Healing Emotional Wounds Through Nutrition
We’ve all heard the old adage, “you are what you eat,” and generally we associate it with our physical bodies. We know that eating fast food will spike our blood sugar before crashing hard, making us feel sluggish and bloated. We also know too much junk will show up...
Healing Emotional Wounds Through Rhythm
The idea of using rhythm to recover from trauma is a powerful and under-utilized technique. While the idea is little known in our culture, the practice has been around for ages, from Gregorian Chanting in the middle ages, to the first recorded yoga texts in the 11th...
Healing Emotional Wounds Through Mindfulness
In recent years the concept of mindfulness has been gaining more attention in popular culture. Research has linked mindfulness to better sleep quality, improved immune function, and even lowered blood pressure. Mindfulness has also been shown to reduce symptoms...
Healing Emotional Wounds Through Exercise
Everyone is aware of the physical benefits of exercise, but recommending exercise as a mental health treatment is often underused. If you’ve ever experienced the afterglow from finishing an intense workout, or the runner’s high after pounding the pavement, you’ve...
Trauma & Emotions
Trauma can take on many forms. Some are obvious such as abuse, neglect, the death of a loved one, or a severe injury. Other forms of trauma are not as obvious, but can have a lasting impact nonetheless. These may include bullying, experiencing divorce, or rejection by...
Emotion Regulation: Weathering the Storm
It may sometimes seem like emotions come up out of the blue. Maybe your child arrives home from school, seemingly quiet and content, only to explode in anger at you moments later. Or maybe you suddenly feel like your patience is razor thin and that at any given time,...
