The Studio
A growing library, all created by me – a licensed clinical psychologist – and offered freely. Explore whatever pulls at you.
How to Talk to Your Teen About Sex
Talking to your teen about sex can feel overwhelming. What do I say? How do I explain? Will they listen? We get it. It can be hard and a little awkward. This guide will walk you through ways to bring up the conversation and a handful of tips to make it feel connecting and helpful.
How to Become Embodied with Chrissy Powers, LMFT
In today’s expert interview, we sit down with Chrissy Powers, LMFT to talk about the power of being embodied. We explore what it even means, the impact it can have on our health and how to start practicing.
Anxiety in Motherhood: A Guided Workshop
This workshop will provide an overview of how anxiety can show up in motherhood and more importantly, what to do about it. Anxiety can be a very normal experience, especially after becoming a mom.
Exploring “Parts” of Ourselves
This guide gives you an introduction to Parts work, also known as Internal Family Systems. This modality recognizes all of our parts, and believes that in order to heal, we need to identify, understand, and compassionately work with our parts. This download covers the basics of this approach and includes reflective exercises.
Extended Restorative Deep Rest Practice
A long, slow restorative practice for soothing your nervous system. This practice is great for days when you have a little more space to care for yourself. It’s also a great add-on to the Deep Rest Download.
How to Manage a Panic Attack
This guide gives you an introduction to managing a panic attack, including common symptoms and grounding techniques to de-escalate. We recommend diving into this guide when you’re feeling regulated so you can best absorb the information. We hope this will be a supportive resource for you or a loved one.
A Guide to Self Regulation
This guide gives you an introduction to self regulation. Self regulation can help you feel more in tune with your emotions, while working to process and release feelings and stored traumas. Self regulation can increase resilience, confidence, and a greater sense of overall well-being.
Intrusive Thoughts: An Acceptance and Commitment Approach
Have you ever experienced intrusive thoughts? If you have, you’re not alone. This guide clarifies what intrusive thoughts actually are, explores who experiences them, and why they’re so distressing. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and why it might be a good match to treat intrusive thoughts.
A Guide to Attachment Styles
This guide gives you an introduction to attachment styles. Attachment styles can help us understand why we behave the way we do in relationships, and point out areas we may need to work on. While our attachment styles can change over time, it is good to have an idea of your baseline in order to create self awareness.
Carving Out Your Core Values
This guide gives you an introduction to identifying your core values. Discovering your core values can help build a stronger sense of self, and work to help you align your values with every day actions and behaviors.
10-minute Nervous System Reset
A quick, 10-minute nervous system reset for days when you feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in your fight-or-flight response. We’ll move through three mind-body practices to soothe your vagus nerve so that you can move through the rest of your day a little more grounded.
A Gentle Body Scan to Build Somatic Awareness
A 15-minute guided practice on the basics of body scanning in order to build greater awareness of the body’s sensations and feelings. This somatic practice is a great way to wind down after a long day or a way to build organic embodiment.
Box Breathing: Anytime Nervous System Reset
A quick, 3-minute guided practice on how to work with your breath to help calm your nervous system. This practice is easy, accessible, and can be done at any time to ground yourself.
Boundaries: Why They’re Challenging to Set & How to Start Small
Have you ever thought about setting boundaries in your relationship? Or maybe you’ve even tried to set a boundary only to be left wondering what happened. Our Boundaries 101 guide explores what boundaries actually are, why they’re hard to set, and how to communicate and uphold our boundaries. One of our clinicians, Amy Dong, introduces the guide and walks you through the basics.
Protecting your Mental Health in the Digital Age
While we all know that technology (here’s looking at you, social media) isn’t amazing for our mental health, we live in a digital world. So how do we protect our mental health in our modern world? This download takes a self-compassionate approach to exploring our relationship with technology. First, we’ll take inventory of our current use, keeping self-compassion close by. Then, we’ll reflect on values-aligned intentions. We close with a little learning about the relationship between technology and our nervous system. One of our clinicians, Amy Dong, introduces the guide and walks you through the structure.
Somatic Healing Work: Exploration and Gentle Practices
This guide gives you an introduction to somatic work. Somatic work can help bridge a gap between the mind and body, while working to process and release feelings and stored traumas. Somatic work can increased self-awareness, improved emotional regulation, and a greater sense of overall well-being.
Healing Trauma Somatically with Dr. Scott Lyons
Moving trauma through the body is essential in the processing journey and can help individuals make sense of what they have experienced and move forward in a healthy way. Join this expert interview with Dr. Scott Lyons, owner of Embody Lab, where we discuss the benefits of somatic trauma healing.
Skin Health: What You Need to Know with Dr. Hendershot
The state of our skin can often times be the first indicator something might be off in our mind or body. Healing the skin in a holistic way can help guide us towards healing our inner selves and mental health. In this expert interview with Dr. Hendershot we will learn the first steps in doing just that!
How Deep Rest Helps Us Heal
If you’ve ever wondered about Deep Rest, you’re in the right place. This downloadable guide walks you through the basics of deep rest — what it is, why it’s important for our mental health, and how we can gently move into it. This guide includes a three-day practice comprised of reflective journaling, deep rest practices, and the reminder to be gentle with yourself.
Regulating Our Blood Sugar with Rachel Helmer, NPT
Is your blood sugar levels on a constant rollercoaster? If you are curious to learn why regulating your blood sugar is so important, this expert interview is for you. Today we are chatting with Rachel Helmer, NPT to answer those questions and more.