Amy Fuller Phd

02/26/2026

Are you carrying wounds from a relationship that still shape how you show up today?

Healing Forward is a 10-week virtual therapy process group for women healing from relationship trauma or intimate partner violence.

In partnership with Raise Up Families and led by Sika Apaloo, LMFTA, this structured group focuses on rebuilding your voice, strengthening boundaries, and developing steadiness and self-trust.

Begins March 17
Tuesdays | 7–8:30 PM
Confidential | Virtual
$20 per session

Learn more and complete the interest form at https://fullerlifefamilytherapy.org/group-therapy/

02/24/2026

Self-soothing includes allowing what isn’t resolved yet.
Patience gives the inner world space to settle in its own time.

Some things don’t resolve through effort or force.
They unfold through patience, presence, and time.

02/22/2026

At Fuller Life, we believe growth doesn’t always happen in loud breakthroughs — sometimes it happens in soft pauses, steady breaths, and moments of intentional calm.

Quiet can be a skill.
Self-soothing can be learned.
And peace can be practiced.

02/19/2026

"Trauma often lives in the body long after events have passed. When the nervous system freezes, learning to gently return to sensation and awareness helps restore movement, choice, and presence."

Self-soothing includes learning how to stay present with the body - even when sensations feel uncomfortable or unfamiliar. Healing begins with gentle awareness.

https://fullerlifefamilytherapy.org/body-trauma-frozen-fully-living/

02/18/2026

Self-soothing goes wrong when you need someone else or a substance to do it for you.

02/17/2026

Self-soothing doesn’t make the waves go away.

Self-soothing builds the capacity to stay present when things rise and fall.

02/15/2026

Strong relationships don’t grow by accident.
They grow when people grow.

In her newest blog, Dr. Amy Fuller explores why intimacy depends on developing a solid, flexible sense of Self — and why many couples get stuck in comfort cycles that prevent real strength.

Growth in love requires developing four capacities:
• A Solid, Flexible Self
• A Calm Heart and Quiet Mind
• Grounded Responding
• Meaningful Endurance

These are the foundations of Fuller Life’s Year of Self-Development — a structured, month-by-month invitation to strengthen the internal capacities strong relationships require.
If you want more than surface harmony — if you want depth, resilience, and real intimacy — this is for you.

Read the full blog here:
🔗 https://fullerlifefamilytherapy.org/strong-relationships-solid-self/

02/15/2026

SelfCareSunday: Choosing peace in small moments means slowing down when your mind feels busy. It looks like supporting your nervous system with intention and care.
Today, create space for comfort and calm.
Meet yourself with kindness.

02/14/2026

Strengthening connection starts with how we respond under stress. Turning toward rather than away requires emotional regulation, presence, and intention — especially during moments of tension." Nicole Thompson

Healthy connection works better when you self-sooth rather than rely on your partner to regulate you.
When we self-regulated, we’re better able to turn toward love instead of reacting from stress.

https://fullerlifefamilytherapy.org/strengthen-your-relationship/

02/13/2026

Learning to calm yourself changes how you show up in relationship.

When you can’t or don't quiet yourself, it often means your partner gets pulled into regulating you.

Self-soothing reduces that pressure and makes intimacy possible again.

Quotes from Dr. David Schnarch.

Follow us for 12 months of self-development:
Becoming your best self in 2026.

02/11/2026

These are simple ways to self-soothe and help the nervous system settle.

Warmth. Breath. Gentle movement. Stillness.

You can return to them anytime.

02/11/2026