BREAK bad habits – calm your IMMUNE SYSTEM
Do you know that feeling when you are on a roll? Good things just seem to keep coming your way. And sadly - When it rains it pours. Sometimes for…
The TRAPEZIUS muscle – ALWAYS tense
Muscle tightness after mental or cognitive stress is something all of us have experienced. I was five years old when I was first treated for dislocated ribs. It was several…
Joining the ARMY – an ESCAPE
During my first week in the army, we sat down with our group leaders. They ask us to introduce ourself and tell them why we had chosen to sign up…
PTSD or C-PTSD – which one is it?
Once I realized that I had been abused, I naturally read and listened to every on the matter I could get my hand on. I understood that all the symptom…
LAVENDER – for a GOOD night’s SLEEP
Even as a child I had trouble sleeping. Nightmares, restless nights, and difficulties falling asleep, weighed on me. My parents’ advice to just close my eyes, didn’t help in the…
Food & Clothes are NOT ENOUGH for healthy child development
„Now, don’t speak ill of you parents, you always had enough food and clothes to wear.“ I still get that enabling talk today. Back in the 1950s that was indeed…
DISGUSTING behavior makes me FAINT
Getting my vaccinations as a child was a nightmare for everyone involved. It was violent and terrifying since I suffer from Blood-Injection-Injury (BII) phobia. The practitionerTM and his staff grabbed…
Figure out how you FEEL – using SCIENCE
Knowing how you feel gives you clarity of mind and empowers you to go forth and make good decisions for yourself. Especially for people that have been abused it is…
When I see BLOOD – I can’t keep FEAR at bay
A colleague talking about a silly accident they had - cut their finger or broke their toe - and I feel the fear creeping up inside of me. If I…
COLD showers – evidence shows it helps
Cold showers don’t sound more appealing to me as they do to the next man. But I had come across the advice to take a daily cold shower several times…