We all have our guilty pleasures. For some it’s using a drug to find a pleasant high. However, what do you do when someone you love slips from occasional use to addiction? It can become an ugly struggle quickly, negatively affecting relationships and health. When you love … [Read more...]
How to Release Trauma Trapped in the Body
Guest blog post by Martha (Marty) Dennen MA, LCPC, SEP When you are really stressed or anxious, you feel it through sensations in the body. That is because the experience of stress, particularly traumatic stress, can trigger active survival responses of fight, flight, or … [Read more...]
Why Understanding What Trauma Does to the Brain Helps You Heal
Trauma happens when you experience an event as physically or emotionally harmful or even life-threatening. Your body’s ability to cope is overwhelmed. Even though the event passes, trauma has lasting adverse effects on a person's mental, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual … [Read more...]
The Power of Music: Johnny Cash Hurt Lyrics
Guest blog post by Myles Van Camp, MS Ever had a song touch you on a deep, emotional level? One of the songs that does it for me is Hurt by Johnny Cash. Hearing the lyrics and feeling the magnitude of what is conveys reaches out and momentarily stops me. That is the power of … [Read more...]
20 Life Transition Quotes to Help You Survive Change
Guest blog post by Stephanie Gutzmer, AuD, E-RYT Life transitions are hard – there are no two ways about it. Even though you will experience many transitions throughout your lifetime, you may not always feel like putting out the welcome sign. That’s possibly because life … [Read more...]
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