On a regular basis, my cats and dogs assist me as therapy animals in the office with my patients. Cats and dogs support mental health, calm anxiety, bring joy, help regulate the nervous system, and alleviate trauma responses. Long ago I discovered the my own and my patients pets calm …
In my psychotherapy and hypnosis practice I often see people who feel desperate to overcome insomnia and sleep better. They say that their fatigue and sleep problems contribute to relationship, work, mood and health issues. They believe that sleeping well would dramatically improve everything in their lives. We can create good …
With everything going on in the world – pandemic, politics, wars and so much uncertainty – feeling overwhelmed by life events seems like a natural, or even expected, reaction. Crisis fatigue can lead to exhaustion, anxiety, rage and despair. Finding ways to simplify communication – within ourselves and in dialogue with others – …
How can you live your best life without understanding the mechanisms that facilitate how you think and perceive your environment? We process the world around us using as many of our five senses as we can: sight, sound, touch, smell and taste. These senses make up the ways that we …
Have you ever tried to remember something that’s on the tip of your tongue but you just can’t grasp it? That’s how insomnia feels. What defines insomnia? • Trouble falling asleep • Waking up with anxiety in the middle of the night • Having difficulty going back to sleep When these manifestations of …
Are you one of the millions of individuals searching for how to overcome insomnia and stay grounded during these rapidly changing and confusing circumstances? Even during normal times, people commonly come to me to learn self-hypnosis for sleep and happiness. Building this skill of self-soothing has become more important than …
What if we all live our own hypnosis story? Perhaps we write our own narratives every single day and our sleep troubles occur partly because we get so caught up in those stories. We forget to pause in order to connect mind, body and spirit to one another. People ask …
