You don’t have to be a war veteran or the victim of physical abuse to experience trauma. Unfortunately, you can encounter trauma from many events in “normal” life…
I was five years old when I had my first encounter with trauma – much too young to comprehend the magnitude of the situation. It wasn’t until my…
I recently finished reading the novel, Before We Were Yours. It is based on a true story about the Tennessee Children’s Home Society and its Director, Georgia Tann. Ms.…
Trauma can actually alter the function of your brain during the stressful event and result in lasting changes in certain brain regions. These changes can impair cognitive function…
The relatively new science of epigenetics is proving that who you are is the culmination of the experiences in your life – and even those of your ancestors…
Trauma is all too common these days, unfortunately. Child abuse. Rape. Combat. Violence. Car accidents. Life. Traumatic events can actually alter the structure and function of people’s brains…
Your life literally shapes your brain. Your brain changes both form and function every day in response to your life experiences, emotions, behaviors, and even thoughts. This amazing…
Depression is a complex illness that can look very different in different people. Some depressed people can’t sleep at all while others can’t do much of anything except…
Your brain is constantly reorganizing itself, both physically and functionally, throughout your life due to your environment, behavior, thinking, and emotions, a concept known as neuroplasticity. While an…
If you Google the word “mindfulness” you’ll get a gazillion different definitions, flavors, and varieties. Truth is there is no single, universal definition. Mindfulness is an umbrella term…
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Over recent decades, mindfulness has gone from being an alternative concept associated with incense and granola to becoming a scientifically validated therapeutic mental health tool. Analyzing the practice with…