Therapy & HealingAlmost everyone who says they are bad at meditation is describing the same experience, and it is a predictable response to a specific instruction rather than a personal failing. There are several other doors into the same room.
Therapy & HealingThe obvious question about equine work is why a horse rather than a room. The answer is more specific than most people expect, and it has to do with what a large prey animal notices about your nervous system before you do.
Therapy & HealingTapping on your face while talking about a bad memory looks ridiculous. The research is better than the appearance suggests, and the honest version of what it does is more interesting than the marketed one.
Therapy & HealingForest bathing gets dismissed as a walk with a fancy name. The practice is more specific than that, the research is better than most people expect, and Bergen County has the terrain for it.
Therapy & HealingWinter depression is usually treated as a lighting problem. Light matters, and it is not the only thing that changes in October. Here is the fuller picture and what to do about it.
Nervous System & Whole-Person CareIf you have done everything the sleep advice says and still lie awake, the problem is probably not behavioural. Here is what is happening in the nervous system and what actually reaches it.
Nervous System & Whole-Person CareAnxiety, rage and 3am waking that appear in your forties with no obvious trigger are frequently a hormonal transition rather than a psychological one. Here is what is actually happening and what helps.
WellnessFacilitated circles sit somewhere between therapy and friendship, and the description on most websites tells you almost nothing. Here is what the hour actually looks like.
WellnessSeptember restarts the whole household nervous system at once. Here is what the transition actually does, why parents feel it as much as children, and what helps on both sides.
WellnessMost corporate wellness is bought by people who will not use it, for people who were not asked. Here is what actually gets taken up by small teams, and how to run it without a benefits department.