Donna Jacobs Psych

01/13/2024

Relationships are hard.
People often don't know what to say and say things just to please others. But when you stand firm in your skin with your feet on the ground, how you respond will make a difference.

Learn to say "no".
Learn to listen within.
Learn to take in complaints and criticism non-defensively.
Learn empathy.

All these will make relationships easier.

Emotionally secure people are confident and comfortable in their own skin. But it takes work to get there. Dr. Cortney Warren, a Harvard psychologist and bestselling author, reveals the phrases that the most emotionally stable people say every day.

11/14/2023

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11/08/2023

GOOD NEWS!
I am so thrilled to announce that my “Becoming Your Best Self” course is officially online through the Udemy platform! This course will allow you to work through the program at your own pace, anytime & anywhere.

Learn more: https://www.udemy.com/course/becoming-your-best-self-transform-your-life-in-6-steps/?referralCode=352168F1CEB52FDF3448

10/31/2023

The Longest Goodbye - an original song by Donna Jacobs

Donna knows that anyone who is a caregiver for a loved one with dementia shares her experience and knows that this is "The Longest Goodbye".

10/26/2023

GOOD NEWS!
Donna's "Becoming Your Best Self" course will be available to you on November 7th!

The course will take you through Donna's "Self-Integration Model", help you understand the impact of our families of origin and teach you the 6-step healing to deactivate uncomfortable emotions. Stay tuned for more details of the reveal!

09/12/2023

What is a midlife crisis?
Watch the video to see what a mid-life crisis actually is.

09/05/2023

A dysregulated parent can never regulate a dysregulated child.
A parent who has a child who is in a tantrum gets activated. We all do. If you match your child’s energy, then you are both deactivated and that will do nothing to help your child or get you to understand what is going on. Watch the video to see how to do it differently.

08/29/2023

Connect to Disconnect
People have a tendency to shut down and stonewall when feelings get high. Walking away from someone or ‘giving them the cold shoulder’ ruptures the connection of the relationship. We all get activated. Why not try and tell the person “I am too activated now to continue this conversation and I don’t want to say something I might regret. I need some time away to calm down’? Remember – it has to come with a promise to return. If you are having trouble calming down, go back and say, ‘I’m still not ready, I need another half hour.’ But make sure to return.

08/22/2023

All Behaviour is Motivated.
People have a tendency to focus on the behaviour at hand. Instead, why don’t you try looking and understanding what drives this behaviour?

Especially when raising children, we tend to focus on the ‘bad’ behaviour instead of delving into what is motivating that behaviour. In order to get a better sense of your child, (or it could be a friend or partner, or parent) this information will be extremely important as you go through the years.

12/19/2022

The holidays are coming - which for some means happiness and relaxation, while for others it means stress and pressure.

For those who fall in to the first category - may you have a happy and healthy season. For those of you who fall in to the second category - here are some tools that may help.

All the best!

11/15/2022

Perfection

Donna Jacobs, M.A.
Psychologist

Learn more at https://donnajacobs.ca/