How to Worry More Mindfully by psychologist Jenny Taitz was posted in the New York Times November 2, 2020, the day before the U.S. national elections. The suggestions are still […]
In the new online Resilience 2.0™ course you’ll be practicing exercises like these to move from reactivity and distress to a sense of calm, ease, and safety in connection, with […]
Another excellent direct pass-through from Greater Good Science Center at University of California-Berkeley. Lindsey Antin’s wise and practical suggestions for how we can get a grip on the worries swirling […]
My mom grew up poor, on a farm in northern Minnesota, during the Great Depression. The family had food to eat, but not much else. She told me once how, […]
I remember the light bulb moment: fear has two opposites – to be brave and to be safe. Both are true. Somewhat like the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the […]
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. – Katherine Paterson The practice of doing one thing a day […]
One of those panicky moments…in the elevator returning to my hotel room at last week’s Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, reaching for my room key card — that is not there. My […]
I remember how startled I was to learn, somewhere in graduate school in clinical psychology, that the body can’t tell the difference between anxiety and excitement. Meaning…the nervous system mobilizes […]