I sincerely hope you are all doing the best you can, handling any challenges with awareness and strength, and continue to deepen into what is ‘up’ for you and others. Let me start by acknowledging that although ‘we are all in this together,’ each of us is experiencing the pandemic along a wide range […]
Clearing Up the Past with EMDR Therapy
So, now that we are strong and humble enough to acknowledge our negative or limiting beliefs and toxic emotions, what are the options in dealing with them? We can start with noticing the limiting beliefs, stop-thoughting them and replacing them with the truth. For example, we drop something, up comes the thought, “I’m so stupid,” […]
Revisiting Our “Normal” Childhoods – The Impacts of ACE/Trauma
In Canada, 32% of an adult sample indicated that they had experienced physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or exposure to intimate partner violence during childhood (2014). A 2014 U.S. study found that 8% of children have experienced 1 childhood trauma, and 23% have experienced 2 or more. These traumas (aka “adverse childhood experiences”or ACE) include: extreme economic […]
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 […]
