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“I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from ...

We get older. We watch those in our lives get older. People come in and out of our lives. We have a front row seat to the miracle of new life as family and friends have children. We watch them grow up ...

Repetition is a basic tool of persuasion, even of propaganda. The argument doesn’t even have to be sound. But repetition can start a movement. And a movement can draw in people until we finally accept ...

To my children, I’m sorry for the unhealed parts of me that may have hurt you. It was never a lack of love for you—only a lack of love for myself. I am far from perfect; in fact, I spend most of my ...

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April 27th is Freedom Day in South Africa. On this day, in 1994, Nelson Mandela became the first-ever president democratically elected by all the people of our beautiful, troubled, “rainbow nation.” ...

We have all heard of the commonly discussed trauma responses fight or flight. Freeze is yet another reaction we experience when our brain tells us we are in danger. But fawn doesn’t get as much ...

We don’t get to choose grief. We don’t know how or when it strikes. Who or what we’ll lose. It descends upon us all at once, and it never quite leaves. Whoever has endured loss knows that we don’t ...

What is a narcissistic discard? Simply put, when you’ve served your purpose for a certain person, you’re discarded by them. That’s it. You had little interest to this person as a living, breathing ...

But it’s actually a habit born from trauma and feeling unworthy. Symptoms include workaholism, perfectionism, and a need to control and plan. Other signs include heavy guilt over spending time on ...

Many people I speak with have anxiety because they are trapped in their heads. I’d like to introduce a term here that I have not heard before (at least not in my field of medicine and psychology). I ...