Meghan Breen Therapy Services

12/24/2025

HO HO HOLD onto your coping skills!
Anything could happen. ❤️✌️

12/22/2025

Ohhh THESE monkeys?? It’s all fun and games until you take your healing on the road. let them!
Tips for staying on track:

If you want to survive the holidays without blowing up your progress (or your relationships), you need practical, no-BS skills you can actually use in your real, uncurated life. Here are some tips for staying on track when you’re back in the family trenches:
✅ Wear your “rightness” like a loose garment: Prioritize being effective over being right—save the list of “I told you so’s” for your therapist later.
✅ Pack your “coach in your pocket”: Keep your DBT skills or coping list on your phone so you don’t have to think when you hit the “Red Zone.”
✅ Use validation like a magic bullet: Acknowledge their perspective to de-escalate the tension, even if you don’t agree, what makes sense about it.
✅ Separate the narrative from the moment: Choose the most generous interpretation of their behavior to protect your own peace, not theirs.
✅ Check “all-or-nothing” thinking at the door: One messy interaction isn’t a failure; recovery is about how fast you pivot back to being skillful.
✅ Signal safety with humor: slow, light & flexible.
✅ Stop “helping” where it’s not helpful: Focus on regulating your own anxiety instead of trying to fix anyone else’s problems.
✅ Use noise-canceling headphones: Take mini-breaks with a podcast or meditation to physically and mentally tune out.
You got this! 🎄✨

12/20/2025

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This year has been bu****it! Do your best and keep it moving.

12/18/2025

www.meghanbreen.com/blog/2025/12/18/ho-ho-hold-on-to-your-coping-skills-12-therapist-approved-tips-holiday-edition

HO HO HOLD on to your coping skills. Here are 12 therapist‑approved tips for getting through the holidays, without losing yourself, your sanity, or your nervous system in the process. 1 . If You Can’t Make It Better, Focus on Not Making It Worse You do not have to fix your entire family system b

12/18/2025

You’re not failing, you’re full. Try these gentle practices.

12/15/2025

Clear is kind. ‘Tis the season 🎄

12/12/2025

Did you say explain my whole life in one sentence?

Makes sense right? People who experience emotional intensity often practice emotional avoidance as a coping mechanism to manage overwhelming feelings. This can manifest in various ways, such as:

💜 Self-reliance, hyper-independence, and high-functioning behaviors: These strategies involve avoiding vulnerability, suppressing needs, and seeking control to manage intense emotions.
💜 Dissociation: mentally distancing oneself from the present moment to avoid experiencing intense emotions.
💜 Substance abuse: using alcohol or drugs to numb or escape from difficult feelings.
💜 Avoidance behaviors: refusing to engage with situations or people that trigger strong emotions.
💜 Suppression: consciously trying to ignore or push away uncomfortable feelings.

Practice:

⭐️ Recognize the pattern: Identify the situations or triggers that lead to emotional avoidance.
⭐️ Challenge your thoughts: Question the negative or distorted thinking patterns that contribute to avoidance. Pay attention to the language you use to describe your reality. (The reality you see is the reality you live in).
⭐️ Practice mindfulness: Focus on the present moment and accept your emotions without judgment. Ask how can I support this emotion, how can I sit with this without needing to change it.
⭐️Reassurance Mantra: I can handle this. It’s uncomfortable and unpleasant right now, but my body is wired to feel this.
⭐️Develop healthy coping skills: Engage in activities that help you manage stress and regulate emotions. Support yourself and your practice, time takes time.
⭐️ Support: find a great therapist.
Remember, overcoming emotional avoidance takes time and effort. Be patient with yourself and celebrate your progress along the way.

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12/10/2025

What! Reset the vagus vein, just let me. listening to the pod as a therapist is truly wild

She’s all, “I needed that laugh, and it’s just a video I made about Mel Robbins”

12/09/2025

www.meghanbreen.com/blog/2025/12/4/the-interpersonal-effectiveness-triangle-no-matter-what-the-situation-we-are-constantly-balancing-these-three-things

There is a quiet little decision point underneath almost every hard conversation you have: Am I going to fight for the outcome? Am I going to protect the relationship? Am I going to protect my relationship with myself? Can I be true to myself in this scenario? What does it mean to compromise here?

12/09/2025

Thanks Mel, fixed it.

12/08/2025

Keep fighting the good fight and if people are trying to ruin your life, “let them” I mean don’t let them, but like let them, you know?

12/08/2025

This skill is a game changer!