Caring Matters
Recently, a fellow scoliosis warrior wrote that her doctor told her that scoliosis is due to a malfunction of the pineal gland. That got me digging about the pineal gland’s connection to scoliosis. According [Read More]
A child learns to regulate her emotions only through the process of co-regulation. And, touch is a powerful way to calm a distressed, sad, angry child. When parents respond to a child’s distress by lifting [Read More]
As a gold miner, I keep digging for nuggets of information that could assist my healing from mental and physical issues. In one of my earlier posts on the fascia and scoliosis, I stumbled upon [Read More]
The favorite line of most estranged parents utter is ‘even though I did the best for my kids, yet they hate me‘. Or ‘how can they be so ungrateful for all that I have done?’ [Read More]
The root of Complex-post-traumatic stress disorder ( C-PTSD) is inescapable fear. As children, the only option in dealing with dangerous predators aka abusive parents/caregivers is freezing – numbing out, dissociating not reacting. Becoming frozen zombies [Read More]
Survival in a dysfunctional family entails keeping our parents/caregivers happy. How they feel, what they want is what matters. We repress our true feelings, needs, desires in fear of being beaten, derided, or rejected. We [Read More]
Thanks to my neuroplastic brain, life feels much better. I have come a long way. The pain, confusion, and utter despair have given way to feeling hopeful about the future. It is not something that [Read More]
‘Fascia is the organ of posture’ according to the inimitable Ida Rolf, creator of Rolfing Therapy. And it is very sensitive to the emotional firings of our brain. Growing up in a state of chronic [Read More]
Modern life is filled with many conveniences and we mistakenly assume that they must be good for us. But that is usually not the case. There are numerous things we believe are good for our [Read More]
Closure from our painful past is something that cannot be willed. However much you wish, you simply cannot just shut the door and stop the putrid stench wafting into your present existence – you just [Read More]