Your Emotional Meter

Relationships

Do You Really Have to Lose Yourself to Love Someone?

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on June 16, 2025

Discover how to love authentically without losing yourself. Learn how to balance individuality and connection for healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

Discover how to love authentically without losing yourself. Learn how to balance individuality and connection for healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

Self-Help

Is It the Situation or Your Mindset?

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on June 10, 2025

Learn how to differentiate between external challenges and internal mindsets to address discomfort, establish clarity, and create lasting change in your life.

Learn how to differentiate between external challenges and internal mindsets to address discomfort, establish clarity, and create lasting change in your life.

Therapy

How the Therapeutic Relationship Heals From the Inside Out

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on June 3, 2025

Discover how therapy can transform your relationship with yourself by fostering self-worth, curiosity, and emotional resilience.

Discover how therapy can transform your relationship with yourself by fostering self-worth, curiosity, and emotional resilience.

Evolutionary Psychology

Why You Always Say Yes

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on May 27, 2025

People-pleasing behaviors are rooted in childhood experiences and evolutionary instincts. Learn to recognize these patterns and set healthier boundaries for greater self-worth.

People-pleasing behaviors are rooted in childhood experiences and evolutionary instincts. Learn to recognize these patterns and set healthier boundaries for greater self-worth.

Boundaries

Practice Kindness With Boundaries for Healthier Connections

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on May 20, 2025

Discover how to embrace genuine kindness by setting boundaries. Learning to support others while nurturing your own well-being can lead to healthier relationships.

Discover how to embrace genuine kindness by setting boundaries. Learning to support others while nurturing your own well-being can lead to healthier relationships.

Family Dynamics

Siblings and Their Lasting Impact

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on May 13, 2025

Discover how sibling dynamics shape our personalities and relationships through the lens of Bowen Family Systems Theory.

Discover how sibling dynamics shape our personalities and relationships through the lens of Bowen Family Systems Theory.

Relationships

From Clash to Clarity in Family Disagreements

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on May 6, 2025

Learn how to bridge generational divides, manage disagreements, and create deeper connections with family, even when perspectives clash.

Learn how to bridge generational divides, manage disagreements, and create deeper connections with family, even when perspectives clash.

Family Dynamics

The Truth About Family Cutoff

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on April 29, 2025

Cutting ties with family is a tough choice that carries hidden, often long-term and painful, costs. Explore the impact of family estrangement and some alternatives to total cutoff.

Cutting ties with family is a tough choice that carries hidden, often long-term and painful, costs. Explore the impact of family estrangement and some alternatives to total cutoff.

Relationships

Managing Emotional Outbursts in Relationships

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on April 23, 2025

Discover practical strategies to manage emotional outbursts in relationships, creating understanding and healthier connections for both you and your partner.

Discover practical strategies to manage emotional outbursts in relationships, creating understanding and healthier connections for both you and your partner.

Anxiety

How to Escape the Overthinking Trap

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on April 15, 2025

Overthinking is linked to anxiety and emotional distance, often rooted in family dynamics. Recognize the underlying anxiety and build emotional awareness to help break the cycle.

Overthinking is linked to anxiety and emotional distance, often rooted in family dynamics. Recognize the underlying anxiety and build emotional awareness to help break the cycle.

Personality

Are You an External or Internal Processor?

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on April 8, 2025

Understanding whether you're an internal or external processor enhances self-awareness and relationships. Each style has strengths and challenges that complement each other.

Understanding whether you're an internal or external processor enhances self-awareness and relationships. Each style has strengths and challenges that complement each other.

Resilience

Master Your Emotions

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on April 1, 2025

Master your emotions and unlock your inner strength. Discover practical strategies to handle challenges with calmness and resilience, transforming your responses for the better.

Master your emotions and unlock your inner strength. Discover practical strategies to handle challenges with calmness and resilience, transforming your responses for the better.

Child Development

Why It's Time to Stop Pointing Fingers at Mothers Alone

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on March 25, 2025

Society often blames mothers for their children's behaviors, but child development is influenced by many factors. Explore the need for a broader perspective on parenting.

Society often blames mothers for their children's behaviors, but child development is influenced by many factors. Explore the need for a broader perspective on parenting.

Emotion Regulation

When Moods Aren't Yours to Fix

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on March 18, 2025

Take control of your emotions. Learn how to stay grounded and protect your peace when others' moods spiral.

Take control of your emotions. Learn how to stay grounded and protect your peace when others' moods spiral.

Parenting

Good Parenting Goes Beyond Keeping Kids Happy

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on March 11, 2025

We can't make everyone happy all the time, nor should we. But by nurturing resilience through moments of discomfort, we create a joyful, adaptable, emotionally healthy future.

We can't make everyone happy all the time, nor should we. But by nurturing resilience through moments of discomfort, we create a joyful, adaptable, emotionally healthy future.

Emotional Validation

Strengthening Relationships Through Emotional Validation

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on March 3, 2025

Validation is more than a skill; it's a gift that transforms connections into extraordinary relationships.

Validation is more than a skill; it's a gift that transforms connections into extraordinary relationships.

Self-Help

You Can’t Change Others—Only Yourself

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on February 24, 2025

Ultimately, we are responsible for teaching others through our words and actions what is OK with us—and what isn't.

Ultimately, we are responsible for teaching others through our words and actions what is OK with us—and what isn't.

Relationships

Balancing Togetherness and Independence in Relationships

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on February 18, 2025

Explore the balance of togetherness and independence in families, guided by the essentials of atomic theory, as we navigate emotional dynamics in relationships.

Explore the balance of togetherness and independence in families, guided by the essentials of atomic theory, as we navigate emotional dynamics in relationships.

Emotional Intelligence

How to Use Triggers as Teachers

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on February 11, 2025

Triggers aren't the enemy—they can be the start of something better.

Triggers aren't the enemy—they can be the start of something better.

Family Dynamics

Breaking Family Intergenerational Patterns Gently

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on February 4, 2025

Breaking intergenerational patterns isn’t about being perfect. It’s about showing up as you are, learning from each experience, and modeling what it means to be flexible, self-forgiving, and human.

Breaking intergenerational patterns isn’t about being perfect. It’s about showing up as you are, learning from each experience, and modeling what it means to be flexible, self-forgiving, and human.