Understanding the nervous system of highly sensitive people
Highly sensitive people make up about 20 percent of the population, and likely include equal numbers of men and women.
See also:
– Polyvagal Theory
– Redefining Mindfulness
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Highly sensitive people make up about 20 percent of the population, and likely include equal numbers of men and women.
It has often been said that adversity builds character. How does this work? Research on resilience suggests a metaphor.
A dream can be an incredibly powerful springboard into a whole new dimension of meaning. Creatively exploring the dream, and what it means to you, can lead you to deep insights.
deciphering the content of a dream means being able to get in touch with information that is important, but difficult for our conscious mind to access.
This page provides two more examples of creative, embodied dream analysis: One is an audio recording, and the other is a video.
What is it like to feel stuck? When you’re stuck in a rut, it saps your ability to get unstuck.
In my mind, the greatest value of this model is to emphasize that grief is not one-dimensional:
James Prochaska, John Norcross and Carlo DiClemente developed a theory identifying 6 stages of changing. The following is a summary of the 6 stages in this theory.
There’s an unintended consequence to putting mindfulness on a pedestal: it becomes an unreachable goal. This article provides a down-to-earth perspective on mindfulness.
The interaction (the circumstances) shapes you. Sensing into your bodily experience puts you in touch with the bottom-up response of your organism.
What is it in us that makes it possible for us to heal based on our faith that healing will happen? We’re not just talking about religious belief, but more generally, faith in a positive outcome.
Back pain is a condition that many doctors consider to be psychosomatic. Many, but not all.