One thing I have noticed during this pandemic is the variety of responses to the same stressful event: COVID-19. We know from research on trauma that not everyone responds to the same stressful event in the same way. There are variables. We know, for example, that the majority of individuals who experience traumatic events do…
What you practice grows stronger are you practicing mindfulness and compassion or are you practicing frustration and criticism? What we practice grows stronger, we know this now with research into neuroplasticity. We sculpt and shape our synaptic connections based on repeated practice. When we activate different parts of the brain, whether it’s attention and…
Anxiety, Stress and Depression through the Social Brain A large number of clients come to see me for anxiety, stress and depression, often believing there is something inherently wrong within them. We seem wired to think we are separate, perhaps because what links us is invisible to the naked eye. It’s difficult to see that…
How cutting ties from a ‘toxic’ person may be robbing us from seeing our part. “When one is more objective one is better able to see their part in the system, the way he effects the emotional functioning of others and the way others effect his emotional functioning. More objectivity means one is better able…
Drugs & Alcohol- a symptom of the system Drugs and alcohol have been used by human beings for millennia. Today, the ‘drug war’ receives near constant media attention even though most modern drugs were discovered and consumed many millennia ago. The prevalent view of addiction these days is that it is a disease which is…