by Ginger Sullivan | Nov 13, 2019 | Emotional Health, Parenting, Relationships
Parents: Children aren’t supposed to know how to manage their feelings. It’s your job to both teach and model emotional health. So, when your child is an uncontained mess, you have two healthy options: 1. Process your feelings – fast – so that you can be the...
by Ginger Sullivan | Mar 5, 2019 | Parenting
The alarm blared at 5 AM. My body, more than my mind, resisted the start of a new day. How I wanted to ignore reality and slip back into my down-covered dreamworld. But the disciplined part of me wouldn’t allow such. Instead, as has become the habit of most folks, the...
by Ginger Sullivan | Mar 22, 2018 | Emotional Health
Those of you that are familiar at all with my work know that I am committed to the development of emotional literacy in my patients. My secret-not-so-secret mission is to help every person that walks into my office leave me with greater access, vocabulary and maneuver...
by Ginger Sullivan | Jan 11, 2018 | Parenting
I got hit in the gut last night. Don’t you hate that? You are going along having a perfectly fine day, singing that stupid song stuck in your head, when, BAM! Reality decides that now, right god-damned now, is the time to teach (or re-teach) you that lesson. My almost...
by Ginger Sullivan | Jul 18, 2017 | Emotional Health
“Is this the part where we blame the parents?” says one wise-ass patient, always trying – and needing – to predict and control the process. Yes, it is stereotypical and it is true. The tricky but essential part of healing – where we pass it back to no longer carry it...
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