Caring Matters
“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?”Asked philosopher George Berkeley We trauma survivors ask: Did it really fall? Was it real? Did [Read More]
Our fear of being lost is primal; it is intrinsically encoded in the human brain, just as our response to snakes. Though getting lost can be frightening, it can be beneficial for our mental health. [Read More]
Attachment to the key figures in your life can significantly affect whether you develop scoliosis. Losing someone significant, having inconsistent care and support affects our nervous system – how we feel, how we cope with [Read More]
Only recently did I realize how beneficial coconuts are to my health and healing. I’m lucky to now live in a place where coconuts are plentiful and freely available. Whenever I take a walk, I [Read More]
Toxic parents should elicit moral disgust. It’s disgusting when those who bring a child into this world, abuse, neglect, and maltreat their helpless dependent little ones. However, as the noted author Pia Melody has pointed [Read More]
King Charles’ cancer diagnosis did come as a shocker for many. Despite our medical advances, cancer is often fatal in the long run. Thus, the news of someone having cancer brings on a sense of [Read More]
Last month, again I made one more of my serendipitous discoveries – bamboo leaves. Through some fated algorithm, I came across the benefits of bamboo leaves, namely, it is high in silica. What I was [Read More]
I feel I am inching toward the state of self-actualization. Gone are the days when I woke up being sucked by rumination of the past. Instead, my thoughts are focused on the desire to become [Read More]
There is no doubt that we live in a muscle culture. We are obsessed with muscle and spend a great deal of our lives building and developing muscle. In fact, from gyms to supplement companies, [Read More]
Memory reconsolidation is an important aspect of trauma healing. Remembering, accepting, making sense, and shifting those painful memories where they belong – in the past. You don’t forget traumatic memories; however, it moves into long-term [Read More]