Taming Our Triggers

Last week my older son brought up the fact that I don't yell and scream at him like I did when he was younger. I explained that my screaming and yelling was the way that my nervous system reacted when my trauma was triggered. It was an attempt to regain control. His response? “It's...

Healing with Our Higher Self

One of my former students texted me just after Thanksgiving. She’d had a recurring dream in which her grandma (who passed some years ago) kept telling her that she had an important message for her, but first, she must drink her coffee. She said the coffee was very important. When she was little, she...