

Mirrorless Home Experiments: What Happens When You Remove Mirrors
Removing mirrors can reduce body checking and shift focus from appearance to internal experience. But what is lost when reflection disappears?

Stephanie Rudolph, MA, LMFT
2 days ago2 min read


Rewiring the Fear Response: What Fear Remembers That Logic Doesn’t
Fear is not reasoned away. Rewiring the fear response happens when the body experiences safety and encodes new outcomes directly.

Estee Cohen PhD
3 days ago2 min read


When Your Inner Critic Has a Point
Learn to distinguish helpful from harmful self talk, calibrate arousal, and turn the inner critic into a trusted mentor.

Estee Cohen PhD
Apr 222 min read


Understanding Externalized Self Talk and Cognitive Regulation
Externalized self-talk helps regulate thought, and its purpose shifts across childhood, adulthood, and later life without losing value.

Estee Cohen PhD
Apr 142 min read


Why Emotional Processing Matters for Healing
Learn how emotional processing helps turn discomfort into clarity, supporting healing, reflection, and self-understanding.

Stephanie Rudolph, MA, LMFT
Apr 134 min read


Yes, and Now What?
Understanding your patterns is only the beginning. Real change begins when insight is paired with consistent action.

Stephanie Rudolph, MA, LMFT
Apr 122 min read


Getting Comfortable with Discomfort
Learn how getting comfortable with discomfort can strengthen resilience and shift how we respond to challenge, uncertainty, and growth.

Stephanie Rudolph, MA, LMFT
Apr 92 min read


When Emotional Pain Begins to Look Like Personality: Why Some People Avoid Therapy
Chronic emotional pain can mimic personality traits making it harder to seek help even when treatment is possible and overdue.

Estee Cohen PhD
Apr 53 min read


Preemptive Emotional Damage Control
Bracing for fallout that never comes? This piece explores the mental toll of living like a crisis manager when life is calm.

Estee Cohen PhD
Apr 42 min read


Art Therapy For Right Mindedness
I often tell clients when they come into the office that art was our first communication skill, as we learned to draw before we could...

Stephanie Rudolph, MA, LMFT
Aug 4, 20211 min read