Tova Goldstein

DBT: Change the way you work

Work life, office stress, dealing with Seniority, the glass ceiling, feeling as if your work or opinions are being ignored, work colleagues and dynamics, fitting in, deadlines…. It’s no surprise that people struggle. Especially in an environment in which you’re expected to maintain a professional attitude. As well as endless other work/office conflicts, this can […]

Parenting

I’ve always felt like I’ve been winging parenting, and have just hoped for the best. but with this understanding, I can wing with intention! No more floundering about how to handle situations . when we access our wisdom we can parent with conscious intention. Its time to change the way we interact with our children; […]

Living Life Better

Is it possible to live a life with less stress and less overwhelm and anxiety? To feel content? The 3 principles of innate wisdom guide us to live more “in the present and less in your thinking. It is possible to settle our minds, and access our psychological intelligence and innate wisdom. This simple yet […]

Bullying

Can we prevent our kids from becoming bullies? Can we prevent our kids from becoming victims of bullies? Can we protect our kids in general? Our kids have the misunderstanding that their emotional experience is coming from outside of them. While we know that we can’t control other people’s behaviour, we can empower ourselves to […]

The theory behind dialectical behaviour therapy

DBT treatment is based upon six main points. The medical treatment was developed in the late 1980s by psychologist Marsh M. Lineham, There are four modules that are introduced into dialectical behaviour therapy treatment Mindfulness Mindfulness is an incredible skill that encourages being present and fully aware within the moment, feeling life for what it […]

Stress

Understanding where my experience of stress comes from changes everything. I now know the direction to look in. Rather than looking outside of myself to find less stress and good feelings, I know to look within. This means I don’t have to change my external circumstances in order to feel better. I don’t need to […]

OUR FEELINGS CANT HURT US

Imagine seeing your shadow for the first time. Imagine the fear of this dark, forbidding image, following you everywhere! Imagine believing with absolute certainty that that shadow could really hurt you. What would you do? You would do whatever you could to protect yourself. You’d build a fortress, get weapons, hide, run away, plan your […]

WHAT AM I

There is a space within you where you are already perfect, whole, and complete. It is a space of pure consciousness. Total awareness. When you become aware that there is more to you than meets the eye, when you become aware that you are not the labels you have given yourself, When you can sit […]

Free yourself from SABOTAGE & embrace yourSELF

Self-Sabotage is a term that is bandied about as much as we discuss the changes in the seasons or the next Covid wave. We love talking about it, but we don’t really fully understand it. I love the term Self-Sabotage. It’s a beautiful conundrum. The word “SELF” holds so much strength, it is a deep […]

Why Positive thinking doesn’t work

We’ve heard the mantras, we’ve learned them off by heart, we’ve stood in front of the mirror andsaid them daily, we’ve meditated, we’ve journaled, we’ve sat in the lotus position, we’ve tried tobe positive and see the glass half full. And sometimes it works. It really does. But when it doesn’t, we start to question […]