. Imagine you have two people who both get into an identical, and minor, fender bender (car accident). >> Person A walks away with zero post-traumatic stress - no chronic pain, no lasting whiplash, no fear to drive and get back behind the wheel. They go back to their [...]
As a kid, and as a teenager, I had severe seasonal allergies. I used to call it Sinus Hell. I was addicted to those powerful nasal sprays and had stashes of Otrivin and Dristan. I remember when I decided to go cold turkey and stop using them, [...]
. Do you remember this little piece from the film The Matrix? “You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe, whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the [...]
C’mon, I know you’ve heard it before: Dig those roots into the ground. Ground yourself. Get grounded, etc. It’s common lingo, especially in the yoga and mindfulness world. And, while I have nothing against yoga and mindfulness (some of my best friends and colleagues are full fledged yogini’s), [...]
I shot this impromptu video while frolicking through the high alpine this past summer in Whistler, British Columbia. It felt so good to be outside and back in one of my most favourite places in the whole wide world,and it got me talking about the B-word: also known [...]
Being someone who works in the fields of health and wellness (or the flip-side: disease and sickness), it's fascinating to witness the habits of people when they are desperate and REALLY sick as compared to those who are somewhat stressed and *just* scratching by. The former would [...]
In one of our recent training calls in SmartBody SmartMind: A 12-Week Nervous System Re-Boot, Rosa (a participant in the program) shared a story with us about her young daughter that illustrates so clearly the value of fostering healthy aggression in children. One of the things we focus on in [...]
I’ve been told TO NOT use the concept of “Nervous System” on the homepage of my website. (Hum?) I’m not so sure I like that idea. (That would be like telling a doctor to not mention medicine; or asking a car salesman to not talk about cars... but I [...]
When I wrote this article recently on childhood trauma, I was met with questions... and, a lot of them. It turns out that what happened to us in our youth feels pretty heavy and important now that we're adults. Jen asks: So, what do you do if your [...]
Most people think that stress is to blame for many of our disorders, and that if we remove or minimize the stressors in life and add in some healthier substitutes such as improved diet, more physical activity, mindfulness practices like yoga or meditation, and maybe get more sleep or [...]
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