It’s surprising how many clients have expressed guilt for coming to therapy because they shouldn’t need it. Their childhood wasn’t that bad or traumatic. Researchers now understand that Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) are early life experiences which fall into two categories. Any experience which causes you to feel like your…
I have a very personal connection to the world of Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVA). Like up-close and personal. And when I think back to my time living in that world of hurt and fear, I wish that I had known then what I know now. My goal with this blog…
While on a recent European trip, a brief conversation with my travel partner had me feeling out of sorts. Recognizing that my emotional responses to our conversation were just that. My responses, my feelings, I began applying for myself the Emotional Freedom and Intention Energy Process Techniques I use with…
Forgive and forget. Easy to say, not always so easy to do. What are we supposed to do about the "unforgiveable"? Many of us carry the heavy burden of resentment, hurt, outrage, and/or disappointment for what others have or haven’t done in the past. The transgressions are so big…
95% of the time I spend using Highlighters in this office is NOT to underline important information. No no, but rather to produce that soul satisfying “pop” sound they make when you handle them properly. And all just for the purpose of putting a smile on my face. I can…
Many of us are terribly self judgmental. Victims of all-or-nothing thinking about our performance, appearance, and worth. This often takes the form of automatic negative tapes running in our heads. Since learning self compassion is a critical skill in developing emotional resiliency, the long term effects of this self talk…
I’m grumpy. It’s been a week. Controversy, convoys, conspiracy correlations. I’m fed up with it, and I’m done. Except it’s not necessarily done with me. One of the most powerful lessons I ever learned as a healer was that feelings are vibrations in the body. At first, I thought that…
Here's another story of a recent patient of mine. Like many, this woman came for therapy to improve her quality of life. She was experiencing high stress and anxiety. The session began as I normally like them to. I started explaining that no matter what happened, she would never hurt,…
Mainstream medicine now accepts that the conscious, and unconscious mind, body, and immune system are all intimately interconnected. It’s a continuous and very responsive, multi-directional feedback system. The happy practical result of this, is that you can support the entire system through any one or more of these pathways. One…
