Depression. I have struggled with varying degrees of depression for most of my adult life. There have been periods of time where I didn’t care to wake up the next morning. Days where life was less of a roller coaster and more of an earthquake. Panic attacks that ended...
Has your child appeared sad, sullen, or irritable – more so than usual – for a few weeks? Have their grades, self-confidence, and sense of hope taken a nose-dive, yet to recover? Are they more self-critical or negative, or just not interested in things...
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...
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...
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...
