Why Humility Wasn’t What I Thought It Was

Humility shouldn’t be confused with low self-esteem, being timid, feeling inferior or small, or self-degradation.  I would like to share my process of coming to understand it within myself. I Got the Wrong Message When I was an adolescent in grammar school, the...

Post-Traumatic Growth and Trauma

Trauma and Addiction are Often Linked to Each Other: Addiction Frequently Occurs as a Result of Trauma Trauma and addiction have lasting effects on our ability to function mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally and in relationships. It changes the brain and...

What You Think About Stress Matters 

What Do You Believe About Stress? It has been repeated so often by so many in various ways, “Stress is bad for the body!” I have talked often about my stress; how tight my muscles get, how it depletes my energy and limits my thinking. I have listened to...

Being Disconnected From Our Body is Painful

For the person who feels phantom limb pain, the experience is real even though the limb is disconnected from the body! Comfortably Numb The same is true for the body that remembers emotional pain like criticism or physical pain like a broken leg. It is natural to want...