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13 11, 2024

Living from the Inside Out: Finding Our Authentic Selves

mirel2024-11-13T05:15:36+00:00

Are you living from the outside in, chasing approval and molding yourself to fit what you think others want? When we prioritize external validation over our inner experience, we lose touch with our authentic selves and feel disconnected from what truly matters. It’s a cycle that can leave us feeling empty, trapped by the need to measure up. In this blog post, we explore how to break free from these patterns, reconnect with who we really are, and build relationships grounded in true intimacy rather than mere accommodation. Ready to start living from the inside out? Read on to find out how.

Living from the Inside Out: Finding Our Authentic Selvesmirel2024-11-13T05:15:36+00:00

4 11, 2024

When Silence Feels Safer, But Speaking Up Helps Relationships

mirel2024-11-06T16:09:05+00:00

Many of us hesitate to speak up in relationships because we’re afraid of hurting others or rocking the boat. Avoiding conflict feels easier, but holding in our feelings reinforces the idea that relationships can grow without honest conversations. While it’s important to choose when and how to share, when silence becomes a habit, we lose the chance to deepen intimacy and clarity. Speaking up may feel risky, but it can create stronger, more authentic connections.

When Silence Feels Safer, But Speaking Up Helps Relationshipsmirel2024-11-06T16:09:05+00:00

20 12, 2017

To show ourselves or to hide? Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJ

mirel2017-12-31T00:01:33+00:00

showing off

Are you hiding from the world, or desperate to be noticed?

A psychoanalyst I know recently told me that people only feel the need to show off that which they have had to hide.

Since so many of my patients struggle with shame over showing the world […]

To show ourselves or to hide? Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJmirel2017-12-31T00:01:33+00:00

25 04, 2017

Too Much Time with Family over the Holidays? Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJ

mirel2019-10-11T16:49:27+00:00

Does Holiday Time with the Family Shake you Up Emotionally?

You are of course not alone!

Spending the holidays with family can be a great chance to reconnect but also a serious stressor that can bring up old issues of sibling rivalry, territoriality, competitiveness, boundary difficulties, and perhaps hardest of all, trying […]

Too Much Time with Family over the Holidays? Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJmirel2019-10-11T16:49:27+00:00

24 08, 2015

Speaking Up in Relationships- Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJ

mirel2017-09-11T16:40:53+00:00

Speaking Up in Relationships

One of the challenges for people who don’t speak up for themselves is that everyone seems to like them that way. Whether it’s a co-worker, spouse, child, or friend- […]

Speaking Up in Relationships- Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJmirel2017-09-11T16:40:53+00:00