4 Signs You are the Black Sheep in your Family
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 […]
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6 Ways in Which Patriarchy Harms Boys and Men: Man-ic Masculinity
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 »Living with a Manipulator: 4 Ways to Manage the Abusive Cycle
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 »5 Reflections on Emotional Baggage
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 »Musings on Hypervigilance
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 »Feeling Sri Lanka: A Reflection
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 […]
Continue reading »4 Insights for Youth: Courage, Authenticity, Mindfulness, and Purpose
Today, we are launching two more children’s books. They are special to us, because the characters are roughly based on real people in our close […]
Continue reading »No Compassion Beyond Borders: Emotional Baggage Between Nations
Continuing with our Beyond Medicine series on Baggage Claim, we talked about baggage between nations on Facebook and shared some examples. Racial and ethnic tensions are not […]
Continue reading »Unprocessed Pain: Emotional Baggage between Ethnicities
Ethnic tensions consist of emotional baggage that has survived many centuries and is still used by politicians, people in power and even the common people […]
Continue reading »11 Truths about the Role of Empaths: Carl Jung
A client recently shared with me a video in which Carl Jung breaks down what empaths are, and our role in the world. It was […]
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