Alyssa Luboff, Ph.D.

Alyssa Luboff, Ph.D.

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  • Your Pain Matters, Too

    Your Pain Matters, Too

    I often hear people diminish their own suffering with phrases like: It’s just first world problems. I have it so much easier than other people. It’s no big deal. I really have no right to complain. Sometimes we say these things because we’re trying to remind ourselves to be grateful for what we do have.…

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    March 6, 2023
  • Two Secrets to Hope

    Two Secrets to Hope

    People often reach out to me and say, “Alyssa, my life is insane. You just can’t imagine.” And I get it. I actually can imagine. I’ve been there. My life has been – and still is, because we’re always learning and growing – everything but simple or easy. And then there are the people I…

    alyssaluboff

    January 19, 2023
  • The Truth about Anger

    The Truth about Anger

    Many of us were taught as children to hold in our anger and to hide it. We didn’t feel safe to embrace our emotions or to express our truths. Many of us believed – and still do – that our anger is bad and hurts people. So, we hold it in, often to protect those…

    alyssaluboff

    September 13, 2022
  • What to Do When Life Is Really Hard

    What to Do When Life Is Really Hard

    There are times when life is really hard, when it feels like everything is falling apart, like things couldn’t possibly get any worse, until they do. How are you supposed to handle that? How are you supposed to even begin to make your way out of a mess like that? Start by asking yourself just…

    alyssaluboff

    August 15, 2022
  • The Shutdown We Truly Cannot Afford

    The Shutdown We Truly Cannot Afford

    Why can’t we afford another shutdown? The economy, the elections…So we force sick employees back into the workplace and traumatized students back into the schoolhouse…What about the workers whose personal lives fall apart under the stress? What about the drop in the labor force when so many are forced into early retirement? What about the…

    alyssaluboff

    December 30, 2021
  • People Who Panic Are Brave. You Should Be, Too.

    People Who Panic Are Brave. You Should Be, Too.

    About a decade ago, while surfing the Internet, I stumbled on a page written by someone who suffers from panic disorder. She was offering a course on how to overcome anxiety. I read her descriptions of not being able to leave her apartment with a complete lack of understanding. What was so hard about going…

    alyssaluboff

    October 7, 2021
  • Feel Like Your Work and Personal Life Are in Tension? There’s Just One Answer.

    Feel Like Your Work and Personal Life Are in Tension? There’s Just One Answer.

    Here’s a variation on a familiar saying: Life is what happens while you’re trying to get your work done. For many of us, balancing the demands of work and relationships feels impossible. These can be relationships with parents, partners, children, friends, and also ourselves. What we need to do to make a living feels at…

    alyssaluboff

    September 30, 2021
  • The One Reason You Might Think You Don’t Like Breathwork and Four More to Give It a Try

    The One Reason You Might Think You Don’t Like Breathwork and Four More to Give It a Try

    If you are like me, the very thought of breathwork can leave you gasping for air. No form of mindfulness sounds less relaxing or restoring than being asked to focus on your breath. Your heart starts racing. Your breathing becomes fast and shallow. Or maybe you get a queasy feeling in your stomach. For people…

    alyssaluboff

    September 22, 2021
  • The Anatomy of a Broken Heart, and How to Heal One

    The Anatomy of a Broken Heart, and How to Heal One

    The death of a loved one. The rupture of a relationship. The loss of a job. The failure of a project. The dismantling of a dream. The end of an era. There are many reasons that the heart breaks, that we feel an emptiness in the center of our chests as the world around us…

    alyssaluboff

    February 23, 2021
  • Don’t Be Afraid to Hurt Those You Love

    Don’t Be Afraid to Hurt Those You Love

    You may think from the title that this post is about being selfish or taking advantage of people. It’s actually about learning to love more. And it’s not written for sadists or manipulators; it is for caretakers and co-dependent types. We each have different styles of loving, and with them, comes different healing work to…

    alyssaluboff

    February 12, 2021
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Being alone is not lonely when you remember to stand with yourself. #loneliness #selflove #selfrespect #selfcare #mindfulness #healingjourney #anxiousattachment #fearofabandonment #relationshiphealing This is the anxious-avoidant dynamic in a nutshell. It can happen with any gender and in any kind of relationship. Just starting to see how it works can bring clarity and power. The next big step is learning to self-soothe, to regulate ourselves, so that we can speak our truths in ways that the people we love and interact with every day can hear us and meet us where we’re at.💜 My eyes are not neutral; I refuse to be detached. In meditation, my intention is to receive every thought, every feeling with compassion. And in life, I strive to see you through these same eyes of compassion…because this is how I believe we all heal – not through distanced objectivity, but through radical love. When life strips away everything we thought we needed, it reveals what we truly have. Thank you @petra_mermaid for sharing this powerful photo from your travels. We are not alone; let us flow together.💞 From deep wounds rise great gifts. #healingjourney #selfhealing #selfcompassion #ptsdrecovery #traumarecovery #traumahealing #relationshiphealing #recovery #selflove #personalgrowth #growthmindset #mindfulness #meditation #alyssaluboff No one else has ever lived your life or walked in your shoes. No one else truly understands the challenges or the joys. In each moment, you are doing the best possible job of being you, of being the one piece of the Universe that it is your responsibility to co-create. And the more that you accept right here, right now, where you are, how you are, the more beautiful it will become.🌱 Sometimes the clouds obscure it. Sometimes life swirls so loudly in chaos that we miss it. But peace is always right here within us.🕊️ Remember to show up for love.💛
 

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