Harnessing Principles of Change

Anxiety

How to Make Values Your Compass in Life, Not Fear

Victoria Lemle Beckner Ph.D. on March 15, 2024

Our first instinct when we're anxious is to self-protect. Learn instead how to mobilize the qualities within yourself that you most want to express in your relationships and life.

Our first instinct when we're anxious is to self-protect. Learn instead how to mobilize the qualities within yourself that you most want to express in your relationships and life.

Anxiety

Is Your Anxiety a False Alarm?

Victoria Lemle Beckner Ph.D. on August 11, 2023

We believe our anxiety, but should we? Take a closer look at the forecast: see how our brain overpredicts threats and underestimates our capacity to handle hardship and grow.

We believe our anxiety, but should we? Take a closer look at the forecast: see how our brain overpredicts threats and underestimates our capacity to handle hardship and grow.

Anxiety

How Our Safety Behaviors Feed Anxiety

Victoria Lemle Beckner Ph.D. on January 16, 2022

What's the downside of avoiding harm and the anxiety that goes with it? The Anxiety Jedi knows: Our safety behaviors keep us stuck in threat mode instead of doing what matters.

What's the downside of avoiding harm and the anxiety that goes with it? The Anxiety Jedi knows: Our safety behaviors keep us stuck in threat mode instead of doing what matters.

Anxiety

Anxiety Gets a Bad Rap: Understand Your Healthy Alarm System

Victoria Lemle Beckner Ph.D. on April 25, 2021

The problem is not anxiety, but how we respond to it. The first skill of the Anxiety Jedi is developing the knowledge and courage to mindfully lean into anxiety rather than escape.

The problem is not anxiety, but how we respond to it. The first skill of the Anxiety Jedi is developing the knowledge and courage to mindfully lean into anxiety rather than escape.

Relationships

How Does Change Happen in Therapy? It’s More Than an Exercise in Talking

Victoria Lemle Beckner Ph.D. on February 12, 2021

Growth requires more than insight. You must learn to take risks and do things differently in the service of your values, creating transformative experiences in your wake.

Growth requires more than insight. You must learn to take risks and do things differently in the service of your values, creating transformative experiences in your wake.

Emotions

The Key Skill We Rarely Learn: How to Feel Your Feelings

Victoria Lemle Beckner Ph.D. on October 12, 2020

I feel my feelings! Probably not. But with courage and practice, we can cultivate the skill to deeply connect to ourselves and our values, opening up a world of possibility.

I feel my feelings! Probably not. But with courage and practice, we can cultivate the skill to deeply connect to ourselves and our values, opening up a world of possibility.