Inner Sparkle Therapy Blog
A space for insights on mental well-being, resilience, and personal growth. As a cognitive therapist, I share practical strategies to navigate life’s challenges, improve relationships, and foster a balanced mind. Let’s explore the power of thought and transformation together!
How to Re-Parent Yourself
By acknowledging your childhood experiences, treating yourself with kindness and compassion, identifying and meeting your emotional needs, and practicing emotional regulation, you can create a new baseline of emotional health and well-being.
What Is Schema Therapy?
The combination of cognitive therapy and schema therapy emphasizes the development of positive coping strategies and techniques that can lead to better mental health outcomes.
Self-Loathing
People who experience self-loathing often engage in harsh self-criticism, struggle with feelings of worthlessness, and may feel trapped in a cycle of negative thinking.
Understanding Learned Helplessness: Causes, Recognition, and Strategies for Overcoming It
Learned helplessness is a psychological phenomenon where one believes they have no control over a situation, even when they do.
Understanding Self-Gaslighting
Self-gaslighting is a complex issue that can significantly affect an individual's mental health and self-perception.
What is Gaslighting? Understanding, Recognizing, and Coping
Understanding, recognizing, and coping with gaslighting is essential for reclaiming your reality and restoring your self-worth
Understanding Gaslighting: An Introduction
Welcome to our exploration of a complex and often painful topic: gaslighting.
Why Should I Become a More Compassionate Person?
In a world that can sometimes feel disconnected, compassion is the bridge that brings us closer to ourselves and others.
What Are Emotional Flashbacks and How to Cope with Them
Emotional flashbacks are intense and overwhelming emotional responses that occur when past traumatic experiences are triggered in the present
Summertime Blues: Navigating Post-Vacation Blues
Experiencing post-vacation blues is a common phase many people go through, but it doesn’t have to dominate your transition back to everyday life.
Summertime Blues: Sleep disturbances
Sleep disturbances are a common issue that many people face, especially during the longer days and hotter months.
Summertime Blues: Social Anxiety at Summer Events
Social anxiety can significantly impact one's ability to enjoy social interactions.
Summertime Blues: SAD under the Sun?
While not as common as winter SAD, summer SAD affects a significant number of individuals, often causing distress and impacting their daily lives.
How to cultivate self compassion?
Here are five reasons why self-compassion is essential and five practical ways to increase self-compassion in everyday life
How to Deal With Uncommunicative Partner?
Navigating a relationship with a partner who refuses to address problems requires patience, empathy, and a willingness to introspect and communicate openly.
What is Positive Self-Narrative
Our thoughts and self-perceptions have a profound impact on how we feel and behave.
How to Recognize Common Manipulative Tactics
While on many occasions manipulative tactics have developed as means of survival, you don't have to accept their behavior just because you can explain it.
Growing up in with physically abusive parents
Children raised in environments where physical abuse is present often experience feelings of inadequacy, shame, betrayal, and loneliness.
Growing up with an Emotionally Unavailable Father
If you have been impacted by the absence of an available father in your life, reaching out to a qualified therapist can provide valuable support and guidance on your journey toward healing
Are you over controlling?
It's common for individuals to want to influence and guide their partners towards certain behaviors and outcomes.