I was having lunch with a professional acquaintance last week when I mentioned the term "generational trauma," he did not know what I was talking about. This confused me, but now I see, that it shouldn't have. I often forget that these themes and important constructs are not labeled in common conversations, though we all still play some kind of role in them. Here is an homage to naming and clarifying something we all live out daily. Generational Trauma: Picture a family wit

What IS self loathing? People throw around the term self-loathing a lot these days, but what actually is self-loathing? You might actively feel like you either hate, dislike or loathe yourself. Or you may not directly feel that way, but thoughts run through your head that are critical and mean. There might be an inner dialogue that says things like "you idiot" "look what you did" "you can't do anything right" "this is why no one loves you" Does any of that sound familiar? I

Insecure attachments and how they follow us into adulthood and our relationships.