On letting life live you - Galia Collaborative
A couple of years ago, I was in the midst of what felt like a crisis at work. As tends to happen in the perception of a crisis, things seemed ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
I’ve always found myself struggling with people whom I perceive as judgmental. Judgmental can mean a lot of different things, and it’s a relatively subjective assessment, and so depending on ... Read more The post A soft introduction to shadow work appeared first on Galia Collaborative.| Galia Collaborative
“My own definition is a feminist is a man or a woman who says, yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we ... Read more The post Are we post-feminism? appeared first on Galia Collaborative.| Galia Collaborative
I’ve come to love Sunday mornings in this season of life. Maybe it’s obvious by the naming of this newsletter or how often I share snapshots of my Sunday morning ... Read more The post On rituals in restless times appeared first on Galia Collaborative.| Galia Collaborative
Almost twenty years ago, the night before a handful of his songs were being inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, Leonard Cohen sat down for an interview with ... Read more The post Healing with half a brain: Why therapy sometimes falls short appeared first on Galia Collaborative.| Galia Collaborative
Acclimating. Adapting. We are constantly shifting to respond to our environment. Our brains are wired to get to the most efficient outcome possible, so we naturally build habits around what ... Read more The post Understanding the Fawn Response: When Appeasing Becomes Survival appeared first on Galia Collaborative.| Galia Collaborative
A couple of years ago, I was in the midst of what felt like a crisis at work. As tends to happen in the perception of a crisis, things seemed ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
One of my many part-time gigs in graduate school was working on a research study through the local children’s hospital. My job was to go visit with postpartum mothers in ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
We so often think about our emotional, relational, and even spiritual development as happening in our personal lives, a place we treat as somehow distinct from our work or professional ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
An interesting thing happened on my social media feed in the wake of separating from my now ex-husband. If I really think hard, it might have even been in the ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
Driving one my sons to soccer recently, I came to the stoplight just a mile or so from the practice field. As we waited for the light to change so ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
It’s time that we redefine: . Elevating your impact through modern mental health. Heal. Thrive. Lead. with Galia Collaborative We empower purpose-driven women and allies to elevate their impact by ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
Even if you have no clue what your Type is, you’ve probably at least heard of the Enneagram. Its popularity has surged in recent years, partly due the widespread hunger ... Read more The post Your Comprehensive Guide to the Enneagram in Therapy appeared first on Galia Collaborative.| Galia Collaborative
It was a particularly long weekend day spent with my kids agitating each other. One of those where I prayed for silence but also feared it, because those rare quiet ... Read more The post Basslines and bedtimes: A midlife mom embraces EDM appeared first on Galia Collaborative.| Galia Collaborative
Take a moment right now and notice what you first picture when you hear the term ADHD. Even those of us who have the condition or have partners or children ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
I offer my patients a glass of water or a cup of tea or coffee when they come into my office, which means at the end of each session, between ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
There was a fiasco of a trip once where I was traveling solo with two of my very young and overtired children, trying to make a 6:30am flight. The security ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
I’ll start with a sort of confession, which is that I have notes for things I have wanted to include in this essay dispersed over at least five places: my ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
Over the past year or so, I’ve been going through a really difficult situation. At various points, I was convinced that I would not survive it, at least not with ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
In my early years of courtship and then marriage to my former husband, I’d often retell the story of my fabled first encounter with his mother. He’d taken me to ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
“Join Us!” the subject line shouted from my inbox. Not yet sure whether I was being invited to a MLM selling diet pills or a LinkedIn webinar, I clicked through. ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
Late last year, I made my way hurriedly down the aisle and slid as quietly as I could into one of the last remaining seats. I’d been running late, as ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
There’s an account I’ve followed for a while now on Instagram curated by an absolutely lovely, smart, and seemingly great-hearted woman who lives local to me. She’s has PhD in ... Read more| Galia Collaborative
