The Function and Myths of Emotions
Meredith walks us through what it means to regulate our emotions. She double-clicks on some of the core emotions that we all experience to unpack not only their message but the action urges that accompany them.
Radical Acceptance + Mindfulness of Thoughts
Faith & Meredith explore the concept of distress tolerance, focusing on radical acceptance and mindfulness of thought. They discuss the importance of accepting reality as it is and the skills involved in practicing acceptance, starting today.
How to IMPROVE hard moments
IMPROVE is a set of DBT distress tolerance skills for improving the moment when you can't change the situation. You'll know the skills are working if time has passed and you haven't made things worse.
The STOP skills + Pros and Cons
Two tools (the STOP skill and PROS/CONS) that we can use any time we're experiencing heightened emotional reactivity. These tools can be especially helpful in crisis situations to help us not make things worse.
