"It's clear our bodies still recognize nature as our home…” Professor Yoshifumi Miyazaki.

Marriage is not a simple relationship. There are so many levels of differences in individuals. And so many ways for a couple to feel...

What has depression in women and the recent article about feminisim and mothering by the writer Erica Jong got to do with each other? We...

Updated February 18, 2022 Funny how we live our lives is influenced by media and social change. The feminist movement strove to help...

You might be wondering, “Why is my doctor singling ME out? Am I really experiencing postpartum depression? But I am a good mom, this...

I just read an article in Oprah’s September, 2010 magazine, by editor-in-chief Susan Casey. Ms. Casey wrote about she recently witnessed...

While it is truly wonderful that women’s moods, such as postpartum depression, from a biological perspective, are now being studied in...

Welcome to my blog, Musings about Moms, Marriage, and Mental Health! As a result of my own life experiences, I hope to reach out to...

Flower essences are in the realm of naturopathy, herbalism and energy therapies. Flower essences (FE) work on the vibrational level.

Updated January 28, 2022 This is NOT about agreeing with anyone’s political agenda. This is about the dynamics of power, silence and...

Updated December 31, 2021. Benton MacKaye pioneered the concept of land preservation for recreation and conservation. Back in the early...

Eare processed in the brain, from the bottom up: from the emotional brain to the rational brain.

Ttraumatic memories are physically encoded differently in the brain than regular, non-traumatic memories.

In this article, we’ll talk about the cranial nerves, and, more specifically, the vagus nerve and polyvagal theory.

Advances in neurobiology – knowing how our brains and nervous systems work – help us understand how PTSD symptoms persist and how they heal

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a painful, frightening and frustrating condition.

Updated January 1, 2022 When I was at home raising my son, I made fire cider every winter. As the years went by, I got out of the habit....

Originally posted March 23, 2020. About 98% of our mental activity…the reasons why we do things…is unconscious (Bargh, 2017). ...

Originally posted February 23, 2020. I wanted to announce that I’ve added Somatic Experiencing® to my skillset as a psychotherapist....

Originally posted February 5, 2020. If President Barack Obama can release his 2019 book list, so can I! Of course, my book list consists...