Notes from Dr. Border

Journal Prompt: Write about a stressful or traumatic situation that is on your mind. My example- My mother used to verbally abuse me. Her tirade would last from 15 to 30 minutes. I was always lying in my bed when she did this. She would be standing in the doorway of my room, with the hall light behind her, making her physical appearance a silhouette. I can’t describe specifically what she would say because I would block out her painful words, but words she used repeatedly we

Journal Prompt: What happened to your roots? What do you acknowledge from your past that had a negative impact on your mental health through childhood? (Abuse, neglect, abandonment…) How did the things in #1 affect your trunk and branches? What do you accept as negative thoughts you have about yourself from your childhood? (Low self-esteem, depression, dysfunctional behaviors…) Based on the answers in #2, what coping behaviors do you accept on your apples? (Self-critism, bod

Self-esteem, self-worth, and self-identity are key parts in creating the life you want, but many of us were not able to develop any of these during our childhood. Now in adulthood we are still struggling to develop them. The following prompts can help you strengthen them and proceed on a healing journey! To work on your self-esteem: Do you like who you are? If you said yes to #1, what do you like about yourself? If you said no to #1, what don't you like about yourself? If you