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...

Originally posted December 16, 2019. Have a peaceful holiday season, with a side of realism! In May of 2018, Cigna surveyed 20,000...

Originally posted December 6, 2019. Trauma survivors are made particularly anxious by the hoopla around the holidays. Because of the fear...

Originally posted November 30, 2019. These are not my actual x-rays…but I have a rod, plate and pins Chronic pain is defined as pain that...

As I shopped for and then began to prepare food for my family, I thought about this poem I have displayed in my counseling office. In my...

Updated June, 2023 How effective are everyday stress management techniques in helping keep a person healthy? How strongly do everyday...

Practice Heart Centered #Meditation to increase Mental Health and expand self love

Originally posted October 17, 2019. When Ted’s daughter Vivian FaceTimed him from college, she seemed a bit down. He suspected it was...

Originally posted September 15, 2019. It was a few months before Sarah felt she trusted me enough to reveal what she felt was her deepest...