Using music to reduce stress and improve social engagement
Safe and Sound Protocol-How 5 Hours of Music Calms
Based on Polyvagal Theory, the Safe and Sound program, is a five-hour audio intervention with calming effects for improved connection.
Reduce anxiety and depression with self-compassion
Cultivating Self-Compassion as a Path to Forgiveness
Self-Compassion sounds like a roundabout way to forgiveness, but resentment, revenge and silence often result in more suffering.
In defense of defensiveness
In Defense of our Defense Mechanisms
The journey to self-compassion lies in developing greater tolerance of the body’s defense mechanisms that show up as defensiveness.
Therapy session-preparing for trauma work
Preparing for Trauma Work in Therapy
If you want to prepare for therapy, one of the best things you can do prior to your session is to do some background reading on how trauma manifests and about the therapeutic approach decided upon by you and your therapist.
Mixed Race Identity Is Not Novelty
Mixed race identity is not a novelty. It has coexisted with monoracial identity.
Retreat as Part of Your Self-Care Package
Retreating is a form of wisdom and an act of self-care to feed the soul, body and mind.
Slowing Down in a World Obsessed with Productivity
Slowing down increases out ability to be empathetic and reserves our energy for what matters in life.
Self-Compassion and Self-Judgment
Self-compassion is an import from Buddhist psychology that works well with mindfulness to calm our inner critic.
Letting Fear Run Amok During Covid-19
We're wired for all the things that promote survival and anxiety is one of them. Where does fear mongering go overboard?
