Well, I'm back after a long hiatus. If you've read my blog in the past, I hope you will pick up reading again. I think it's going to be...

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that LifeWork, LLC will be closing in November 2023. It’s been 13 years of providing the...

An amazing skill right here. And one that I sometimes fight against using. I mean, checking the facts means that I have to admit that...

It’s time to wander into the Distress Tolerance skills. As a little intro, DT skills are divided up into two categories: Crisis Survival...

We all have them. They don't really go away when we ignore them. They are completely inside us, so we might want to pay attention. We...

*First a little disclaimer note on Problem Solving. If you are just reading this post without knowing other DBT skills, it could seem...

In our series walking through the skills, we are up to Cope Ahead and then Check the Facts. As I read those posts again, however, I...

Building Mastery to feel competent One of my biggest fears used to be being found to be incompetent. It’s not a rational fear. There...

Welcome to the LifeWork, LLC blog, Wednesday edition. Normally, we publish on Mondays. I was in Jefferson City (Missouri's capitol) on...

There’s a skill in DBT called ‘Accumulating Positives,’ to build a life worth living. If you struggle with wanting to be alive at times...

You ever have big emotions? Like, come out of the blue, hit you like a truck and run you over emotions? Well, the PlEASE skill is here...

THINK is a skill from the adolescent version of DBT. Jill Rathus and Alec Miller wrote the material for that form of DBT, with a forward...

First, apologies for this post coming on Tuesday and not Monday. It would have been effective to get this post prepped and scheduled to...

Welcome back to the next installment in our Trip Through the Skills Series. We are examining each of the skills taught in DBT and trying...

Today, we are back into our series taking a trip through each of the DBT skills. We are moving into the Interpersonal skills and first...

Welcome everyone. Very excited to have a guest writer returning to our blog. She will introduce herself again in her post, so I'll save...

It's January. Over the past couple of weeks over here at LifeWork, we've taken some time to pay attention to the things we accomplished...

Today we have a special post. At LifeWork, we are gathering donations over the next month for the The Violence Prevention Center of...

In my experience, there are a few skills taught in DBT that elicit some strong reactions. One of those skills is - Loving Kindness. It...

It feels really good to be right, doesn’t it? I mean, you get to feel proud and sometimes indignant or superior or better than or maybe...