This is a great book that I highly recommend by Dr. Sarah Hill. I have worked with so many women over the years that could have benefited from reading it. Regardless of who you are…a parent, a young teen, an adult women, please educate yourself on how hormones affect the brain, especially at a young […]
Archives for 2020
This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences – Dr. Sarah Hill
June 10, 2020 By
“This Is What Happens to Couples Under Stress”: An Interview with Esther Perel
May 8, 2020 By
This is a great article about relationships during a pandemic. Esther Perel is a psychotherapist and has written multiple books. Rachel Syme from The New Yorker interviewed her and I thought I would share. Many of my clients face varied challenges with the stay-at-home orders trying to juggle work, school, children, unemployment, poverty, homelessness and […]
Inflammation – How it Impacts Mental and Physical Health
May 8, 2020 By
This is a great article by Edward Bullmore connecting inflammation and mental health and medical concerns. More and more research is linking inflammation and depression. The article states: “It’s now clear that inflammation is part of the problem in many, if not all, diseases of the body. And targeting immune or inflammatory causes of disease has […]
Michael & Raphaelle Tamura – Awakening Souls, Healing Spirit, Fulfilling Life Purpose
May 8, 2020 By
I wanted to include Michael and Raphaelle Tamura’s information. They have been teachers of mine for many years. Please visit their website, including their wonderful radio show. They have a section on free stuff including a Spiritual Toolkit Downloadable Recording that contains meditation tools to help clear your space energetically. Radio Show – Living The […]
Examining the Opioid Crisis in Vermont – Kate O’Neill
May 5, 2020 By
This is a great series published by Seven Days. Please click the link below to see all of the articles by Kate O’Neill. About this Series “In 2019, Seven Days published “Hooked: Stories and Solutions from Vermont’s Opioid Crisis,” written by Kate O’Neill (pictured below). The special report chronicles the state’s opioid epidemic and efforts […]
Can Psychedelics Help?
May 5, 2020 By
This is an article about the use of psychedelics. Although it is from July 3, 2018, it has a number of good links of different articles, research and books that have been written about the topic including Michael Pollan’s book How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, […]
What is Postpartum Depression?
May 5, 2020 By
This is a great article about postpartum depression produced by NPR. You can also listen to the article. There’s this kind of myth that women couldn’t possibly be depressed during pregnancy, [that] this is such a happy time,” says Jennifer Payne, a psychiatrist and the director of the Women’s Mood Disorders Center at Johns Hopkins […]
The Tyranny of Time
May 5, 2020 By
How long does therapy really take? This is a great article published by the Psychotherapy Networker. They focus on the research concerning how much time is needed for change to occur for psychotherapy sessions to be effective. “What the study concluded came as a shock to academic researchers who studied and promoted brief therapies—therapy takes […]
The Science of Mindfulness
May 5, 2020 By
This is an old but important article about how mindfulness can be helpful with depression and other physical and mental health conditions. “Studies have shown benefits against an array of conditions both physical and mental, including irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, psoriasis, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. But some of those findings have been called […]
Trip of a Lifetime – Can Hallucinogenic Drugs Improve Mental Health?
May 5, 2020 By
The American Psychological Association’s cover story for the month of March focused on hallucinogenic drugs and the potential help with mental health. There’s some evidence that psychedelics may produce these benefits by making the brain more malleable. Carhart-Harris and colleagues used fMRI to look at brain activity in people with treatment-resistant depression who participated in […]
