by Jule Kucera | Sep 7, 2025 | Blog
After last Sunday’s email, there were so many supportive messages—we all have our private wounds. Still, I felt tender, vulnerable. Last night, Monday night, getting in bed, I felt the discomfort of that 4-year-old girl. It was my signal to bring in some Internal...
by Jule Kucera | Aug 31, 2025 | Blog
Might as well finish both parts of the story. The next time Mom got the stool and the shampoo, I took the upper hand. “Don’t do it like last time.” She looked at me blankly. “Remember? When you made my head bleed?” She stiffened. “That’s how my mother washed my...
by Jule Kucera | Aug 24, 2025 | Blog
There’s something I’ve debated bringing up, but there’s a point I want to make and this is a good example. We’ve been talking about emotional neglect. Sometimes this is coupled with physical abuse, but not always. My first memories are feelings. Feeling that something...
by Jule Kucera | Aug 17, 2025 | Blog
On Day 4 of Dan Robert’s InsightTimer course, we learn about the nervous system. During an explanation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system, Roberts says, “…if we have experienced trauma, this whole system goes a bit wrong.”...
by Jule Kucera | Aug 10, 2025 | Blog
Dan Roberts says that the most common schema he sees in his Internal Family Systems practice is Emotional Deprivation. This schema develops when parents or caregivers provided for physical needs but not emotional support. They put food in our mouths, clothes on our...
