embracing your crazy while falling apart and coming back together

Join me for a conversation with Taune Lyons, the psychotherapist and licensed marriage and family therapist who aims to help empower you to discover and uncover the growth and healing that is already inside of you. Read on for a more detailed breakdown of what we cover together in this episode. Connect with Taune at https://www.taunelyons.com/ or @taunelyons on Instagram. Questions answered + topics discussed in this episode:✧ How to begin to learn to pause before reacting to common triggers (and how this simple practice will dramatically change your life)✧ How to overcome self-sabotaging and self-defeating behavior (when you’re aware of your toxic patterns but unable to stop them)✧ How we create self-fulfilling prophecies in our lives (i.e., “I always get cheated on,” “I’ll never get hired in that industry,” etc.)✧ How embracing our healthy anger can be a type of initiatory experience✧ Attachment theory (what is attachment and why is it important?)✧ How might your attachment style impact your ability to regulate your emotions? ✧ Exploring the human shadow self and its connection to our emotional triggers✧ Understanding the need for boundaries in your relationship with your therapist (transference and countertransference)✧ Identification with contents of our unconscious minds (and the collective unconscious) and how these dynamics can run our lives if we aren’t consciously aware of them✧ Understanding the different dysfunctional systems we are a part of (family, societal, social, religious, and workplace)✧ How to know when you’re projecting or when someone is projecting onto you Resources:✧ Healing Rage: Women Making Inner Peace Possible by Ruth King✧ Trauma and the Supernatural in Psychotherapy by Alex MonkEnjoyed this episode? Explore more as a Premium Submarine. Dive deep into hundreds of hours of ad-free exclusive content and full-length episodes on Patreon, including my original BPD recovery series, guided meditations, and much more. Click here to preview the premium collections you’ll unlock access to for as little as a couple of cups of coffee a month. Learn more and join at backfromtheborderline.com.The information contained in this podcast episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for treatment or consultation with a licensed mental health professional. acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/back-from-the-borderline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.