I have always believed that generational trauma, given enough generations, becomes culture. Historical events have a tendency to leave deep scars that alter the way we see the world, and that skewed perspective, once accepted as the norm, is then taught to future generations. Think of the generation that was raised in the Great Depression […]
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Anger Is A Firewall To Feeling
Anger is a secondary emotion, that is, it is a feeling that is triggered by other primary emotions. The primary emotion could be fear, embarrassment, disappointment, or even sadness. But anger acts as a firewall, stopping all access to those primary emotions. Sometimes, this can be helpful. Anger is energizing. In an interpersonal conflict it […]
The Mind-Body Connection
Pepper Pavlish, ERYT 500 and best-selling author of MS Wellness Solutions interviews Maya Georg about the mind-body connection and the intersection of yoga and talk therapy. Pepper Pavlish has used her experience of managing her autoimmune symptoms naturally to inspire and teach others. She shares her wisdom and experience through online and in-person classes, as […]
The Problem With Passing
Humans tend to make snap judgements about other humans, categorizing them into neat groups. This predisposition to categorize means we often sympathize and identify with those that are most familiar—those that look most like us, or those that align with society’s perception of the ‘default human’. The ‘default human’ is crafted by media portrayals, and […]
Casual Diagnosing
Many years ago, when I was still single, I began chatting with a man online. His behavior, while initially charming and funny, quickly devolved into demands for my phone number so he could send me photographs of his penis. I had just met him online, and I honestly found that to be the least interesting […]
The 5 Obstructions To Happiness (and how to remove them)
It took me a long time to figure out how to be happy. Most of us are not raised to be happy, we are raised to be perfect, or accommodating, or accomplished. This leaves a lot of us anxious, frustrated, or angry. I was all three. Of course part of my struggle was at times […]