by Gina Nelson | May 3, 2022 | Parenting
Parenting Triggers the Unprocessed Emotions of Your Childhood It’s amazing how parenting can bring up so much emotion from your past lived experiences. Many people look back on their childhood and see it through “rose-colored glasses,” only capable of believing it...
by Gina Nelson | Apr 18, 2022 | Parenting
Parental Pressures I was listening to a conversation while at my Physical Therapy appointment last week between two young parents whose 4-Year-old had been on a waiting list for the “most rigorous kindergarten” for the past 18 months, and then the parents learned that...
by Gina Nelson | Apr 5, 2022 | Beliefs
Disgust In Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown captures research on Disgust. She says with disgust inferiority is not the issue, the feeling is more physical – we want to avoid being “poisoned” (either literally or figuratively). She indicates that researchers...
by Gina Nelson | Mar 21, 2022 | Couple Therapy
Contempt This is one of those emotions that most people couldn’t define. In fact, when I initially thought about this word all I could think of was the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law, i.e. contempt of court. Yet I have heard this...
by Gina Nelson | Mar 7, 2022 | Beliefs, Values
National Social Work Month March is National Social Work month where we celebrate and honor the work that our profession has done to impact underserved populations and those needing advocacy. As I look back on my 24 years as a professional social worker I recognize...
