Saying YES to Things That Scare Us

  Saying YES (and also No, when necessary).   You may recognize the name Shonda Rhimes as the creator of the shows Greys Anatomy and Scandal. A few years ago, she wrote a book, “Year of Yes: How To Dance It Out, Stand In The Sun, and Be Your Own Person.” She talks about how […]

Controlling Anxiety By Cultivating Inner Calm

    In this current climate of political unrest, public outrage, violence, natural disasters and the like, it is hard not to feel the turbulence within our psyches and our emotions.  We are inundated with immediate news, as our technology allows instant documenting and reporting of some heinous incident or another.  All day long, we […]

Taking back over after an Amygdala Hijacking

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by emotion? Have you ever been so angry, sad, or worried you felt like you just couldn’t think? Or your thinking was happening, but it all felt really fast, out-of-control, and going in an even more emotional direction? Or have you reacted in a way that (in hindsight) you think […]