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Oct 9, 2022

Why This Superwoman is Taking Off Her Cape

“You’re superwoman!” “You make it all look so easy!” “Wow, you do it all, you are truly a supermom!” No, I’m not actually. And that’s not the compliment you think it is. Let me explain… I don’t blame people for giving me what they think is a form of praise…

Motherhood

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Why This Superwoman is Taking Off Her Cape
Why This Superwoman is Taking Off Her Cape
Motherhood

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Sep 13, 2022

Love Like it’s Going to End

A client who is in the midst of a painful breakup asked: “How do I ever love again? How do I open my heart up again to the potential of this type of pain? It makes me never want to date or risk that ever again.” My response back was…

Death

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Love Like it’s Going to End
Love Like it’s Going to End
Death

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Aug 22, 2022

Why Happily Ever is BS

We all grew up watching Disney movies and rom-coms, putting our hand over our heart and pledging that we would wait for our person to show up and hold us like they lost and then found us. We have been conned into believing in “the one,” the one perfect person…

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Why Happily Ever is BS
Why Happily Ever is BS

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Jan 9, 2021

So, How Do We Solve Our Collective Problems?

Hint: We Don’t. “We don’t so much solve our problems as we outgrow them. We add capacities and experiences that eventually make us bigger than the problems.” — C.G. Jung A long time ago an ex-partner of mine said in frustration “we don’t always have to be growing and changing!”…

Psychology

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So, How Do We Solve Our Collective Problems?
So, How Do We Solve Our Collective Problems?
Psychology

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Human Parts

·Jan 2, 2020

Finding the Balance Between Surrender and Action

‘Letting go’ does not mean ‘doing nothing’ — At dinner on New Year’s Eve, a small group of friends and I reflected on the past decade and discussed what we hoped to see come to fruition in 2020. It was less about resolutions (personally, I hate resolutions—they set us up to fail), and more about intentions or areas…

Mindfulness

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Finding the Balance Between Surrender and Action
Finding the Balance Between Surrender and Action
Mindfulness

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Jun 2, 2019

Can There be Grief Without Suffering?

Pain is Inevitable. Suffering is not. — I have a tendency of thinking about things in a very logical way, somewhat detached, rolling it around in my mind examining it from every angle. …

Grief

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Can There be Grief Without Suffering?
Can There be Grief Without Suffering?
Grief

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Feb 22, 2019

Withholding Affection as Punishment

How the Silent Treatment Destroys Relationships — The feelings of anger, frustration, betrayal, and annoyance washed over me. Followed by an intense desire to push him away, throw up my hands, and say “fuck it and fuck you.” This is not a feeling most of us want to associate with our intimate partners. And yet, 3-months into…

Relationships

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Withholding Affection as Punishment
Withholding Affection as Punishment
Relationships

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Human Parts

·Nov 5, 2018

Your Pain Is the Doorway to Growth

I’m a therapist who recently had one of the most challenging years of my life — it changed me for the better — In psychology and the world of self-betterment, we always talk about “resiliency” as a barometer for mental health. Resiliency has always been something I talked about with my own therapist and with my clients but, until a recent challenging experience in my own life, I didn’t truly understand it in…

Self Improvement

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Your Pain Is the Doorway to Growth
Your Pain Is the Doorway to Growth
Self Improvement

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Aug 20, 2018

Are you Confusing Self Harm with Self Betterment?

There’s a Difference Between Ego and Intuition. — Recently I’ve begun adding weight lifting into my workout routine. I’ve been a yogini and a lover of Pilates for many years, but being a woman means that as I get older my bones are slowly and inevitably turning to dust. Lifting weight can actually help strengthen them from within…

Yoga

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Are you Confusing Self Harm with Self Betterment?
Are you Confusing Self Harm with Self Betterment?
Yoga

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Aug 3, 2018

Are you a Puppet on Your Emotional Strings?

Breaking the Chains of our Unconscious Patterns — Cycles and patterns have been on my mind lately. Cycles of behavior, of thought, of emotions, the dances we do with ourselves and with others. The idea that unless we are intimately familiar with our inner selves we are destined to repeat the same cycles over and over again. …

Relationships

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Are you a Puppet on Your Emotional Strings?
Are you a Puppet on Your Emotional Strings?
Relationships

6 min read

Vanessa Bennett

Vanessa Bennett

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Psychotherapist, Mindfulness + Codependency Coach. Cohost of the Cheaper Than Therapy Podcast. IG:vanessasbennett

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