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Your Relationship Isn’t the Problem. In Episode 17, Dana Carretta-Stein and marriage and family therapist Julie Hall explore what often sits underneath recurring relationship conflict, from attachment wounds and nervous system responses to pursuer-withdrawer patterns, self-compassion, accountability, and the healing that can happen through safe connection.

Burnout Isn’t Motherhood. Many moms have learned to associate self-sacrifice with love, giving everyone else everything while leaving almost nothing for themselves. In this Truth Bomb, Dana challenges the belief that exhaustion proves you’re a good mom and offers a reminder that sustainable motherhood includes caring for yourself, too.

Polyvagal Theory can help you understand what’s happening when a client becomes activated, shuts down, or seems to disappear during an EMDR session. Here’s how to recognize nervous system states and use that information to decide when to keep processing, slow down, or switch gears.