3 Eating Disorders that Point to Trauma
It is generally true that eating disorders do not come out of nowhere; most times it is related to some sort of trauma (a distressing […]
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3 Examples: Is There Trauma in our Food?
When we eat food – especially animal products – are we ingesting their trauma? Many times animals in commercial farms are treated like objects and […]
Continue reading »4 Phases of Flourishing: Leadership Fiji
I was invited to give a talk recently to the 2022 Leadership Fiji cohort (they just graduated, actually), thanks to amazing cohort-member, intersectional queer feminist […]
Continue reading »3 Reasons Women are Disempowered and 5 Steps to Change It
Recently, I gave a talk at an event organized by the local chapter of the Women’s Federation for World Peace. My talk was entitled: “3 […]
Continue reading »Integration of the Self: 10 Streams of Services
Recently I was speaking to my cousin and sister-in-law about my work. They were asking about a recent offering we are developing: teaching life skills […]
Continue reading »Perilous Parenting Part 4: 5 Effects of Avoidant Parents on their Children
As part of our Perilous Parenting series on Beyond Medicine, we discussed the effects of absent or avoidant parents. Some first-time parents may have no […]
Continue reading »Perilous Parenting – Part 3: 7 Ways to Deal with Narcissistic Parents
Narcissism is a type of mental illness and personality disorder, where a person feels that they are special and entitled. They have an inflated sense of […]
Continue reading »Perilous Parenting Part 1: Following Outdated Traditions
We started a new conversation in our Beyond Medicine series recently, called Perilous Parenting. The first of the issues we discussed was the consequences of […]
Continue reading »Analyzing Bridgerton Part 1: Tracing Trauma Patterns
I’ve recently been watching Bridgerton seasons 1 and 2 for the second time, which is rare for me. Aside from being a massive Jane Austen […]
Continue reading »10 Signs of Subtle Toxicity: The Toxic Helper
I’ve been reflecting on people I’ve encountered, both recently and some time ago. Specifically, a pattern emerged around how they behave and how it leaves […]
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