This is a hard TedTalk to watch. Not only does Kate discuss her cancer diagnosis, and her struggle in a very straight-froward manner, she also takes on this idea that life is fair, or that everything is part of a plan for our own prosperity. She studied the religious connotation of this, the “prosperity gospel”,…
Feeling Less Alone This Mental Health Awareness Month We Need to Get Rid of the Stigma Around Mental Health Mental Health Therapy Can Help, So Give It a Second Chance Theo Fleury’s greatest goal: The hockey legend turns to tech to help others (like him) heal after trauma Should I Quit Therapy? A Parent’s Guide…
Since it’s been a number of years since I was seeing a therapist, and I was much less educated about any of this back then, it hasn’t occurred to me to be concerned about whether my therapist had, in fact, also been i therapy. So, my question is, would it bother you to know your…
Let’s face it, if I suggested to most people that they could benefit from some therapy, they would be insulted. Heck, it’s a widely used insult across society. But what if I told you there are lots of ways that therapy could help you without you having to be diagnosed with a mental health issue,…
This is an important reason to learn a little psychology. “Recent documentaries and exposes have gone into great detail regarding the charges that have been leveled against these men. Many brave victims have spoken out against these men and their stories have shed light on some of the manipulation techniques which allowed these crimes to…
That’s the theory, called polyvagal theory, put forth in this Guardian article by Stephen Porges. I think this is something we need to consider: Can you explain polyvagal theory in layperson’s terms? Polyvagal theory articulates three different branches of the autonomic nervous system that evolved from very primitive vertebrates to mammals. And it’s quite interesting how the…
