Category: Mental Health Therapy
How Therapists Like Me Were Duped into Believing Polyvagal Theory
No one is exempt from the marketing game, not even psychotherapists. So, buyer beware. Let me begin by admitting that I, too, was under the ...
Meditation and Mindfulness, Demystified
with 21st-century science Climbing on the mindfulness bandwagon is hard not to do these days. Meditation has gotten so popular that you can’t really ignore ...
3 Keys to Unlocking Your Mental Health Goals
If you’re anything like me, you like to do things efficiently. Why should leveling up your mental health be any different? Route #1: Talk therapy ...
Psst: There’s no such thing as an emotion
Finally, make some meaning out of the sensations in your body Can you keep a secret? Emotions aren’t real. Even more mind-blowing: That’s actually good ...
Everything Your Therapist Says About the Nervous System is DEAD WRONG
Let’s ditch the myths in favor of some hard science. The other morning, I was scrolling on social media when I ran across a post ...
Is “Somatic Experiencing®” Psychotherapy…Or a Cult of Personality?
Is There a Place for Mysticism in Body-Based Therapy? Let’s unpack some utter nonsense I noticed in the New York Times article “Want to Fix ...
Mental Health, Made Simple
Mental health is less complicated than you think—and it’s all about energy Warning: This is a long post. Stick with it, though, and you’ll know ...
Sorry Poly (Vagal Theory), We’re Breaking Up
Breaking up with the polyvagal theory Have you ever spent a long time in what you thought was a pretty good relationship only to have ...
Stress and Cancer are Related
Recently, I read an article by Mark J. Doolittle, PhD. He wrote it for the Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine. And in it, he wrote ...
“Mental Health” Is Not The Problem, Failure to Manage Anger Is The Problem
“Mental health problems” do not lead to violence being perpetrated on society. A failure to manage anger does. We need to stop calling it a ...
