Breaking Free from Repetitive Patterns

Breaking Free from Repetitive Patterns

Repetitive patterns are sneaky.We may have a goal or intention but a core belief in our subconscious contradicts that goal and leads us to choices that repeat patterns. These deeply ingrained responses come out of beliefs, memories, past experiences, past learnings,...
Trauma and Adaptation

Trauma and Adaptation

Trauma is the West’s more urgent health concern. This is what Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps The Score, and with 30 years of experience behind him, argues. What is trauma? Trauma is defined as an emotional response to a terrible event, like an...
Let’s bring SILLY Back To School!

Let’s bring SILLY Back To School!

After the strangest couple of years in most kids’ lives, we are now getting ready to go back to school in person. This is daunting, scary, and overwhelming as a Social and Emotional Learning Specialist.  When I first started to think of the first day back to...
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