by Jenny Bilksie-Smith | Nov 6, 2025
Why Setting Healthy Boundaries Can Make You Feel So Guilty—Even When You’re Just Taking Care of Yourself By Jenny Bilskie-Smith, LCSW | Wise Body Therapy The Emotional Guilt of Setting Healthy Boundaries There’s a certain kind of guilt that shows up the moment you try...
by Jenny Bilksie-Smith | Apr 12, 2025
Trauma Bonds: Why You Stay, and How to Heal Trauma bonds are strong emotional attachments formed through repeated cycles of connection and pain, often rooted in early attachment wounds. These relationships can feel intense, magnetic, and deeply confusing—especially...
by Jenny Bilksie-Smith | Mar 25, 2025
What Is Generational Trauma? How Inherited Trauma Affects Your Mind, Body, and Relationships—And What You Can Do to Heal You don’t have to remember the trauma to be living inside its echo. Maybe you’ve always felt a vague sense of unease, or the need to be...
by Jenny Bilksie-Smith | Feb 6, 2025
From Loneliness to Solitude: Healing the Fear of Being Alone Does being alone feel deeply unsettling—almost like a primal fear? If solitude triggers anxiety instead of peace, you’re not alone. For many, loneliness isn’t just an uncomfortable state; it’s tied to deeper...
by Jenny Bilksie-Smith | Feb 6, 2025
Stop Feeling Lonely: How To Build Real Connections Loneliness can trick the nervous system into self-protection just when we most need connection. Key Points Loneliness isn’t a flaw—it’s a biological cue. When we feel lonely, our nervous system is signaling a need for...
