Walking into my local grocery store in Los Angeles after having spent a significant amount of time traveling in Tibet and Nepal had me stunned. “SO many aisles,” I thought to myself. “Such bright lights, colors and a plethora of choices.” I felt overwhelmed standing at the entrance of this store. My next thoughts […]
Katharine
Your Brain On Trauma
When my husband and I moved into our current home, we discovered that it had an unusually sensitive smoke alarm system. Because the alarms were connected and wired all throughout the house, when one alarm was triggered, the high pitched blaring was all over the entire home. The sound was not just located in one […]
The Paradox of Love & Loss
Grief is a force of energy that cannot be controlled or predicted… Grief does not obey your plans, or your wishes. Grief will do whatever it wants to you, whenever it wants to. In that regard, Grief has a lot in common with Love. -Elizabeth Gilbert Courage is defined two ways. The first […]
Menopause as Initiation
When I entered into Menopause, my world flipped absolutely upside down seemingly overnight. Initially I said to myself, “I can handle this. Hot flashes are nothing other than a kind of purification.” BAH! Hot flashes are HORRIBLE! Once my symptoms began to be emotional, spiritual as well as physical, I […]
Gentle Yoga: A Practice for Trauma Outside of Session Time
We now know that our bodies both contain and store emotional pain as well as our traumatic memories. People often don’t appreciate that symptoms of complex PTSD can be experienced, oddly enough, as both intrusive as well as avoidant. Intrusive symptoms can be experienced as emotional flashbacks, nightmares, as well as physical pain and anxiety […]