I rarely share videos of my own personal trauma processing. In fact, I don’t think I ever have, until this week! This week’s video describes (and shows) my legs having a good old fashion shaky shake, after an intense stint of work back in 2024. Please know this: [...]
The first time I ever bought an online program was in 2011. I was on an unsecured connection at a Starbucks in Bellevue, Washington. I still remember punching in my credit card number, wondering if I should be doing that (was it safe?). The online program I bought was [...]
Day after day I'm seeing real life scenarios in my private practice that back-up a study - The ACE Study - that showcases the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and it's role in adult disease and illness. WARNING - For some this might hit close to home. This [...]
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." Robert Frost * * * Last week at my 20th high school reunion an old friend said to me: "Aren't you a doctor now?" What a [...]
I will admit that this weekend my body has been sore. The good kind of sore. Here's Why I did an intense series of "leg exercises" the other day at the local YMCA. I put leg exercises in quotations because it wasn't a generic squat or machine-driven leg exercise [...]
Do you remember the slogan, "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up"? It was from a commercial advertising an alert system you could wear, or have in your home, that would alert a response team (marketed to the elderly) to come to your aid in case of a [...]
Are you someone who doesn't want to spend multiple hours a week going to various fitness and group classes to improve your flexibility, strength, balance and self-awareness? This was me 12 years ago. I was rehabbing a nasty knee injury and was spending close to 2 hours everyday [...]
This essay is how I see things and what I'd like to do about it. It starts out a little dark, but gives some solutions towards the end, as well as my inspiration for it - so please read all the way through. Irene. * * * “…we are [...]
A true love story..... About two years ago, I was deep in the woods of Oregon, surrounded by the first snow fall of the season. I was visiting a man who I had met about one month prior to this time. We met at his home, a [...]
I don't want to assume you know what a TED Talk is, so for now I'll briefly say that they are an amazing resource of knowledge and their tag-line, Ideas Worth Spreading, says it all. The first TED talk I ever watched was Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroscientist (brain scientist) sharing her experience of [...]
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