Conversations with Gottman Therapist Winnipeg
Here you will find conversations on topics that matter: nutrition, stress, sleep, relationships, movement, and, my favourite topic, habits...
People Pleasers
Most women who come to see me for therapy and coaching have some level of people-pleasing tendency in them. Not a surprise for most of you to hear this, right? Overdoing it overdoes it. In other words, when you give too much, you become depleted. When you become...
Why Shifting to a Positive Mindset Often Isn’t Enough When In a Difficult Marriage
Positive thinking: something we are told we should be doing more. Don’t like the weather? You should be thinking positively, it could be much worse! Don’t like your husband right now? At least you have a husband! Let’s be honest, for the most part – these helpful tips...
Simplicity
There is simplicity, and there is minimalism. I used to strive for minimalism, but now I realize that this has the potential to keep you in a lack mindset. A lack mindset has the connotation of never having enough, which is also a great self-reflection. Are YOU ever...
How More Limits Bring More Laughter
I am not sure if it is just me or every other woman out there that appreciates humour and laughter in their life. I was talking to one of my clients about this the other day. I had noticed something different about her. Her face was not as tight, and the muscles...
Why Positive Thoughts are Not the Answer
Have you ever felt like positive thinking is not working...especially when you felt dismissed by your partner. Maybe you are in a relationship right now where you feel every time you want to have a positive exchange with the person, it takes a swift left turn off your...
Reflecting Back on Your Relationship
You will note stages, but I am not talking about 1. we got married, 2. bought a house, 3. had kids...that is all sequential and doesn't require memory, recall, or feelings. I mean something much more meaningful:1. The first time you felt hurt deeply by your partner...
Drawing a Line in the Sand
I prefer this phrase when referring to setting limits in personal relationships over the term boundary. I am not sure why exactly; I think it is because boundary sounds so divisive. There is too much division in the world already, we don't need more. To me, boundary...
Helping Women Regain Power
I was inspired to write this post after reading an excerpt from the Bloomberg Report that stated just two women were among this year's 14 Nobel prize winners. This is yet another example of how women remain underrepresented in the world's most prestigious science...
Rapid Transformational Therapy or Hypnotherapy
This is a topic I rarely bring up in my office. Let me explain to you what it is exactly and who is the best candidate for it. I think you will find it interesting, so please read on. I first came across the notion of becoming trained in hypnotherapy in 2017, when I...