One of the most important aspects of a healthy relationship is communication. When both partners understand how to communicate properly, they feel loved, connected and secure. But when effective communication is lacking, both people can become defensive, and the relationship can be mired down in...
What happens when we experience panic? When our brain’s amygdala alerts us to danger, our body often defaults to: FIGHT ( I need to fight for my survival. ) FLIGHT ( I need to get to safety. ) or FREEZE (when we have no control...
After finishing my master’s program in The School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, I felt a wave of relief. I had finally finished the schooling process that I was hungry to complete since my first alarm went off on my...
At times in life, especially in our childhood, we tend to believe that everything is "normal". That our parents are "normal", our living condition is "normal", behaviors of adults (or other children) are "normal". To find out later, when we mature that none of that...