It helps during these challenging years of our lives to accept that loss and sorrow are the natural order of things. By accepting loss, we can make the moments and relationships between richer and more meaningful. Recently I had a [...]
Claiming Peaceful Embodiment Through Yoga in the Aftermath of Trauma. Please follow the link below to read the full article. Abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of practicing yoga and its role within processes of [...]
As you check out at the grocery store, you share a laugh with the cashier about the face you see peering up at you from the uncommonly gnarled potato in your basket. At work, you and your teammates celebrate [...]
Yoga has come a long way in the past 50 years. Once regarded as pseudo-treatment operating on the fringe and lacking in scientific value, yoga has found mainstream acceptance and has been incorporated into medical and psychiatric therapies. New research [...]
There are calls for an unconventional treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder to be made more widely available to emergency services workers. Key points: Calls for EMDR to become available for emergency services workers Unconventional therapy developed in 1980s and treats [...]
Managing Conflict with Humor We've all heard that laughter is the best medicine, and it's true. Laughter relieves stress, elevates mood, enhances creativity, and makes you more resilient. But it’s not just good for your emotional and physical health. [...]
Brain plasticity, also known as neuroplasticity, is a term that refers to the brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience. When people say that the brain possesses plasticity, they are not suggesting that the brain is [...]
THERE is no rule book when it comes to parenting. We say things to our kids that come naturally. And often we say things that our own parents said to us. But unfortunately research has indicated that some of these [...]
A client of mine -- during our initial consultation -- said the following: "Here's my issue. When I'm in a relationship, I invest so much of myself into maintaining romance and intimacy that I forget who I am as an [...]
The difference between “real” time, measured by clocks, and our own sense of time can sometimes seem enormous. How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how [...]