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I wrote this simple explanation of suffering and some of the basic sources of human anxiety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1616869881422-CURAPDIJILD9EV68BRYK/unsplash-image-KSjlv6TIZGg.jpg Buddhist ideas - Understanding happiness. An article from Lion’s Roar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1618058990216-W4GBB30UHBV9JC5KGBJJ/unsplash-image-m_tnGfoHeko.jpg Buddhist ideas - The Four Noble Truths The 4 Noble Truths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1616869908238-6GTLCZ9MMMQRUKEY4K0A/image.jpg Buddhist ideas Building a peaceful and loving world. An article by bell hooks including her interview with Thich Nhat Hanh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1606844490826-SYKTGXEEF9BEEQ4PYSUY/image.jpg Buddhist ideas “Cool” versus “hot” loneliness. An article by Pema Chodron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597067024164-4XH7XCLO6U7HC2V36HTJ/image-asset.jpeg Buddhist ideas - The practice of Yes. This article from Lion’s Roar website talks about the Yes meditation practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1616869936498-XNXPLGRDRW6CNQYPSWJW/image.jpg Buddhist ideas - The continuity of life. Thich Nhat Hanh writes about seeing reality as waves, which can keep us in suffering, or as water, which allows us to release pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1601905415713-6N8CMUMU3JAOAX4KV6G9/image.jpg Buddhist ideas - Cool anger with RAIN. The RAIN practice helps us shift emotion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1601905507620-FLGU55FENEU5A4UXY1BT/image.jpg Buddhist ideas - The Five Remembrances We all suffer from deep human anxieties, like the fear of getting ill and the fear of dying. This meditation helps us deal with these fears. Here’s a link to a great article about Buddhism and the Five Remembrances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1602340116550-D8VLRGPA5F4TDRD71MTR/image-asset.jpeg Buddhist ideas - Compassion. Encourage your brain to sit in its social instinct instead of its survival instinct. This can help you feel better and can improve your relationships. https://www.karinkramertherapy.com/resources daily 0.75 2023-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597253448135-L56UJCWP55G5L8WNFRWX/image-asset.jpeg Resources - Take a break from your brain. Mindfulness tools and more to help you get immediate relief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597185736859-XVTOJWX39H4BKCT2XNHP/image-asset.jpeg Resources - Tools for relationships. Videos and links plus articles I’ve written to help you with your relationships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597253486042-82VWCPHP6416JW3DYGP3/image-asset.jpeg Resources - Tools to shift your brain. Articles I’ve written plus other resources to help you tame your emotional brain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597185854345-QS86PM6KDCWG3Y83BEH7/image-asset.jpeg Resources - Podcasts. Specific episodes of podcasts that I like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597238084875-QZUN2PTM965V3R7TGMG6/Taming+Cover.png Resources - My free e-book. You can get a good feel for how I think and my approach to therapy by reading my short self-help book. And it can help you feel better too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1602340961355-DXE7K1ONEY3Y7YVESAGD/image.jpg Resources - Buddhist ideas. I’m not a Buddhist but there are useful ideas in Buddhism for settling the brain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1693318892685-PRD8YJFDBGP57OL2OADX/image-asset.jpeg Resources - Emetophobia. Resources for doing exposures in Emetophobia so you can be free of this phobia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597185947428-7BAI1Q5QHOL7RRCXUPT5/image-asset.jpeg Resources - Books. Books about sleeping better, recovering from a relationship that has ended, and more. https://www.karinkramertherapy.com/take-a-break-from-your-brain daily 0.75 2021-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597239181791-ABYSWIFQ1R4P60CMB4QN/image-asset.jpeg Take a break from your brain - Self-Compassion. This article from Lion’s roar describes a basic self-compassion practice that can help us heal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597155160898-KSDZVDP4HN8HDQGM8QPS/image-asset.jpeg Take a break from your brain - Rest in sensation and sound. The brain needs anchors to help it settle down. These meditations give you two powerful anchors - sound and physical sensations. Use these anchors to quiet your brain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597154069009-3SQDMLGLN3FCOOC3GZ26/image-asset.jpeg Take a break from your brain - The raisin meditation. This is a fun introduction to mindfulness using a raisin (or popcorn, or whatever you like). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1606910910316-JBCAK1ONKM4YH2W35WQ8/image.jpg Take a break from your brain In the moment mindfulness. This article from Lion’s Roar does a good job of describing the what and how of mindfulness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1603578584908-6X5337RX023WU3NCW20B/image-asset.jpeg Take a break from your brain What is SELF-CARE really? I like this article from Lion’s Roar about true self-care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597154493860-I9FA8PYR7MGSHC5JF39I/image-asset.jpeg Take a break from your brain - Humor. Humor. You already know this - humor can heal. Laughter is an antidote to stress hormones. In order to feel good, we need to solve the problems that distress us, but we can take breaks with humor. I’ve included things that make me smile and laugh; hopefully they will give you a break too. https://www.karinkramertherapy.com/podcasts daily 0.75 2021-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1601638311157-76EFPCS7KNZYPYMZVLNV/image.jpg Podcasts - Social anxiety. Social anxiety. Feeling Good podcast episode 178 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597164770291-EBI21R3A2IASIRTGH88D/image-asset.jpeg Podcasts - Do demons cause depression? Feeling Good podcast episode 198 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597949690999-KR8KLJPDFSZX7I0B47W9/image-asset.jpeg Podcasts - The Disarming Technique. Feeling Good podcast episode 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1598395798407-4NBCJ8TIOVBOEADTQ04F/image-asset.jpeg Podcasts - Get rid of Shoulds. Feeling Good podcast episode 205 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597164659457-UF9C08IPBNH7UBYDPEJS/image-asset.jpeg Podcasts - Dating anxiety. Feeling Good podcast episode 197 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1607107049335-7CR8HU3F5J2O8FJJCQ7T/image.jpg Podcasts Postpartum depression AND anxiety. This is a lovely podcast with therapist Thai-An Troung who helps women overcome postpartum depression and anxiety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1601638266980-DY92UOK68WJT8VCH682N/image.jpg Podcasts - Flirting secrets! Flirting secrets revealed. 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This is the most powerful tool I’ve found for healthy relationships of all types. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597166123479-GQDVJZM4MR1QXXUYS1AD/image-asset.jpeg Tools for Relationships - Emotional safety messages. The emotional brain is looking for specific messages in an intimate relationship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1597166811270-H32V7YFNUH1HFRA0GLXY/image-asset.jpeg Tools for Relationships - The judgment trap. Our brains like to judge. When we judge our partners, we get blamey which is relationship poison. You can break out of this trap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1603900338626-CN91CCLJC8DOSGF7E95V/image.jpg Tools for Relationships - Two Truths. When I’m hurting in my relationship, I have a choice of two truths. Which do I focus on when? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1603900365455-TP9YRM4PLYRSMLNC36Y2/image.jpg Tools for Relationships - Sexual Connection. Sex is complicated. I try to clear up some of the confusion about healthy sexual connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1603900398489-IU3YPAMM0PBRZ33I57PX/image.jpg Tools for Relationships - Bidding for connection. We all bid for connection with our intimate partners. The problem is we bid in vague ways, we miss a lot of our partner’s bids, and everybody ends up feeling rejected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1612383694657-RUC20Q2HNB897OCQRQP9/image-asset.jpeg Tools for Relationships Repairing Conflict. This worksheet can help you reconnect after conflict. https://www.karinkramertherapy.com/compassionate-listening daily 0.75 2021-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1598050414592-DNQ91OJETZBRG2WK14T9/image-asset.jpeg Compassionate listening - Compassionate Listening with the 5 Secrets I wrote this overview of the 5 Secrets tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1598050700232-K3TWPGAXBPM0RZ60RVTK/image-asset.jpeg Compassionate listening - Compassionate Letter It can be hard to do compassionate listening face-to-face. A letter can be a gentle starting point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1598050592086-LUSSODKFO00KWP32IVTM/image-asset.jpeg Compassionate listening - Try It on Paper! Learning compassionate listening takes practice. Do it on paper first - that’s what I did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f037be7f02a3031d5184c86/1598050930124-CQPJW53RCL39CO0CZVH5/image-asset.jpeg Compassionate listening - Disarming Technique The Disarming Technique is very powerful. 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