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Who Is The “You” That Will Come Out Of Quarantine?
We tend to think of our personalities as fixed and immutable, but, as this New York Times article suggests, we're more like sand dunes than skyscrapers, and this past year was a mighty wind. What that means is that the "you" who went into quarantine in 2020 is likely...
Is Long Covid A Trauma Symptom?
Trauma is perhaps the most avoided, ignored, belittled, denied, misunderstood, and untreated cause of human suffering. - Peter Levine, PhD According to a recent Lancet study, 1/3 of people who recover from Covid wind up with psychological and/or neurological...
Why Do Innocent People Suffer Horrible Tragedies?
While making the final edits to my Sacred Medicine book, I asked one healer if she had a point of view in response to the question, "Why do horrific things happen to seemingly innocent people?" I explained to her that the question is relevant to the book because those...
Oprah, The Royal Family, Mental Health, Racism & Being Shunned, Oh My!
I rarely follow tabloid stories about the royals, haven't had cable TV or an actual television in 25 years, haven't watched The Crown, and honestly don't know much about the British monarchy. But like so many others, I remember exactly where I was (on Michigan Avenue...
What If You’re Not Broken? Understanding The Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model
Art Credit: Sierra Boggess Almost nobody made it through the last year without some mental or physical health impact. Even if you didn't get Covid, it's likely that you found yourself gaining some weight, feeling some anxiety or depression, getting caught up in...
A Surprising Mystical Experience During Vaccination
Yesterday, I spoke to one of my neighbors who just got vaccinated. She wanted to tell me what a big deal it was for her to do so, given her inclinations. This is a woman who is an avid consumer of alternative medicine, someone who is scared of doctors and hasn't...