Carl Jung stated that “People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.” Among the things people do is lie. A University of Massachusetts study found that sixty percent of subjects lied at least once (and an average of 2.92 times) during ten-minute recorded conversations between strangers. Why do we feel the need […]
Co-Dependent Tendencies
According to John Bradshaw, “co-dependency is the most common family illness.” Co-dependence is a set of maladaptive, compulsive behaviors learned by a person in order to survive in a stressed or dysfunctional family. Dysfunctional families involve a primary stressor such as the presence of alcoholism, depression, passive/aggressiveness, actual illness or death, abuse, or the controlling […]
Making Changes Mindfully
Looking to makes some changes this year? There are often two approaches needed when making changes. One – stopping the behaviour we wish to decrease or eliminate, and two – introducing desired behaviours. Often dealing with one action automatically calls upon us to do the other. For example, when we wish to stop/decrease drinking coffee, […]
Welcoming Winter!
Winter begins this year at 2:23 pm PST, December 21. With this new season,as well as Christmas, we may as well through in the full moon on December 22, 9:50 am PST. [Also note, Jan. 20, @ 9:17 pm PST, the full moon will be a ‘super blood wolf moon.” With these events in mind, I’ve suggested […]
ACE Score Significance
The ACE Study Results MORE COMING SOON! The ACE Study found a strong correlation between the occurrence of childhood adversity and issues with mental and physical health in adults. Higher ACE scores showed increased instances long-term health effects, including: gastrointestinal problems (e.g. IBS) frequent headaches and fatigue anxiety, substance abuse and depression ACE score of 4 or […]
ACE Survey
Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Questionnaire Answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to the following questions. While you were growing up, during your first 18 years of life: Did a parent or other adult in the household often … Swear at you, insult you, put you down, or humiliate you? or Act in a way that made you […]
