The Valentine’s Day Myth: You Were Never Unlovable — Your Brain Learned to Brace for Loss

The Valentine’s Day Myth: You Were Never Unlovable — Your Brain Learned to Brace for Loss

When Love Season Feels Painful February arrives loud with hearts, roses, and ads that assume love feels easy. But for anyone who has experienced betrayal, abandonment, or chronic loneliness, this season can activate an old, painful belief:  “There must be something...
Mother-Daughter Attachment and Emotional Impact of Mother’s Day: Treating Trauma Across Generations with EMDR and Attachment Therapy

Mother-Daughter Attachment and Emotional Impact of Mother’s Day: Treating Trauma Across Generations with EMDR and Attachment Therapy

Mother’s Day often brings to mind flowers, brunch, and sweet cards. But for many women, especially daughters, it’s also a deeply emotional day— highlighting the complexities of the mother-daughter bond. Whether a relationship is warm, strained, or nonexistent,...