To be human is to suffer, or so it seems. Life hurts us, life disappoints us, life takes things away from us. So we grasp and cling onto happiness, but our suffering is a...
At last, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a widely recognized mental health condition and the causal processes behind it are increasingly being understood. Once primarily associated with soldiers, it is now known to...
After working on a psychiatric unit for over 23 years, I watched some people find relief with medications for depression. Yet, I've also witnessed countless times when a person either experienced no relief or...
I recall watching a documentary about Kurt Cobain in the mid 1990s. The psychiatrist being interviewed stated that most people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol are mentally ill. I looked down while...
Sometimes an unwanted stress response to a traumatic (shock) experience is locked into our energy field and solidified by the accompanying brain neuron connections. This allows the response to replay itself over and over...
Being alive is about allowing life to flow through us. That flow of life can take many forms: energy, power, life-force, creativity, emotion -- they are all the same thing, life flowing, and they...
Depression outstands the psyche. It demotes the nature of our perseverance, and our act to be nourished by the beautified elements surrounding us. It's the simplest way to postpone healing and in time can...
Traditional East Indian energy healers believe that the root cause of depression and stress disorders stem from energy imbalances within our endocrine and exocrine glands. These glands have a profound effect on our entire...
Depression and anxiety must be dealt with on many levels. For years I used acupuncture, herbs and homeopathic with varying results, but some people would not get better. The last few years I have...
When depressed, we cannot truly determine our purpose, and the guidance we receive is ignored. Medication keeps us active in the EGO, the lower-self, and it creates a self-doubting environment of ignoring or being...
Depression and PTSD are very challenging conditions. In my years of being an empath, I have experienced both of these conditions. I felt overwhelmed and annoyed with an impending sense of dread. I began...
To heal from depression or emotional wounds is to allow life to flow through it, by not interfering.
There is no such thing as healing and enlightenment. We only assume some of the processes in...
Depression often is looked at simply as an illness, a condition that is "treated," not cured, by self-medicating with substances, or prescriptions that can elicit severe side effects. However, it is a much deeper...
How many of you wait for that magic someday: when the stars have aligned...your to-do list is complete...when everything makes sense...when you know exactly what to do with your life...when you have transformed some...
I am a survivor of severe child abuse. Through divine grace, I somehow got through those terrible years. My childhood left me with overwhelming traumatic memories and occasional waves of depression. The holidays were...
I love the ocean. The sound of it feeds my soul and grounds me. I can sit and watch the ocean for hours. It touches something deep, deep inside of me. A knowing, a...
Depression, PTSD, guilt, shame and sadness have their roots in events from your past. When these feelings arise, your mind has been triggered to re-visit the old thoughts and emotions that formed during the...