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How Core Strength In Your Body Is Like Secure Attachment In Your Relationships

by ellenboeder | Jan 13, 2023 | attachment, core strength, relationship, Uncategorized

Photo by Lucian Gaddis, Canyonlands, UT. Becoming securely attached in our most important relationships is something really huge and foundational to our development.  We all have the biological imperative (meaning a survival need) to attach. It is a largely...

When We Force Pregnancy On Women And Girls: Some Thoughts As A Mother And Therapist

by ellenboeder | Jun 26, 2022 | Uncategorized

I had a client once who was deciding if she wanted to have a baby or not (she was not pregnant at the time).  She was concerned that I could not support her in this deliberation because she had seen (through social media and public speaking) how much I valued my role...

Spring 2022: Reflections on our world and the power of our most important relationships

by ellenboeder | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized

I’ve never been more amazed by spring than this year.  The buds that are getting ready to burst, the bright blooms coming out of the ground, the birds chirping and nesting all around us. How can still want to make their way into the world, with all that is...

On The Frontlines of a Relationship Pandemic

by ellenboeder | Feb 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Mess is Where the Magic Is: My Daughter Turned 10

The Mess is Where the Magic Is: My Daughter Turned 10

by ellenboeder | Jan 10, 2021 | Uncategorized

My youngest child, my daughter, turned 10 years old in early December.  Ten years seems like a great reflection point, and I’ve been trying to grasp how having this girl in my life for a decade has impacted me. I’ve come across one of her (many) enormous gifts...

What Secure Attachment Really Is, and How to Create It (It’s Not What You Think)

by ellenboeder | Oct 21, 2019 | Uncategorized

Recently, a mother I know was confiding in me that through the help of professional support she was learning that her children are not securely attached.  She was shocked to learn this (though it made sense to her) as she has been a stay at home mom, exclusively...
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