https://labyrinthhealing.com/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:04:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://labyrinthhealing.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-sun-labyrinth-1-32x32.png https://labyrinthhealing.com/ 32 32 What makes a people pleaser? https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/what-makes-a-people-pleaser https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/what-makes-a-people-pleaser#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:30:32 +0000 https://labyrinth1.wpengine.com/?p=2490 Wondering what makes a people pleaser? Let’s take a quick inventory. Buried under an endless to-do list?  Check! Feel guilty saying no?  Check! Worried what others think?  Check! People pleasing doesn’t have to be a life sentence.  But, it is a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/what-makes-a-people-pleaser/feed 89 A poem about therapy https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/a-poem-about-therapy https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/a-poem-about-therapy#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:44:12 +0000 https://labyrinthhealing.com/?p=5953 Reclamation I spent the first four decades of my life At the mercy of my left hemisphere Bookended between two PhDs Hemmed in by syllabi Awards and expectations Nourished in a deep nest that loved learning I swam in books … Continue reading →

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]]> https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/a-poem-about-therapy/feed 1 People pleasing, attachment, and writing a book: a car ramble https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/people-pleasing-attachment-writing-book https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/people-pleasing-attachment-writing-book#respond Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:03:42 +0000 https://labyrinth1.wpengine.com/?p=5934 Here’s what happens when I have time in the car to myself to think.  If you’d like to learn a little bit more about attachment and people pleasing, take a listen.  The first 30 seconds is me laughing at myself … Continue reading →

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]]> https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/people-pleasing-attachment-writing-book/feed 0 White therapists, talk to your white clients about race. https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/white-therapists-talk-to-white-clients-about-race https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/white-therapists-talk-to-white-clients-about-race#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2020 02:25:40 +0000 https://labyrinth1.wpengine.com/?p=5849 This video is for white therapists who are worried about following their client’s lead in session and refraining from talking about race in session because they are fearful about… therapeutic rupture or alienating their clients, betraying their training or theoretical … Continue reading →

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]]> https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/white-therapists-talk-to-white-clients-about-race/feed 0 A therapist coping with coronavirus in Austin, Texas https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/therapist-coping-coronavirus-austin-texas https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/therapist-coping-coronavirus-austin-texas#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:35:31 +0000 https://labyrinth1.wpengine.com/?p=5826 This is a very strange season. Outside, the world is bursting with blooms and spring is here.  And yet. And yet we have traded the usual springtime festivities for hunkering down and social distancing. Austin is a ghost town, as … Continue reading →

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]]> https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/therapist-coping-coronavirus-austin-texas/feed 0 Insecure attachment makes so much sense. https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/insecure-attachment-makes-sense https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/insecure-attachment-makes-sense#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2020 01:44:42 +0000 https://labyrinth1.wpengine.com/?p=5804 It’s easy to understand how insecure attachment gets a bad rap.  There’s loads of research studies talking about the early negative and often lifelong impact of these relational styles. It impacts our social relationships, academic performance, rates of mental illness, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/insecure-attachment-makes-sense/feed 0 A common, hidden cause of depression and anxiety and burn out that 75% of us are doing: living left-shifted. https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/hidden-cause-of-depression-anxiety-burn-out https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/hidden-cause-of-depression-anxiety-burn-out#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2019 20:29:45 +0000 https://labyrinth1.wpengine.com/?p=5773 When we’re feeling miserable, it’s natural to go looking for a series of signs and symptoms. We want to explain things and get strategies to hoist us out of our pain. Most articles out there are going to explain symptoms … Continue reading →

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]]> https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/hidden-cause-of-depression-anxiety-burn-out/feed 0 What is secure attachment? https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/what-is-secure-attachment https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/what-is-secure-attachment#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2019 20:13:10 +0000 https://labyrinth1.wpengine.com/?p=5633 So, whether you’re in the field of psychology practicing as a therapist or just a person who’ve been reading books and hearing in podcasts about secure attachment, today I want to talk to you about what secure attachment is and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/what-is-secure-attachment/feed 0 What is EMDR therapy? https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/what-is-emdr-therapy https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/what-is-emdr-therapy#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:36:17 +0000 https://labyrinth1.wpengine.com/?p=5549 Today I want to talk to you about EMDR therapy, also known as eye movement desensitization reprocessing. So, what is EMDR and how does it work? EMDR was developed about 30 years ago by a psychologist, Francine Shapiro, totally by … Continue reading →

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]]> https://labyrinthhealing.com/blog/what-is-emdr-therapy/feed 0 What causes people pleasing? https://labyrinthhealing.com/codependency/what-causes-people-pleasing https://labyrinthhealing.com/codependency/what-causes-people-pleasing#respond Wed, 05 Dec 2018 20:16:10 +0000 https://labyrinth1.wpengine.com/?p=5543 What causes people pleasing? I’m Ann Stoneson, I’m a therapist in private practice in Athens, Georgia. Today, I want to talk a little bit about the origin of people-pleasing.  Most people when you ask them “Do you know what a … Continue reading →

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