
Maturing the Safety Reflexes
Supposing that you have determined that you, or someone you would like to help, is not only dealing with this fundamental fear reflexes from the

Supposing that you have determined that you, or someone you would like to help, is not only dealing with this fundamental fear reflexes from the

If we don’t have strong nervous system connections where our body first learns to be safe, we are very creative in the number of ways

The function of the nerve chassis is give us our ability to be present in the world— a way of saying how vividly can I pay

Anxiety, in its various forms, seems to be the most pervasive problem of the day. But how do we differentiate conscious anxiety from somatic (sub

I’ve had some more thoughts on the topic of “proving” to the mainstream community that the disciplines I’ve knit into a practice, works. Firstly, it

Health care as most Americans think of it, really treats illness. The limits of our approaches are invisible to most of us. The human body

One of the core convictions of my life is that addressing the root cause of problems is the best way to solve them. Another core

Mental health therapy should be seen as a three-legged stool. One leg, perhaps the most important, is talk therapy. We need a companion, sometimes, to affirm us, to

ANXIETY. How does a fetus and infant learn to tell the difference between safety and danger? Their first awareness is of their own body, then

The body’s anxiety is different from regular anxiety! Regular anxiety is a sensation that just about everybody would be anxious about: driving in icy conditions.