On a clear summer night in 2006, an ambulance is urgently dispatched to the family residence of Doctor Y, a well-respected senior military psychologist and the only credentialed mental health provider for a U.S. Marine base of 6000 military men. Initial reports by Dr. Y’s frantic spouse indicate sudden paralysis, inability to speak, and...
Read MoreWhere you are in your life, no matter how diminished and small you may feel, your incompleteness is your authenticity. Just the very sense of longing in you is the voice of God speaking back to you, so start with your incompleteness, and when you feel your incompleteness, I hope you have some calluses on your hand from giving yourself a little...
Read MoreThe Neuro Affective Relational Model, or NARM model for short, is the brainchild of world renowned Dr. Laurence Heller and it builds on current research on resilience and self-regulation, a big topic in psychology today. NARM is principally focused with developmental trauma, and suggests that trauma occurring at different stages of our critical...
Read MoreTim Ferris entrepreneur and author of the '4 hour work week' is interviewing Gabor Matte, a sought after researcher and writer for his expertise on trauma, addiction, stress and childhood development: ...there is a good chance that I ended up being a doctor and a writer because I was trying to fill in for the hole my mother had felt for all her...
Read MoreAcademic research and NGOs involved in the field of abuse make it certain that abuse ranging from spanking to hitting with objects of different kinds, is still astoundingly popular among parents who try to regulate the behaviour of their children. Whatever the form, all hitting has documented negative correlates, ranging from higher risks of...
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