TGIF: Navigating Rejection

In this week’s TGIF, Kerry shares TOOLS, INNOVATION, GRATITUDE and FEELS as she answers one of our reader’s questions about how to navigate a relationship when your teenager (or anyone) is making you feel shut out and rejected.

Adolescents, TGIF, Parenting, Relationships, AnxietyKerry BiskelonisJuly 28, 2023attachment, attachment theory, attachment styles, anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, teenagers, teens, trigger, fight, freeze, flee, fawn, people please

Coping with Transitions

In this week’s TGIF, Kerry shares TOOLS, GRATITUDE, INNOVATION and FEELS on how to navigate and cope with seasons and transitions. Whether it’s big, long multi-year transitions like a pandemic, or shorter seasons like Fall, it is possible to find ease, calm, flexibility of the mind in order to release the tension of it all. As always, it starts within ourselves. Let’s dig in.

The Book That Broke Me

In this week’s TGIF, Kerry shares TOOLS, GRATITUDE, INNOVATION and FEELS about the healing power of language, books, poetry, quotes, music, and the power of grappling with and befriending fear.

TGIF, Anxiety, MindfulnessKerry BiskelonisMay 13, 2022Reset Brain and Bodysomatic, somatic experiencing, fear, reading lists, wellness books, music, thoughts, feelings, afraid, attachment, present, bibliotherapy

Attachment Styles: Secure Sally, Dismissive Dan, Anxious Annie + Fearful Frank

In this article you will learn:

how attachment styles are formed
about the four types: secure, dismissive, anxious, fearful
how these play out in your relationships

Counseling 101, RelationshipsSamantha BreitmeyerApril 19, 2021Reset Brain and Bodyattachment styles, attachment theory, attachment, healthy attachment, boundaries, relationships, secure attachment, anxious attachment, fearful, fearful attachment, dismissive attachment

The Power of 20 Minutes

One would expect, or perhaps society guilts us into thinking, that the more time we spend with our children then the more happy, healthy and thriving the child is. Well, that assumption is wrong. So wrong! Turns out, it takes just 20 minutes of undivided attention to help a child feel loved, seen, heard, and in turn help them have healthy and happy attachment and behavior.

Parents, Adolescents, MindfulnessKerry BiskelonisJuly 27, 2020reset brain + bodyattachment styles, attachment, behavioral issues, presence, family activities, family, family counseling, mindfulness for kids, mindful activities for kids, self-care, healthy attachment

Supporting Children When They Are Experiencing Anxiety

When we connect with our own feelings and needs, we create space within ourselves to be able to give others empathy; to hold space for others; to understand; to connect; to support.

Adolescents, Coping Skills, Anxiety, ParentsAlexandra JaworksiApril 28, 2020Reset Brain + Body, LLC.anxiety, children, kids, parenting, peaceful parenting, positive parenting, nonviolent communication, emotion, emotions, how to deal with anxiety, anxiety symptoms, attachment