The human instinctual response to distress is to reach out to somebody known and trusted for support, and to give care and nurturing to the self by engaging in calming physical activities.
Tag: mental-health
Threshold of Change – Beyond Resistance
The last thing you want to do is ignore the signal that it’s time to make some changes. If you don’t decide what habits to break, they will become destructive and break down other areas of your life such as your relationships, your career, and even your health.
North Gate Book Club: The Body Keeps The Score: Chapter Five: Body-Brain Connections
Human beings are very sensitive to the subtle changes in facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and can easily detect how a person is feeling without ever exchanging words. Mirror neurons register the experiences of each other, and our body makes adjustments.
I am a Soul Technician with Resolve that is Sure as the Sunrise
The most empowering act I have learned to perform is that of being accountable for my own happiness. Be resolute with your intentions and thrive. Life is so much more fun when you choose to flow.
North Gate Book Club: The Body Keeps The Score: Chapter Four Summary & Discussion
For therapy and healing to work, a person needs to be firmly grounded in the present. The brain cannot organize the experience of trauma in proper context and meaning without a fully embodied sense of being in the present moment.
North Gate Book Club: The Body Keeps The Score: Chapter Three Summary & Discussion
The Body Keeps the Score Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. Founder and medical director of the Trauma Center in Brookline Massachusetts. Professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine Director of the National Complex Trauma Treatment Network Published in 2014 Part One: THE REDISCOVERY OF…
North Gate Book Club: The Body Keeps The Score: Chapter One Summary & Discussion
Reading about the life changing effects of trauma helps to see the whole picture when thinking about humanity and our evolution as a species. Facing our trauma is crucial in being able to move forward and have a meaningful life.
North Gate Book Club
My goal is to share with you an outline of content within the book, a summarization, and commentary as to what the author is presenting throughout the progression of the book from start to finish.
The Seasonal Tone of Winter Solstice is Saturnian
Holidays are astro-theological and that is a pretty good reason to pay more attention as to what it is you exactly are participating in
Track Your Health with Inner Biofeedback Journaling
Journaling is a safe place to organize your own inner biofeedback processes and becomes a sacred work as you utilize the information to become more in attunement with your true self.
North Gate Mystic 