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The power of women's anger

The power of women's anger

Anger is a powerful emotion -- it warns us of threat, insult, indignity and harm. But across the world, girls and women are taught...
Psychotherapy for Your Body

Psychotherapy for Your Body

A racing heart and a roiling stomach. Panic attacks, nightmares, or fatigue. The body has myriad ways to manifest the many faces o...
Introduction to Somatic Experiencing

Introduction to Somatic Experiencing

Somatic Experiencing is a powerful psychobiological method, developed by Peter A. Levine, PhD, for addressing physical and emotion...
The Social Dilemma

The Social Dilemma

We tweet, we like, and we share— but what are the consequences of our growing dependence on social media? As digital platforms inc...
Polyvagal Theory and Romantic Relationships

Polyvagal Theory and Romantic Relationships

Dr. Stephen Porges discusses Polyvagal Theory and romantic relationships in his interview with PsychAlive.org
The Polyvagal Theory

The Polyvagal Theory

When faced with danger, threat, fear, stress or trauma, why is it that we respond differently to the next person?
The New Science of Safety and Trauma

The New Science of Safety and Trauma

You’ll never think of your body and brain the same way again. The Polyvagal Theory is a new understanding of how our nervous syste...
Everything you know about depression could be wrong

Everything you know about depression could be wrong

Johann Hari always wondered if there was more to people’s depression than what was being advertised/normalized. So, he started wha...
Healing the Sacred Wound

Healing the Sacred Wound

It’s a shocking statistic: worldwide, one in four people have been sexually assaulted in childhood— and that’s just the conservati...