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...
by Jule Kucera | Aug 3, 2025 | Blog
Who knows what happened to Roxie? When I got her, she was so afraid of people and dogs she would go into attack mode. Her motto: “I’ll hurt your before you can hurt me.” She snapped at Ken’s hand when he tried to pet her too quickly. She snarled and lunged at Riley,...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 27, 2025 | Blog
We’re back to Dan Robert’s Internal Family Systems meditation course on InsightTimer, still on Day 2. Remember in middle school or high school, back when there were art classes, learning how to dig grooves into a linoleum square? Or maybe you did it when you were...
