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"Recognition of Humanity should be the central focus of Human Existence" ~ Paulo Freire
"I dream of a world where I can lay my vulnerabilities out there, open for everyone, until they are my strengths. I am longing for this."
Harper Steele
This is the best reliable resource for finding a licensed therapist. They offer many tools for filtering: insurance, training/education, style, and other particulars that can help you narrow your search.
Important Cautions!!
Toxic Positivity: What is it and How to Avoid it?
Toxic Positivity: What is it and How to Avoid it?
What is toxic positivity? How do people engaging in toxic positivity impact people who are struggling with any issue? Learn how to identify and avoid toxic positivity in yourself and in others. Additionally this discusses what to say to people who approach you with toxic positivity.
Beware the Grifters!
Beware the Grifters!
Grifters abound in the "healing" profession and community. Watch this video for some information on how to avoid those who are preying on your vulnerability, pain, suffering, difficulty and/or struggle. Be CAUTIOUS with your heart, mind and psyche - treat it with the care it deserves with choosing who you work with.
The Current Explosion of Spiritual &
Mental Health Grifters/Predators
Watch for and AVOID these:
Watch for and AVOID these:
There is currently an explosion happening in the Mental Health world of various ways to approach the wide variety of issues many people are struggling with... and along with that has come an eruption of people claiming that they are many things, can "SAVE" or "HEAL" you, under many titles, and in many guises. Sometimes these people call themselves any of these: shaman, guru, healer, guide, teacher, therapist, priest or any other name for a religious/spiritual leader. This is NOT to say that they are all bad. In fact, there are most definitely people who genuinely possess abilities to help you. However... there are MANY... I repeat, M A N Y people claiming abilities they do not have. These people can be hard to distinguish because they use language that sounds good. They prey upon, and manipulate, the vulnerable. They seek out and market to those going through difficulty, those "seeking," those who may be raw from experiences.
Watch for these things and RUN if you see them:
COST = If they are charging a lot they are likely grifters - or simply only want to work with those with 'enough' money. So, it depends on the kind of intention you want in the person you work with. Be careful! Do you need to keep coming back to them again and again? Or are they building skills in you which you find help you to help yourself?!
Who is it about? = Are THEY the one who is doing the 'saving' or 'healing'?
BIG PROMISES: If they claim that they will take 'all your pain away' or 'remove all your problems' or 'heal you;' they are lying. Trauma and other negative experiences are just that... experiences. They leave their mark, they become part of us; while not necessarily having to define us, they are part of who we are and cannot be severed. NOTHING will make it go away. YES - tools can help. Many things can RADICALLY help - but are they part of you or do they require that other person?
It is your choice is to synthesize, and transform, and move through your process and experience. Anyone making big promises (usually tied to a big price-tag) is to be avoided - as in... RUN!
My 2025 Small Research Study
Comparing Two Interventions To Reduce Activation Through Accessing the Vagus Nerve
Interested in learning more? Click the link above for course descriptions and details.
Tools for Grounding
Tools for Grounding
More Tools:
Watch for the GEMS
Watch for the GEMS
Link to Emotions Wheel
This has multiple types you can view for free
Many others are available, but this one is recommended by neuroscientists and highly recommended.
Select the Free Options and read their descriptions to decide what you need. Explore and find which ones help you most. I have found it to be extra helpful to listen while meditating to amplify the effect of both.
Breath Pacers
Breath Pacers
These are helpful for working with RSA breathing, for support with calming the self when activated, and to use for focus meditations using counting and breath.
There are MANY products on the market that are designed to entrain your brain to specific brainwaves such as: Mind Alive; or Sensate to calm the Vagus Nerve and activation. These are all expensive and thus less accessible. I try to share resources that are free.
The Law of Kindness
The Law of Kindness
Living by the Law of Kindness increases our connection with, and compassion for, ourselves and others. It helps you and it helps the world!
I highly recommend taking classes with NMI or at least buying Dr. Tarrant's book in the link to the right.
Some of his courses can be used for Continuing Education Credits.
This book by Dr. Jeff Tarrant, founder of the NeuroMeditation Institute is one you will want to have if you are interested in the brain, brain based meditation, or how to use this type of meditation for yourself or with clients (if you are a therapist to address whatever issue you are facing.
For issues that are less severe, and do not require a therapist, I strongly recommend working with these two INCREDIBLE and amazing women. They offer a WEALTH of knowledge, insight and resources to assist you in finding the right tools that work for YOU!
Psychedelic Therapy
The RADICAL change I experienced with Spravato
The RADICAL change I experienced with Spravato
There were many things which helped me to survive my experience. However, the thing that changed things THE MOST, and in the most profound way, was Spravato treatments. It changed my brain, changed how I felt about my trauma, my life, myself, and my engagement with living now with being infused with momentum and energy for the future. Spravato gave me my life back. It turned the background noise of my PTSD, Depression, Panic Disorder, and Suicidal Ideation WAY down, to a level that makes daily life completely different.
These videos will broaden your understanding of psychedelic therapeutic practices, what is happening in the brain and how it works
How one psychedelic trip can alter an entire lifetime
How a Single Dose of Psilocybin can Change Your Brain
On the Fun/Playful Side:
On the Fun/Playful Side:
Leisure Games as Movement Meditation - Cheap to Make on Your Own & Engage in an Easy Sense of Play
Leisure Games as Movement Meditation - Cheap to Make on Your Own & Engage in an Easy Sense of Play
Not only are leisure games a way to reduce your cortisol levels by engaging in light hearted play, they can also help distract the mind when ruminating or stuck in repeating image bombardment.
Examples of good leisure games to try:
Corn Hole
Bocce
Ladder Ball
Washers
Kube
Can Jam
Many Many MORE
Disc Golf is more of a sport for some people but can feel more playful and light like leisure games when less focused on competitiveness, criticism or expectations of perfection. The same could be said for any "sport". The real POWER in play is not about winning in any way.
More Resources about the Brain on YouTube
Find on YouTube
Find on YouTube
Dr. Robert Sapolsky - Brilliant Human who will help you understand your brain, your behavior, your experience and why you are the way you are.
Polyvagal Theory - Dr. Peter Borges - This is very helpful in understanding how we retain our trauma and why. Further it helps in finding a way to address it differently.
Follow Ted Talks on new Neuroscience discoveries ** We are in a time of massive growth in our understanding of the brain, it's functions, connections, and so much more. Understanding more about your brain and its role in what you are experiencing can make things both feel more manageable and also empowering in knowing you can do something about it.
Gabor Mate - This guy will help you understand your trauma and your responses to trauma. His work with Addiction and Trauma is astounding. Turn to him to explore understanding your trauma and your traumatic response. NOT only for addiction!
Watch any Robert Sapolsky video on YouTube. You will find many videos with people interviewing him abput his newest book Determined and the Free Will debate. He is fantastic. He will help you understand how all of the pieces of your life experiences result in the person you are right NOW.
I love the Father-Offspring Interviews. Go to his page here and enjoy! Robert Sapolsky on YouTube
Robert Sapolsky TedTalk
Robert Sapolsky TedTalk
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