Stress

For us to heal, we must be willing to not fear, fear.

2024-04-26T19:18:42-07:00August 23rd, 2017|1. Trauma & Survival Physiology, Nervous System Health|

What gives a mother superhuman strength to lift a car off her child? It’s fear. Fear, as I explain in greater detail in this article, is a biological and survival necessity. The cascade of neurochemical reactions lets us know, at lightning speed, that something is not right. [...]

How To Live Longer with Less Sickness. PART 1: Stop Scaring Yourself!

2024-04-26T19:41:43-07:00January 11th, 2017|3. Pain & Chronic Illness, Nervous System Health|

I love learning. Last week I shared a success with you. A participant in one of my programs who improved her blood chemistry, decreased pain by 90% and reduced inflammation...all by focusing on one thing: reducing the over-activation of the autonomic nervous system. I want to dive further [...]

Why post-traumatic stress and chronic pain lands in some people, and not others.

2024-04-26T20:00:06-07:00February 5th, 2016|3. Pain & Chronic Illness, Nervous System Health|

. 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 [...]

This is an important dose of medicine… You in?

2024-04-26T20:22:45-07:00September 14th, 2015|1. Trauma & Survival Physiology, 2. Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Nervous System Resiliency|

The medicine I’m talking about? Feeling. And by feeling, I don't just mean emotions. I mean being able to really FEEL your body, your sensations, your insides: what your biology is up to. So many folks are trying to shift, transform and change their stuff -- their harmful [...]

The Stresses and Subtleties of Institutionalized and Industrialized Child Abuse.

2024-04-26T21:11:58-07:00November 17th, 2013|5. Parenting & Child Development, Nervous System Resiliency, Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

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 [...]