Healthy Relationships
These are limitations and rules we set for ourselves and others, in order to protect us and allow us to feel safe and comfortable emotionally, mentally and physically.
What are Boundries?
This the practice of paying full attention to the present moment—on purpose, with curiosity, and without judgment.
What is Mindfulness?
This is when one looks at the extremes of a circumstance and believes the dynamics or outcome have to be one way or another. For example, you either like me or you don't.
What is All-or-Nothing/ Black-or-White Thinking?
It’s how you describe yourself and choose the specific characteristics that make you the unique person that you are.
What is Identity?
She is the Executive Director of Covered Colorado.
Johanna Spille :)
This is where your friendships should start. People you can come into relationship with, with no expectation, you are learning more about them and who they are.
What is Neutral Friendship?
This is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage your emotions—especially in situations that are stressful, triggering, or overwhelming.
What is Emotional Regulation?
This is when one expects disaster to strike, no matter what. This is also referred to as magnifying, and can also come out in its opposite behavior, minimizing.
What is Catastrophizing?
These are your deepest guiding principles—the core beliefs and priorities that shape how you live, make decisions, and relate to the world.
What are my Values?
This is where we come everyday during the week to do groups.
What is the Care and Education Center?
These are the neutral friendships that evolve into people who you allow to pour into you.
What is Pour In Friendship?
This is your ability to cope with intense emotional pain or stress without making the situation worse.
What is Distress Tolerance?
Without individuals saying so, this is when a person knows what another person is feeling and thinking – and exactly why they act the way they do.
What is Jumping to Conclusions?
This involves stimulating both sides of the brain or body in a rhythmic, alternating pattern—usually through eye movement, sound, or touch.
What is bilateral stimulation?
This is the distance of the Sun from Earth.
What is 93 million miles?
This is a change, twist, or exaggeration that makes something appear different from the way it really is.
What is a Distortion?
This is the skill of getting your needs met in relationships while maintaining self-respect and healthy connections with others.
What is Interpersonal Effectiveness?
This is when a person holds other people responsible for their emotional pain.
What is Blaming?
This is a mind-body tool that combines gentle tapping on specific points on your body (like acupuncture points) with focused thoughts or affirmations.
What is EFT Tapping?
This is what we do before every Thursday community meeting.
What is "light a candle for the woman still trying to find her way home"?
Attention
Acceptance
Appreciation
Affection
Allowing
What are the 5 A's to Healthy Loving?
This is a distress tolerance skill that helps you calm down by gently engaging your sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.
What is Self Soothe with the 5 senses?
This is when a person generalizes one or two qualities into a negative global judgment about themselves or another person.
What is Labeling?
This is a clearly defined objective that follows five key criteria to make it easier to achieve, track, and stay motivated.
What is a SMART Goal?
These are the four key elements we provide for clients at Covered.
What is Housing, Community, Counseling and Education?