Hypervigilance led me to watch Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat, a new Bollywood release. I was drawn to the movie because of its soundtrack, and because […]
Continue reading »A reflection on my own journey. Not for the faint-hearted – trigger warning: child abuse. When the body is weary, and the mind is full, […]
Continue reading »Recently I read the fabulous book, When Everything Changes, Change Everything, by Neale Donald Walsch. Mom (Dr. Margaret) read it before me, and was mesmerized […]
Continue reading »It’s been 6 months since I started swimming, and 3 months since I last wrote about my swimming journey. As it happens, today is Diwali […]
Continue reading »I recently came across a system used in therapy, called Family Systems Theory. (FST) It was developed by psychiatrist Murray Bowen in the 1950s and […]
Continue reading »In our new Beyond Medicine (BM) series – Man-ic Masculinity: How Patriarchy Harms Boys and Men, we look at a number of ways that patriarchy […]
Continue reading »Trauma patterns play out in cycles. With all my work as a coach and facilitator, plus my own experiences as trauma survivor, I’m in a […]
Continue reading »In our baggage claim series as part of our Beyond Medicine service on Facebook, we summarized and reflected on the emotional baggage in our last episode. We […]
Continue reading »It’s time to sleep. My body is appropriately tired from swimming. But there’s a portal in my stomach through which sleep has disappeared to another […]
Continue reading »I’ve just returned from my first trip to Sri Lanka. This post contains some reflections, in no particular order. Sri Lanka feels like a riper […]
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