In my last post, I discussed how our legacy – the experiences of those who came before us – impacts us emotionally in big ways. Multi-generational trauma is real, and powerful unconscious force in our lives. Stories I Hear Regularly

I’m asking this because it’s important for us to know our history so that we can better define our future. Healing often involves the lives of those who came before us. When we face and heal our histories, we attain

Neuroscience teaches us that addiction impairs decision-making and bypasses impulse control. We do things under the influence that we wouldn’t dream of doing sober. ​ Recently, a client I hadn’t seen in some time booked an appointment. Her partner insisted

I recently listened to a woman tell her story of getting sober in Iran. Being a woman in Iran is hard enough, but being an alcoholic woman is an impossibility in a country that treats alcohol like it’s the devil

Do you ever stop and ask yourself if you are using your time effectively or not? Notice I didn’t say “productively”. To me, effective doesn’t mean ‘getting sh#t done’. It means being meticulous and mindful about what feeds our soul,

What the neuroscience of addiction teaches us is that the ‘high’ we experience from substances or behaviors is because the brain floods initially with a neurotransmitter called dopamine. While there is a cascading chain of neurochemical events that occur subsequently,