Caring Matters
Nature is good for our mind-body and spirit. It restores and rejuvenates us. Being in natural surroundings like green forests or swimming in the blue ocean has the power to heal and cure mental and [Read More]
Most of us have not been lucky to have had good mirroring when we were growing up. We were constantly admonished, reprimanded, undermined, forced to submit to the dictates of the adults in our lives. [Read More]
Healing from childhood abuse entails rewiring our brain from fear reactivity to one of feeling safe. This can happen through limbic revision. The rewiring of our limbic system, the part of the brain that controls [Read More]
Most people perceive ‘dissociation’ as depicted in M. Night Shyamalan’s movie ‘Spilt’. This “flipping” from one personality to another in a majority of trauma cases is usually not so dramatic – one persona totally unaware of the other personality [Read More]
We bring our mindset into every area of experience. Your mindset is characterized by your way of thinking about what happens to you and what you can do about it. For instance, if you feel [Read More]
ACEs studies usually focus on the bigger, more tangible adverse experiences in a child’s life. However, there are a number of minor stressors that may not be really traumatic for kids not going through significant [Read More]
Do certain personality traits, a history of adverse childhood experiences ACEs, or a particular way of coping with stress make a person more likely to get scoliosis? Medical research has been woefully inadequate on this [Read More]
Most of us have indulged in some kind of fake laughter in stressful situations. We laugh when we are nervous and unsure what to do. In the face of danger. A human being instinctively adopts [Read More]
Healing from scoliosis for me has meant healing from childhood trauma. As the frozen emotions in my subconscious mind come to the surface, I am able to process and let go of the pain, anger, [Read More]
Conation has been derived from a Latin word- conatus which refers to an impulse or reflexive action towards an effort. Our mind consists of three parts- cognitive, affective and conative. Conation is the sum of one’s [Read More]