by Steve Sunseth | Mar 7, 2026 | Blog
If you’re an adoptee, you may have spent years feeling like something was just… off — without being able to name it. Maybe you’ve worked hard to be grateful, to be fine, to be the person everyone needed you to be. And maybe, somewhere along the way, you...
by Steve Sunseth | Feb 27, 2026 | Blog
If you’re an adoptee who feels like you can sense a mood shift before anyone says a word—if you track facial expressions, tone, pauses, “energy,” and who’s sitting where—you’re not imagining it. This pattern is common, and it’s rarely a character flaw. Adoptee...
by Steve Sunseth | Feb 20, 2026 | Blog
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “I understand why I’m like this… so why can’t I change it?” — you’re in good company. A lot of people who come to therapy have already done plenty of reflecting. They’ve read the books, listened to podcasts, tried breathing...
by Steve Sunseth | Feb 13, 2026 | Blog
If you’ve ever thought, “Why do I shut down like that?” or “Why do I get so intense, so fast?”—NARM offers a compassionate answer: You adapted. In the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), survival styles are the nervous system’s best attempt to protect us when...
