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“The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go.” — Anonymous My sense is that Mother Earth is trying to get our attention. With the floods in South Asia, earthquake in Mexico, and Hurricane Harvey and Irma, she is shouting at the top of her lungs! And I, […]
Why is it that we can be surrounded by people – even our friends and family – and yet still feel alone? Research has suggested that loneliness is more common than we might think, with 80% of children and 40% of seniors experiencing it. Loneliness results when we believe if we reveal our true self […]
“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.” ― Leo Tolstoy Total solar eclipses are not as rare as we might think, happening somewhere in the world every 18 months or so. However, the next one to cross the United States from coast to coast, like […]
At any age, in today’s fast-paced world, we may be challenged by our ability to maintain our focus long enough to actually create a memory worth remembering! I hear myself saying almost daily “Thank God for Google” or I wouldn’t be able to remember the name of the new restaurant in town I saw on […]
“It takes a village to raise a child.” ― African Proverb Many of us may not have children or our children may already be grown, yet it doesn’t mean that we can forget about our parenting skills, because we never know when our “parent part” may be called upon to assist in raising happy and healthy […]
Growing up in a dysfunctional, toxic family environment left deep, ingrained patterns of thinking and acting to avoid the uncomfortable, powerful emotions that boiled just beneath the surface, until my ability to stuff them down and sit on them didn’t work. It was at those times that the emotions would come out – and come […]
“PTSD isn’t about what’s wrong with you, it’s about what happened to you.” ― Author Unknown Much of our time is spent crossing items off of our “To Do” lists and attempting to juggle multiple demands and commitments. This fast paced lifestyle over time can wreck havoc on our nervous systems, literally leading the body toward […]
Growing up in a family that was “broken” by divorce for multiple generations, I experienced a great deal of stress as a young child navigating the after-effects of such an interpersonal event without any logical awareness that such an event would someday be viewed as trauma. Many people may view post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as […]
“Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.” ― Buddha We all experience challenges in our life that cause us pain, whether physical, emotional, mental, and/or spiritual. Adversity is a fact of life and part of the common human condition. So accepting […]
The month of May was proclaimed National Mental Health Awareness Month back in 2013 and, as I indicated in my last Talk Therapy reflection in March, I want to share more about the research around adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), the resulting developmental trauma, and the long-term impact on body-mind health. The intention behind this reflection […]
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