183 – Understanding and Healing Our Defenses with Karen Gelstein

On today’s show we have one of my favorite people and therapists, on the show-Karen Gelstein. Karen helped us to understand our defenses and how to heal them and change how we react with others.   She shares with us how humor, ruminating thoughts, missing red flags, codependency and even addictions are all ways that we defend ourselves to stay safe. We delved into the inner child and how the inner child becomes wounded and the defenses are created.   Lastly, she helps us to identify our defenses and gives us the tools we need to heal, so that we can...

154- Shatter Limiting Beliefs and Filters and Change Your Life

Do you ever feel stuck, like you can’t catch a break? Maybe you feel like you keep getting the short end of the stick. Have you ever wondered if your beliefs are creating exactly what you are experiencing? Perhaps limiting beliefs and the filters that you are seeing the world through are attracting in the wrong job, unsuccessful or unhealthy relationships, money issues etc.   Limiting beliefs and filters can keep us stuck, disempowered, and make us feel small, in the victim seat. They can even send us down the...

156- What Do I Work On Next?

I get asked this question all the time, “What do I work on next?” “I realize I have so many things to work on and don’t know where to begin!”   In today’s show I offer ideas on what to work on next, what direction to take while on your path of healing, and how to stay in the flow while doing it.   Whether it be codependency, anxiety, relationship problems, working with self-esteem or any healing goal you have, there is a way to do this from your Adult...

159- How to Recognize and Heal Abuse with Christine Gutierrez

Abuse can be tricky, it can be subtle and ease into our lives. We can be living with it and might not even be aware of it .   Abuse comes in many forms and not just the obvious physical abuse.   Codependency, narcissism, control, trauma, enmeshment, addictions etc. can all play into this dance of abuse.   On today’s show, Christine Gutierrez and I have a vulnerable and open discussion about abuse. Christine offers some incredible examples and tools on how to recognize if you are being abused, what...

162- A Conversation with Suzy

Today I had the pleasure of having a conversation with Suzy, someone that has had a life of enmeshment, codependency, abuse, attempted murder by her husband and more. She now lives with greater peace and balance than ever before and she says a large part of her transformation is due to The Adult Chair.   Her story is as unbelievable as it is inspirational. Grab your Kleenex when listening to this one and be prepared to view your own life through a different lens by the end of the show....

92: Managing Holiday Gatherings from The Adult Chair

The holidays are upon is, and as a result more and more people are writing us to ask how you handle difficult family gatherings from the Adult Chair. So, we’re on it! This week we’re talking all about how you maintain your center, keep your calm, and don’t let strife dominate your holiday. You’ll be better equipped to define your own boundaries of what is and is not appropriate behavior. You’ll be able to assess the codependency that can so quickly invade your relationships. And we’ve got one sure-fire way...

13: Accessing our Inner Child — A Meditation with Michelle

Over the last few weeks, we’ve addressed some powerful topics. From approaching anxiety to codependency, and finally love addiction/love avoidance. In each of these areas, our approach has been to discern where our emotional response sits — our child or adolescent — and invite them to sit in the adult chair, to approach these challenges from a position of rationality and confidence.   But accessing our inner child is not always easy, nor is it always comfortable without some help. That’s why this week on the show, Michelle offers a...