long-term emotional weight of growing up with an emotionally immature, narcissistic, or difficult mother—and how to find relief…
Why Hard Conversations Are Hard—and What to Do When You’re Not Heard
Why do hard conversations leave you drained, overthinking, or feeling guilt—even now?
What if the reason isn’t what you think?
May: Love it, dread it… or feel both?
Mother’s Day and complicated emotions. Hope and accompaniment for those who grew up with an emotionally immature parent.
Recognizing Adaptive Patterns: Unlocking Freedom from Old Roles
Have you ever noticed yourself ‘handling what needs to be handled’—or fixing, reflexively helping, prioritizing everyone else—before even noticing what you need?
If you’ve noticed those patterns, what you’re seeing are adaptations—wise strategies your system once developed to keep you safe, connected, or accepted. And while they once served us, they can shape how we show up—often without us even realizing it…
Which brings us to Step Three of the Remothering Roadmap: Recognize Your Adaptations.
Weaponized Guilt vs. Aligned Guilt: How to Tell the Difference
Weaponized guilt or aligned guilt—how do you tell the difference? And once you do… then what?
Emotionally hijacked?
Have you ever found yourself emotionally hijacked by something that seemed small… but landed somewhere deep?
~Personal story: tales of a recovering ‘good daughter’
Healing Brain States
We can be so harsh with ourselves at times. And perhaps a part of you holds an intention of not being so hard on yourself—but at the same time, there are internal beliefs that may say things like:
“It’s selfish to focus on yourself”, “You’re fine—stop making such a big deal of it”, “Don’t get too comfortable—something could go wrong.”
Step Two of the Remothering Roadmap: Healing Brain States — learning to work with our brain’s natural wiring, rather than against it.
Am I Being Too Hard on Myself? (And How to Tell…)
Ever wrestled with an inner tug-of-war—wondering if you’re being too hard on yourself? Here’s a simple way to tell and a gentle tool to bring more ease.