Life Lessons

Observations, insights, and tools for creating a meaningful life and building satisfying, close relationships by therapist and life coach Christyn Nelson, MFT. Check back for updated posts once or twice each week! For more information about my counseling and coaching services, see www.christynnelson.com

Showing posts with label vulnerability. Show all posts

Showing posts with label vulnerability. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

The Gift of Emotional Literacy

Several times recently, I've been in session with young adults who were trying their best to get launched in their own lives, but were...

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Taking the Risk of Opening Up

It's always a big risk emotionally to open up to someone else: to be real and vulnerable. Opening up means chancing rejection and hurt...

Monday, March 11, 2013

Why Anger Isn't All Bad

Anger can get a bad rap. It's not always bad to be angry. Getting angry in certain situations is understandable, and learning to fig...

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The Vulnerability Guru

Thinking about the concepts of emotional intimacy and vulnerability? Think Bren é Brown, a researcher at the University of Houston...

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Trusting

Trust is an important component in close relationships. We learn how to trust initially as infants and small children who learn to have ...

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Strong Enough To Be Vulnerable

Writer Louise Hay, the godmother of affirmations, wrote this one about vulnerability that I love: "It is healing for me to show emotio...

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