Our stress cycle is a system that gets activated the moment we perceive a threat. You may know it as your “fight, flight, or freeze” response. When a stressor is observed, the first thing that happens is your brain notices and interprets risk. Then, you follow with an action. Then, you feel something after engaging in the action and that usually completes the cycle….but what if our cycle never completes?

In Tara Brach’s latest book Radical Compassion, she talks about how we can find ourselves in trances and in particular, the trance of unworthiness. You may be in the trance of unworthiness when you start to self-blame or numb — it’s about how you treat yourself when things aren’t going right. It’s the, “I’m not good enough” voice that builds and builds.

I recently made this comic and wanted to share with you all. I was reflecting on a training given by Dr. Mimi Hoang on Bi+ Affirmative Psychotherapy. The coming out process for bisexual or non-monosexual identified individuals is different than that of their monosexual counterparts. In a predominately monosexual culture, they may feel pressure to continue to think about if the bi label still fits for them. Bisexuality is a normal, natural, and real identity.

In this blog post, I reflect on “The One You Feed” Podcast Episode 375: The Energy of Emotions with Ralph De La Rosa. What happens when we invite our difficult emotions in? Can they teach us and point us in the right direction?

Are you feeling stuck on what to do next? Are you letting uncertainty hold you back from pursuing a life goal, dream, or state of mind? In this blog post, we learn how to get excited about change and possibility by looking at Bruce Mau's Incomplete Manifesto for Growth.

We know that we are forever changed by the experience of living through a pandemic. There have been daily adjustments. This is a collective experience. But what’s below the surface? What the pandemic magnifies may be different for each of us based on our own unique histories.