Between the Generations

Attention

How to Manage Difficult Feedback From Your Partner

Sarah Epstein LMFT on August 26, 2021

Can you take feedback? Or do you make the complaint about how bad you feel about it?

Can you take feedback? Or do you make the complaint about how bad you feel about it?

Grief

2 Types of Invisible Grief

Sarah Epstein LMFT on July 27, 2021

Mourning what we failed to receive and the loss of potential.

Mourning what we failed to receive and the loss of potential.

Friends

5 Reasons People Stay in Unhappy Friendships

Sarah Epstein LMFT on July 6, 2021

Why do we struggle to leave unfulfilling friendships? Here are some of the most common reasons.

Why do we struggle to leave unfulfilling friendships? Here are some of the most common reasons.

Grief

5 Emotions You Didn't Know Were Part of Grief

Sarah Epstein LMFT on June 24, 2021

Nobody told you grief would be like this.

Nobody told you grief would be like this.

Gratitude

6 Ways People Shut Down Difficult Conversations

Sarah Epstein LMFT on May 18, 2021

Listening to feedback can evoke powerful emotions. Here are a few ways that people typically respond.

Listening to feedback can evoke powerful emotions. Here are a few ways that people typically respond.

Grief

3 Reasons We Might Not Grieve a Big Loss

Sarah Epstein LMFT on March 2, 2021

How to understand and accept abbreviated grief.

How to understand and accept abbreviated grief.

Cognition

What is Both/And Thinking?

Sarah Epstein LMFT on February 23, 2021

Do you often downplay your emotions? Do you compare your life circumstances to others? A tiny mindset shift may have an outsized impact.

Do you often downplay your emotions? Do you compare your life circumstances to others? A tiny mindset shift may have an outsized impact.

Relationships

How to Become Higher Maintenance

Sarah Epstein LMFT on February 2, 2021

Are you chronically low maintenance but ready to advocate for yourself? Start here.

Are you chronically low maintenance but ready to advocate for yourself? Start here.

Gratitude

Never Say These 2 Words to Someone in Pain

Sarah Epstein LMFT on January 27, 2021

We just want our loved ones to look on the bright side. Unfortunately, that doesn't help.

We just want our loved ones to look on the bright side. Unfortunately, that doesn't help.

Fear

Are You Too Low-Maintenance?

Sarah Epstein LMFT on January 5, 2021

Are you trying to be "low-maintenance" so that others won't call you needy or crazy? You're not alone.

Are you trying to be "low-maintenance" so that others won't call you needy or crazy? You're not alone.

Relationships

5 Ways Parents and Adult Children Can Improve Their Relationship

Sarah Epstein LMFT on November 17, 2020

Friendships between parents and grown kids can be tricky. Here's how to make it easier.

Friendships between parents and grown kids can be tricky. Here's how to make it easier.

Trauma

The Truth About Aha! Moments in Therapy

Sarah Epstein LMFT on October 27, 2020

What movies get wrong about therapeutic breakthroughs—and what they are actually like.

What movies get wrong about therapeutic breakthroughs—and what they are actually like.

Friends

4 Clear Signs That You've Outgrown a Friendship

Sarah Epstein LMFT on October 13, 2020

2. When you're together, you become an expired version of yourself.

2. When you're together, you become an expired version of yourself.

Friends

Grieving the End an Unhappy Marriage or Toxic Friendship

Sarah Epstein LMFT on October 1, 2020

Some relationships should end. But that doesn't mean it won't hurt.

Some relationships should end. But that doesn't mean it won't hurt.

Guilt

The High Price of Parental Guilt Trips

Sarah Epstein LMFT on September 23, 2020

Do parental guilt trips work? Sort of.

Do parental guilt trips work? Sort of.

Self-Talk

How to Defeat Your Inner Critic

Sarah Epstein LMFT on September 14, 2020

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it will also bring you great inner peace.

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it will also bring you great inner peace.

Fear

4 Reasons Why We Refuse to Feel a Feeling

Sarah Epstein LMFT on August 26, 2020

#3: We worry the feeling will never end.

#3: We worry the feeling will never end.

Gratitude

It's OK Not to Feel Grateful Right Now

Sarah Epstein LMFT on March 31, 2020

Are you trying to access gratitude during this crisis and find that it's not working? This might be why.

Are you trying to access gratitude during this crisis and find that it's not working? This might be why.

Grief

5 Times You Are Still Allowed to Grieve

Sarah Epstein LMFT on March 30, 2020

Does it feel like you're not allowed to grieve? Like your loss isn't big enough or recent enough? Understand how we deligitimize our own experiences and what we should do instead.

Does it feel like you're not allowed to grieve? Like your loss isn't big enough or recent enough? Understand how we deligitimize our own experiences and what we should do instead.

Relationships

How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

Sarah Epstein LMFT on February 5, 2020

Are you tired of trying to "keep up with the Joneses?" Me too. Here's how to bust out of that vicious cycle.

Are you tired of trying to "keep up with the Joneses?" Me too. Here's how to bust out of that vicious cycle.