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Paper Doll Secrets
If you are paying attention to the paper dolls we use to help teach us the DBT skills, you may have noticed a few things about our paper...

Jeanie
Feb 26, 20243 min read


What we do in the mindfulness shadows
The WHAT skill is intended to teach us what we do when mindful. We observe we describe, and we participate. Like all of the DBT skills,...

Nancy
Feb 25, 20241 min read


Dialectics in DBT - Two things can be true at once
It can sound strange at first to think about the concept of dialectics where two opposing things can be true simultaneously. Giving...

Patsy
Feb 21, 20241 min read


Mindfulness, What the hell?
Mindfulness is HUGE. Mindfulness is a key DBT skill. The paper dolls are in the underwear because mindfulness is foundational. The other...

Carol
Feb 21, 20241 min read


"How" to be Mindful
The DBT HOW skill tells us how to be mindful. Like all of the skills, the best thing we can do to learn the skill is to practice noticing...

Carol
Feb 19, 20241 min read


Where is my WISE MIND?
When we feel out of control, we feel detached from our calm and wise minds. When we look back on our destructive behaviors, it can seem...

Carol
Feb 16, 20241 min read


What's the deal with Radical Acceptance?
Maybe all of the DBT skills are magical in some ways. But there is something truly transformational about Radical Acceptance. At least in...

Carol
Feb 4, 20241 min read


Inside the Paper Doll Studio
Get the inside story behind each of the paper dolls.

Jeanie
Feb 8, 20235 min read


Paper Dolls Discovery
I visited a special shop on the Tennessee plateau. Inside, I found an amazingly unusual collection of antiques and bric-a-brac. I was...

Jeanie
Jan 18, 20234 min read


