Caring Matters
Many with scoliosis also have a deviated septum wherein the internal dividing wall between the right and left nostril – the nasal septum shifts away from the midline. This causes blockage/narrowing of the nasal airways [Read More]
To optimally function in the world, one must be adept at inferring the mental states of other people. We need to understand they are different from our own. This cognitive mechanism is known as the [Read More]
According to, body language expert, Amy Cuddy, holding one’s body in a 2-minute expansive power pose can change our mental state. The reason is that ‘high-power’ poses stimulate the release of testosterone (the hormone linked [Read More]
Not paying attention when your child says, ‘it’s not fair’ /that’s unfair, is one of the common ways we parents can louse up our relationship with our child. When kids say this, it means that [Read More]
Healing from childhood trauma is a trip into the unknown. We don’t know what we may encounter or the demons we may have to face. Nonetheless, if we are to heal and find our authentic [Read More]
New-age author Eckhart Tolle, conjured up the term pain-body, to explain the repressed emotional pain viscerally carried around inside a person. Most of us carry some kind of pain-body which is manifested as physical and [Read More]
Currently, I am in a liminal space, an in-between state where my traumatized past self is nearly gone but my new personality is still in development. For years, I was frozen in time, a frightened, [Read More]
Since my article on the emotional fascia and its implications in the development of scoliosis, I wanted to know how the fascia connects to the brain and which part of it. On researching, I learned [Read More]
The last few days have been tough, I felt stuck. Unable to move forward in my healing. I thought I had gotten over most of my past but alas there was still something that was [Read More]
Like many who suffer from scoliosis, I have lived with chronic pain for most of my life. And I have grown so used to it that when I was in labor I did not feel [Read More]