Brain Development Understanding the brain and how it works is key to being able to down regulate emotional distress, overcome the fight, flight, or freeze response and intentionally engage in higher level executive functioning or problem solving. Several parts of the brain are key factors in the production of fear and anxiety. The amygdala and[…]
Overcome Anxiety? Is that even possible? I thought it was something you have to live with and just learn to manage. Well the truth is that stress and and being anxious will for sure always be a part of life, but succumbing to the immobilizing effects of anxiety does not always have to be a[…]
What does a Hijacker do? Basically a hijacker is someone that takes over a vehicle and changes the course of direction to fulfill their own objectives, often at the expense of the passengers on board. You may not realize it, but you’ve most likely experienced this before, maybe not physically, but emotionally. It can be[…]
“Always” Always is a powerful word. Few things in this life are “always.” Many things are “often”, or “almost always,” but truly for something to be “always”, it must be an eternal truth or principle. “Remember” Remember is another incredibly powerful word. It’s the basis for the entire discipline of historical studies. Remembering is the[…]
You can’t escape it. Christmas is everywhere. Seems like it creeps into stores and advertising earlier and earlier every year. This year I noticed on October 30th, big box retailers had already taken down the Halloween products and replaced them with Christmas. Forget Thanksgiving. We’ll just skip over November and go straight to the big[…]
AHHH! The Holidays are here! Man you can just feel the anxiety set in. We experience anxiety around the holidays for a variety of reasons. For some it’s financial stress, others it’s facing family and friends with hard relationships, for some it’s just being expected to eat around others. Maybe you’re feeling all of those,[…]
DAD! Can You Come Help Me? Screams my daughter as she is working on some 8th grade math homework. She is staring hopelessly at the computer screen that displays a typical algebra X-Y axis graph with a triangle drawn on it. I ask her what can I do to help. She looks at me with[…]
It’s Friday night and everyone is looking to have some fun. Someone suggest we watch a movie. Someone suggests we go on a walk. Then I have a crazy idea. How about we play Hide-and Seek? Everyone loves the idea, so we turn out all the lights in the house, dress in the darkest clothes[…]
Last week my family went on a trip to Lake Powell. One of the interesting parts of going to Powell is that there is no cell phone coverage up the lake. You have to totally disconnect from the digital world and just spend a week focusing on face to face relationships and exploring fun in[…]
iGen’ers? What the heck is an iGen’er? Well if you were born between 1995 and 2012 then you’re an iGen’er. I guess it’s a mixture of the word generation and all the popular technology that starts with the letter “i.” You grew up in the world that revolves around personal devices and technology. You follow[…]