Inspiring Information & Practices

A helpful reminder in these times: The “Science of Happiness” and neuroscience research found that the following activities had high correlations with measures of happiness. Attuned relationships: when we resonate with or “feel felt” by another. This is experienced as...

By now you probably know how strongly I believe in the healing power of nature. But in case you didn’t get it, let me share with you my most recent experience while on vacation in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to the trip, I’d been feeling, as I can tend to, very...

This post speaks to another subject I’m passionate about and hopefully is meaningful and helpful to you, as well. It’s on some of the new brain science and its application for enhanced mental, emotional and physical health and wellbeing. Since the advent of brain...

  This blog is the final one, at least for now, on the healing power of nature. Why is a psychotherapist writing about nature you might ask... because I believe that nature has so much to offer us in terms of wisdom, healing, and well-being. Unfortunately we have...

  In my last post I talked about the healing power of spending time in nature. In this post I want to take that a step further and specifically look at the healing power of flowers. I have developed a deep respect for their amazing healing potential. As a...

I have found myself pondering the amazing healing power of nature. In fact, I feel compelled to write about it so I will be doing a series of blogs on the subject. In these challenging and stressful times, we all could use as many healing options as possible and I am...

We all want to be healthy and happy, right? If so, we need to know that emotional self-regulation is a critical piece of the healing, health and happiness equation. Besides what we intuitively know to be true, the science coming out of the field of neurocardiology is...

In my last blog I discussed the benefits of mindfulness training. Some of you may be quite familiar with the practice of mindfulness. We are hearing more and more about it as it has been the focus of a number of research studies in the field of neuroscience. It has...

I have become fascinated by the current research in the field of neuroscience that’s being made possible by the new brain imaging technologies.  One of the main reasons this is so exciting to me is that what we are learning about the brain is further validating what...

You've probably heard for years that good sleep is a cornerstone of health, vitality and well-being. Good sleep is regenerative as it is the time when your body gets to heal and restore itself from the stress and strains of daily life thus lessening the chronic stress...