Steps and Formulas for Healing if Triggered
When I feel any negative perception, emotion, or feel stressed I STOP and NOTICE what I am feeling or thinking. I wonder why that feeling or thought arose inside me. I understand someone or something external to me TRIGGERED me, and I become curious about what is...
Parts vs Pathology: An Understanding of our Inner System
Traditional mental health assessment is typically organized around diagnosing pathology, which is designed according to lists of symptoms chosen by committees of professionals. Instead of this medical model, we can understand the psyche as the activities of a plural...
Effective Communication – Based on Nonviolent Communication by M. Rosenberg
Based on Nonviolent Communication by M. Rosenberg What others say or do may be the stimulus for our feelings, but is not the cause of our feelings. Our feelings result from how we choose to receive what others say and do, as well as our particular needs at that...
What Fear Does To Your Brain — And How To Stop It
According to neuroscience, fear is killing us. From our televisions to our political conversations, we are inundated with messages of fear. We feel more afraid of the world and our own neighbors now than we have in decades. But all that fear isn’t good for us. In...