So now we have been dealing with COVID for seven months or more, you are probably not looking forward to winter and your options for staying sane. Having a presidential election in the next few weeks which looks to be a conflictual time, is just another stress which some of you may be anticipating. Many [...]
These days during the pandemic, the demonstrations, and the political climate, I find myself talking more philosophically with my clients, many of them in their twenties, who are trying to stay emotionally regulated. That’s tough in the calmest of times, let alone now! The world seems so fraught and often they are hopeless about their [...]
What I find so interesting about the psychological principles I was trained in ( transpersonal, humanist, somatic), is the overlap between developing insight into oneself, finding self-compassion, and recognizing that this compassion can help smooth the way to connecting with others. The experience of fear, self-loathing and anxiety is not about self-acceptance or compassion. Needing [...]
So here we are in Colorado in Phase 2, eleven weeks into the COVID-19 Pandemic. How are you all doing? Everyone I talk to seems to have a somewhat different experience of managing their lives and their mental health these days. Some issues are pretty universal from what I can see; as human beings we [...]
The most anxiety-provoking aspect of living through this Pandemic has been the confusion and uncertainty of the messages I am receiving. My nervous system responds better to some definite directives that don’t contradict each other and might lead to n predictable outcome; but the messages from Federal, State, County and local authorities on whether to [...]
Well here we are in the third formal week of the “stay at home” orders in Colorado. Now that Governor Polis has asked that we wear some sort of nose/mouth covering in public, we are called to find some creative ways to protect ourselves and others. As we walked around the Quarry Ponds this afternoon, [...]
As we experience a culture that seems more focused on screen and keyboards, there is at the same time an epidemic of anxiety, stress, and depression. According to statistics, 11.3% of adults here have experienced a major depressive episode. (Women more than men). That's a huge number for a country that has so many advantages. [...]
When I was in college over thirty years ago, our professor stated that we could train the process of intuition. This seemed like an interesting statement to me, and I have often wondered about the value of intuition, especially to an anxious person. Meanwhile, over the years I have also explored various methods to calm [...]
Now that I am a senior, I often read interesting articles in the AARP magazine. This month the feature really captured my attention, as research is showing an epidemic of loneliness going on. Social anxiety is another manifestation of this. This is not just about elders; many might even be living with a partner or [...]
In the last years of my mother’s life, when she developed vascular dementia, I found myself wondering about my ability to cope. Caregiving is exhausting work and even though I loved my mother dearly, I was still triggered by her decline. Also, since we were so alike, I could see how aging might affect me, [...]
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