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 9
- 7 min
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 29
- 9 min
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 21
- 8 min
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, 2023
- 8 min
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, 2023
- 8 min
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, 2023
- 8 min
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, 2023
- 8 min
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, 2023
- 7 min
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, 2023
- 7 min
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, 2023
- 7 min
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, 2023
- 6 min
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, 2023
- 5 min
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, 2023
- 7 min
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, 2023
- 6 min
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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