Anxiety is not just a mental experience—it’s a full-body event. It lives in our thoughts, yes, but also in our nervous system, our breath, our muscles, and our gut. If you’ve ever tried to “think” your way out of anxiety and failed, you’re not alone. True healing...
Grief, Loss and Bereavement
Combating Loneliness: The Modern Epidemic
Learning How to Embrace Our Aloneness as a Way to Manage Our Loneliness Loneliness, a condition characterized by a feeling of isolation and lack of meaningful interpersonal connection, has become a worldwide epidemic. The American Psychiatric Association notes that...
Understanding Grief: Strategies to Navigate and Overcome Common Blocks in the Grieving Process
Do you know what it means to grieve well? If you don’t, you’re not alone. Grief is one of those natural parts of the human experience that we generally try to keep our distance from, try not to think about and even try to avoid. That is of course, unless we are in the...
Terrorism, Trauma, Vulnerability and Resilience – Trying to Make Sense of it All
by Veronica Vaiti, LCSW-R An inconceivable, horrific violent event happens. We are startled, frightened and move to band together, rise up to face the wickedness of it all, hearts heavy searching for what we can do whether its hands on support or sending prayers and a...