Breath is such a powerful tool for becoming who we are. It carries and influences our consciousness. The air inside us, like the breeze, can make leaves dance and glisten, move streams and rivers. It can calm a storm, or start one up. We can slow and elongate our breathing to calm waters. We can […]
Deep breathing is proven to help people feel better and live better. Even so, many people find that it doesn’t work for them. If you’ve tried deep breathing but can’t make it work, this article is for you. It’s broken into two parts – the theory of it, which explains how it works, and the […]
My home is my “comfy zone” and I am pretty sure that we can all relate to that, it’s where we land after a full day of flying around and working. But now as the preventive measures for Covid-19 have been bestowed upon us, my home has now also become my full-time office, […]
Overview Pain is an essential stimulus to signal the brain when something is not right. Sensing pain is a universal experience that all of us go through, except for a small subset of patients who suffer from an extremely rare condition known as congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP). Unfortunately, pain can become a chronic condition, […]
When we meditate what we are doing is we are stopping thought, at least it is slowed down and not focused on deliberately. You may say I cant meditate because I cant stop my thoughts from coming, and that is understandable, but what you are doing is, you are not deliberately thinking thoughts, which is what […]
Have you ever noticed that when you are feeling really good that things just seem to fall in place, things seem to work out easily sometimes with little effort? Have you noticed that when your feeling crappy, or down or depressed or frustrated or agitated, that things just seem to get worse, things don’t work out […]
Students experience a high level of stress during the course of their studies. Long (and never ending) assignments, double-exams in one day, numerous chapters to read, and preparation for oral presentation can all be stressful. High levels of stress have been identified to have negative impact on students’ psychological and physical well-being and interfere with […]
As we all know, puberty is a very stressful time. It’s a time of change in multiple facets of adolescent lives: physiological, physical, psychological and social as well. It takes some time to get used to all the turmoil. Some of the most shocking physical changes are the growth spurts, new growth of hair and […]
“You are what you eat.” It’s an old adage in many cultures throughout the world. However, it should really be you are what your body does with what you eat. Many people experience digestive problems because of what and HOW they eat. One of the simplest things you can do to increase your health is […]
By Glyndora Condon MS MFT LPC Meaning in life seems to provide nurturing according to studies that measured health and life behaviors (Health Psychology Review, Vol. 11, Nov. 4, 2017), and over 90 percent of Americans appear to believe that their lives are meaningful according to several reviews provided by the University of Virginia, […]
