From Hinge to Hitched #3: Dating & Trauma
If you’re coming back after the previous blog post on dating and secure attachment, welcome. That was the easy stuff. This post, where...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Oct 257 min read
From Hinge to Hitched #2: Dating & Attachment
Welcome back to my series of blog posts on dating! Catch the first post here. This time, we’re delving into attachment theory. As an...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Oct 256 min read
From Hinge to Hitched #1: A Therapist's Thoughts on Dating
Sometimes, as a therapist, I see themes pop up in my work. They might only last a day or two, where several sessions coalesce around the...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Jul 258 min read
Managing Scarcity: Money & Attachment Theory
You know what’s the highlight of my month? Moving money into my high-yield savings account. I’m not even joking. It’s my absolute...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Jul 97 min read
I’m Finally Going to Publish a Book
I just wrote a book in 23 days. It was intense. I couldn’t get it out of my head, not even when I was sleeping. I wrote over breakfast. I...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Feb 299 min read
Red or Blue?: The Violence of Dichotomous Thinking
We are entering an election year. I confess, I stepped into 2024 with a feeling of dread. For years now, I’ve had clients citing stress...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Jan 218 min read
Rest: Our Way Back Home
I have been resting. I have been resting hard, resting audaciously, resting with gusto. I have been giving myself permission to do less....
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Dec 23, 20238 min read
Incarnation: Embodied Love & Longing
Christmas conjures up a lot of associations for me. A mountain of presents piled under a tree. Family trips to the movie theater after...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Dec 9, 20238 min read
Original Goodness: There Is No Slippery Slope
When I was a child, my father taught me catechism. The catechism he used had been written in 1689 and, to my knowledge, had never been...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Oct 23, 20238 min read
Belonging: Queer Spirituality
You were always meant to belong without fear. ----- I attended a retreat in Breckenridge earlier this month. Though I didn’t know it...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Oct 12, 20238 min read
Self-Care: Radical Resistance
I talk about self-care daily—with my depressed clients, with my traumatized clients, with my burned-out clients, with my compassion...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Aug 19, 20237 min read
Mirrors & Shadows: How to Heal
When I was younger, I had a terrible temper. Those who know me now might find this hard to believe; friends and clients describe my...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Jul 7, 20237 min read
Not Just For A Lucky Few: Exploring Secure Attachment
My daughter’s life began at the height of COVID-19, during the winter of 2020-2021. Quarantined with my vulnerable newborn, I had no...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
May 28, 20237 min read
Let's Say the Worst Happens: Imagination in the Face of Despair
My toddler is a sprinter. She also hates riding in carts. This means that, when we go to Target or the grocery store, she is either...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
May 18, 20236 min read
A Letter to Young Adults: The Best, Worst Years of Your Life
Dear 20-somethings: This decade might be one of the hardest decades of your entire life. It’s just fucking hard. There’s no way around...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Apr 7, 20235 min read
Self-Compassion: Flourishing Through Failures
I was supposed to write this blog post last weekend. I’ve been so proud of my consistency in creating posts every two weeks. But last...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Mar 4, 20237 min read
The Neurobiology of Freaking Out: The Window of Tolerance
Lest any of you think therapists are better at life than you are, here is a true story that just happened last week: I’m driving my...
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Karyn Resch Brackney
Feb 5, 20236 min read
Creating Space: Values & Yucky Feelings
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...
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