Facebook Twitter Pinterest We live in this world where outcomes in our lives are controlled by so many precious variables - one second we're getting coffee preparing for our next meeting and the next we're experiencing one of the most life halting moments of our lives. We live moment to moment completely unaware of what[...]
Everything I see, especially online, has something or other to do with the way people look. I mean, I can't even observe other health influencers who aren't posting pictures of themselves talking about how they overcame depression (focusing the spotlight on beautiful white girls who strive over intersectional women), without feeling like this world is has become less and less real. Like it is some perverse, voyeurist[...]
Begin by Listening to Your Body Using Your Wise Mind When it comes to making decisions it can become easy to feel conflicted about a particular decision or action, if we listen careful enough our bodies will hold the answer to our true discernment. In dialectical behavioral therapy, this 'bodily intuition' is called the 'wise mind.' in therapeutic speak, a mindful awareness of emotions, or 'wise mind' is simil[...]
Finding the Path to Self Finding the path to the self is not an easy venture. There will be times that exploring the self can feel painful and rot with confusion. In the yogic practice, the journey to the self is called, “Swadaya.” The purpose of the sutra is to focus your attention into the internal state of presence, reminding yourself that you’re nothing but light and unconditional love or ‘the self.[...]
Assessing for Trauma and ACEs in Behavioral Pediatric Healthcare The health and well-being of Americans are facing a dangerous decline. This decline includes the emotional, economic and developmental safety of our youth and the future of America. In order to secure health outcomes for the American public, creating well-educated and healthy adult populations who can be active health participants in the globa[...]
"it is haunting me, the feeling of no longer wanting to be alive," reports the client. Just discharged from the hospital for ulcerative colitis, a hernia, bouts of psychosis and a blood sugar level that was three times that of the normal level. After registering him for a biopsy and an ultrasound, the patient was left alone with his psychiatric issues bearing the brunt of his physical conditions. The doctors[...]
There are so many times when we feel like we can't trust in God's plan. But the truth of the matter is when we aren't trusting in God's plan and controlling situations for ourselves - things start to go terribly awry. This is because humans without the presence of the Holy Spirit given to us by God can be driven by ego. And an ego without the holy spirit or super ego is addicted to the sensation of control[...]
About the Problem of Punishment: David Boonin is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of several other books including A Defense of Abortion and Thomas Hobbes and the Sciences of Moral Virtue. He works on examining the problem with a system that rewards punishment, particularly through dissecting the morality between state interference and human capital.[...]
The core aspects of developing a therapeutic alliance with your psychologist or therapist involves a set of factors developed by Carl Rogers. Carl Rogers is the father of person-centered psychotherapy, a therapy that focuses on accepting people as unique and diverse individuals. It focuses on core principles that makes a therapist effective in person-centered psychotherapy. Rogers s[...]
Setting morning intentions is a great way to experience more balance in your life. Intention setting is the practice of applying principles of change with how you want to live, be and show up in the world.