Tag Archives: Emotional pain

Tapping (EFT) 2 of 2

CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” I’ve used Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), aka tapping for years, as I wrote in Part 1 on  “what is tapping.” Now for how to tap. “Focus on the negative emotion at hand: a … Continue reading

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Tapping (EFT) 1 of 2

CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” I’ve used Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) aka  Tapping for four years and gotten major relief from severe fight-flight emotions like fear and anger (emotions I could feel).  I’ve also gotten relief from physical … Continue reading

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What is EMDR – and Why is it So Effective?

CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” “During REM sleep, the brain is attempting to process survival information until it’s resolved“–Dr. Francine Shapiro (above). Eye Motion Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a potent trauma treatment developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro, … Continue reading

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A Pastor’s Battle with Childhood Trauma

[This week we have “Overcoming Adverse Childhood Experiences” (ACEs), a guest blog by Pastor Dave Lockridge of northern California (left). What a story, and what a persistent heart! – Kathy] From the Merced Sun Star, Merced County, CA: When I … Continue reading

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“General Theory of Love” on Mammals

“A General Theory of Love”  by Thomas Lewis MD,  Fari Amini, MD, and Richard Lannon, MD, is all about why it’s so important that we are mammals.  They say it’s vital that we value our mammalian attachment system and stay … Continue reading

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Pediatricians Screen for Child Trauma

“To prevent childhood trauma, pediatricians screen children and their parents…and sometimes, just parents…for childhood trauma” — guest blog by Jane Ellen Stevens, Editor, ACEsTooHigh.com and ACEsConnection.com When parents bring their four-month-olds to a well-baby checkup at the Children’s Clinic in Portland, … Continue reading

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Allan Schore: What is the “Self”?

CLICK HERE to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” In March 2013, I was standing unknown in a crowd of professors and therapists at a UCLA conference, and noticed a quiet gentleman on my right.  I’d seen his photo online.  “Dr. … Continue reading

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The Hole in Half of Us

The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) study since 1994 shows that  50% of Americans have some degree of failed attachment in childhood.  These are rigorous psychiatric studies of the general public which have nothing to do with “addicts.”  It’s not just … Continue reading

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Dr. Vincent Felitti: “The Origins of Addiction”

After I heard Russell Brand say that what compels addicts is the “hole in me,” I wrote Feb. 14 that this means:  “parts of my brain are dark.”  And it’s so painful, we just medicate.  Ten % of us use … Continue reading

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The Hole in Me

“Philip Seymour Hoffman is another victim of extremely stupid drug laws,” writes Russell Brand in The Guardian on Feb. 6 at www.theguardian.com/ commentisfree/2014/feb/06/russell-brand-philip-seymour-hoffman-drug-laws   I posted this Feb. 7 in the comments of his article: What causes that “pain” which … Continue reading

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