My Dialectical Life

How are you self-soothing?

101 Ideas for Self-Soothing (That Cost Less Than $25) — Amanda L. Smith, LCSW Bookmark or save this page now. You may need it in the future. One of ways we help ourselves is to engage in consistent self-care. There’s nothing wrong with prioritizing your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs if it means that you are taking care of yourself while your are working toward im

You already know you want things to be different.
You already know waiting won’t create change.
“Progress is impossible without change.”

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Book giveaway for The Self-Compassion Workbook for BPD: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Find Self-Forgiveness, Healing, and Self-Love with Borderline Personality Disorder by Amanda Smith LCSW Nov 10-Nov 17, 2025 20 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 10-Nov 17, 2025. Powerful skills to help you cultivate unshakable self-respect, self-love, self-compass...

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Will you join me tomorrow—Saturday, July 13?

Online Course: The Science Behind Self-Compassion for Highly-Sensitive Individuals — Amanda L. Smith, LCSW Highly-sensitive individuals or emotionally-sensitive persons can sometimes be self-critical and self-sabotaging. These self-critical behaviors and reactions can keep us stuck in unhealthy relational patterns and are often a significant obstacle to our growth as healthy adults. How self-compassion

Are you self-compassionate?

What crisis resources do you recommend?

BPD Crisis Resources and Help (Updated for 2024) — Amanda L. Smith, LCSW Life might feel like its an unrelenting crisis or emergency at times. If you have a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder and are feeling suicidal, self-injurious, or self-destructive, the good news is that there are people who are willing to help. Whatever you are doing right now, stop

Family DBT Recommended by DBT Path — Amanda L. Smith, LCSW Desiring a healthier, more stable relationship? Needing more effective ways to communicate? Trying to get unstuck from patterns that don’t help you or your loved one to feel better? 

A new webinar! Join us!

Coping with Chronic Suicidal Thinking and Planning: Success Strategies for Providers, Family Members, and Individuals Who Are Suffering — Amanda L. Smith, LCSW This one-hour webinar will take place via Zoom on Saturday, May 18 at 10:00 am Central. (Live in another time zone? You can convert the webinar time using this web site.) The cost is $29 and current subscribers to My Dialectical Life or My Hopeful Life can join for free. This webinar is for a

A moment or two of mindfulness may be all that need!

Wise Mind Practice Dropping Into the Pauses