As some of you know, Magdalena and I recently became grandparents to the most beautiful baby in the world, Sophia (no bias whatsoever, just stating fact:)). And I’ve had the opportunity to chat with some of you about Sophia and how remarkable she is. It has been a learning experience to observe her as she discovers her world. Sophia is …
The other day a patient was in for her regular visit. “Karen” has been receiving care for many years. She does so now as a wellness practice. Sometimes she experiences a reset to her nervous system and body; and sometimes she has a novel experience. This past week, after she got up from the table, Karen said to me: “I …
“Distractibility is the mental equivalent of obesity.” ~ Matthew Crawford About 20 years ago, I was travelling through northern New York state. I stopped at a gas station and I noticed something strange. The gas pumps had small TV’s that were playing the gas company’s commercials. As I was standing there filling up the tank I thought, that’s a powerful …
One of the comments that I hear most from patients is “you’re like a shrink”. While I’m not trained as a psychologist or psychiatrist, I do recognize that psychology and biology are intertwined within us. You can see reflections of the body/mind connection on the biochemical level; you can also see it on the behavioural level. For example, if you …
The human experience of fear is a continuum. At one end is paralysis while at the other there is panic; One is underactivity, the other is overactivity. We tend to experience the extremes when we have an unfriendly relationship with fear. If we try to fight it, fear can take over, one way or the other. We can see examples …
In the last article, I mentioned that fear is experienced at the edges of our comfort zone. And that we react to fear in 3 ways, namely: Sometimes we can interpret fear as a signal that there is danger. However fear doesn’t always mean danger. Sometimes fear can mean that we are about to leave our comfort zone and for …
Nowadays you tend to hear the phrase “Choose love over fear” quite often especially when dealing with issues of racism and even peoples’ reactions to the social crisis that we’re passing through right now. That phrase is used to describe how when we are in fear, there is the possibility of becoming even more protective and more separate and intolerant. …
One of my friends (actual friends:)) on Facebook posted this the other day. What popped into my head after reading it is “how DOES my headline read?” And the realization that came with that is that I GET TO DECIDE how it reads! How my headline reads depends on how I choose to see things as they unfold. Victor Frankl …
Last week we looked at how we help you, in the office, expand out of your comfort zone. This week I wanted to look at the comfort zone more mainly because it’s where we all spend time, some more than others. We live in the comfort zone not necessarily out of conscious choice but out of habit. And just like …
The other day one of my patients was in for her regular visit. We got to talking a bit and she shared with me that she had had a hard day. She seemed preoccupied. While she was sharing with me, it felt as if even though she was physically in the clinic with me, her mind was back at an …
