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What is a ‘Mother Wound’? Before we go into defining this relatively new term that has been bouncing around the healing space, let us first clarify a very important aspect of this work: this work is not about blame. This is not about blaming one’s mother, or grandmother, but about
During my second year of college I had a nervous breakdown. I was working 70hrs a week at two jobs, with only an hour for lunch each day. As you’re probably aware, when your commute is at least 20 minutes, an hour between jobs means you don’t have much time
In high school psychology we learned about Pavlov and his dogs. Unfamiliar? By ringing a bell every time he fed the dog, he taught the dog’s brain to associate the sound of the bell with food. So much so, that the dogs would start drooling at the sound of the
Uncontrolled emotions or fears can be problematic for your personal relationships and for your health. Fortunately, there are tools you can learn to help you keep them in check. Anxiety, anger, fear, ruminating thoughts — whatever you call them, they can be extremely powerful and completely overtake you. They can
Meditation, although practiced for centuries around the world, is relatively new to the Western societies. To some, it’s just a buzz word. “Hippy woo woo nonsense.” However, with advances in science over the last several decades have allowed multiple fields of research to ‘dig in’ to just what meditation does
It’s no secret that being a survivor isn’t easy. Especially in the beginning. Survivors of abuse, assault, trafficking, and relationship violence are some of the toughest people on the planet! But it doesn’t always feel that way. When first restarting our lives, our nervous systems have been in a fight
Let’s talk about…..yoga. No, not just stretching in funny positions, but rather a 6,000 year old set of instructions of how to live life designed to create a healthy, strong, mindful existence. I spent the weekend in the company of my mother and her retired friends, and their children. Regardless
Some people float through life in the present moment. They may occasionally worry about this or that, but they generally aren’t obsessed with the future or the past. I honestly don’t know too many of those people. Most of the people I run into were raised differently, to be constantly
So what, according to Buddhism, is wisdom? The highest wisdom is seeing that in reality ALL things are incomplete, impermanent, and not the self. By understanding this, one can be free and secure in the state of which is called Nirvana. However it is not ‘wisdom’ if we simply believe
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