Your Guide for Holistic Mental Health

What does your soul tell you of happiness? What does it need, ask for and require to be a soul fully actualized? What language does it speak and how can you learn to hear its words even if it’s a language you do not yet recognize? The first step is to stop ...stepping. We are a society in motion, seemingly ever-increasing in speed. As that motion increases, attention span declines, the desire for greater distraction grows and we speed up that much more. Stillness is the firs

It begins with a want, something that brings you into therapy. You may want relief from painful emotions or experiences. You may want more from your life than you have or to improve a relationship that has stumped all of your efforts. After discussing your wants, we continue the work by exploring your needs. What do I need in order to get what I want? This question takes us into the holistic world. We must see what thoughts, feelings and sensations exist within in order to tr

For over a year now I’ve been integrating the tenants of energy psychology into my practice and the results have been nothing short of miraculous. Once my patients and I recognize that there are specific moments in their lives that continue to impact them negatively, we get to work on releasing the energy that was blocked at a particular moment in life. The release of this energy is achieved through activating the meridian network of the body, a system commonly discussed and

Typically, when we think about exercise our goals are usually centered around making our bodies look better, losing weight, building muscle or maintaining our cardiovascular health. The focus is predominantly on the body and sometimes on psychological health as we typically experience improvements in how we feel emotionally when we exercise. It’s such a major part of the adult world, whether you have an exercise routine, you’re developing one or you choose to stay as far away

A major goal of yoga is to create space within the body: space in the lungs as we breath more deeply, space in the muscles and joints as we move and hold postures, stretch and become more flexible. Certainly, we work toward making space within - between our thoughts so that our minds may be a bit less busy and thus allow us to experience calm. We work toward this calm as we focus on our postures while processing all the sights and sounds of the room as well as the thoughts, s

From my heart to yours, I wish you the opportunity to dine with love, as you sit for a meal among many or on your own. Consider the miraculous nature of your being on this earth, at this particular time and place and know that there is a reason for it. There is so much to learn. There are so many people to get to know. There is so much life to live. There is so much to do to make things better for all of us. I thank you for all the good that you have done and will do. I thank

When thinking about therapy, there’s a common joke that many either have made or have heard and that is how often psychologists ask the question, “How do you feel?” It’s an easy question to ask, but it can be a hard question to answer and even harder to figure out what to do with the information once you have it. “Express it,” while often a great option isn’t always the ideal variant. What if the feelings relate to past experiences that are only triggered by what you have goi

Recently, I wrote an article entitled, “Intention During Your Practice – Be Kind. Move in Kind,” in which I described an intention that can prove meaningful during your yoga practice. I also suggested toward the end of the piece that we can bring that intention into our every day lives and see how it feels. So, let’s get into it. Let’s explore how to be kind and how to work with kindness as we live our lives and most challengingly, as we’re faced with others who may not have

No matter what form of yoga we practice, from restorative to hot power, moving through a sequence can be challenging in many ways. The postures may be difficult. The postures may be easy and a deep desire for a more demanding flow may arise. We may be preoccupied with things going on in our lives. Our motivation to maintain a healthy lifestyle may wax and wane and thus our desire to be in class altogether. When we do enjoy a rejuvenating flow, returning to the world at large

When we talk about becoming healthier the conversation usually involves changing how we look on the outside. Many of us begin the new year planning to eat healthier, exercise more often and drop inches from our waists. When we think about beauty, we typically visualize what beauty is, whether in others or in ourselves; we see a body type, a face, a hair style that attracts us and while evolutionarily what attracts suggests health, it no longer proves it. Hair is dyed, chemica

As a psychologist, I evaluate the moods of my patients as well as the emotions they share with me and exhibit during each therapy session. Recognizing moods helps me ground into my patients’ experiences of their lives and to understand better the events they bring into each session for discussion. The moods are real in that they define how my patients are functioning in the world, experiencing themselves and those around them and what their unique healing process will look li