Many of us feel pressure to make New Year’s Resolutions, the tradition to focus on things we aspire to do, like exercise every day or stop eating junk food. According to Time Magazine, “…by some estimates, as many as 80% of people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions by February. Only 8% of people stick with […]

We all live our lives with a myriad of expectations that prepare us for what is going to happen in the coming moments, hours, days, or weeks. We expect and then anticipate what we are confident will occur, making whatever preparations are needed to meet those expectations. Sometimes our expectations are based on what we […]

I like to bring a variety of fidgets to almost any of my meetings when I am talking about trauma and regulation. I am consistently impressed even with professionals at how much it means to have fidgets in the room. I think part of it is that everyone loves a unique gift. What’s also interesting […]

I hear many people lamenting about how overwhelmed they feel at this time of year. I’m right there with them simultaneously wishing I knew what to do to prevent becoming overwhelmed and then how to address it when it happens. The irony is that when we are overwhelmed our brains don’t allow us to be […]

Recently a participant in one of our classes asked for clarification about the whole subject of how the brain can be triggered and what the brain dynamics are when that triggering takes place. I thought readers might appreciate some information to help explain the instantaneous process when a memory is triggered for someone who has […]