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How We Can Learn To Be Anti-Racist
First, We Need To Learn About Learning And Memory The first step in learning any kind of material is understanding how the brain/mind works. I write extensively about this in my book, Why Good Sex Matters. Here is a crash course on how the brain/mind works for the...
A Nation in Crisis: A Neuroscientist and Relationship Therapist Outlines Tools for Collective Healing
It is now abundantly clear to all that our nation is deeply in crisis. In retrospect, this has been a perfect storm. Start with a big fat dose of ever-present, ongoing systematic racism, factor in a backdrop of escalating income disparity, add in a full boil pandemic...
Overcoming Pain and Anxiety With This Mental Technique
Everyone deals with challenges and problems, many of which are easily solved. However, every so often there is a situation that’s out of our control. While we might feel helpless, how we choose to mentally and emotionally respond is completely within our control and...
The Breathing Exercise That Got Me Through My Anxiety and Panic Attacks
One of the main reasons I went into neuroscience is because of my own journey and experience with anxiety. This breathing exercise has been my foundation in helping myself and my patients feel immediate relief when they're feeling overwhelmed (This is part of my...
30 Day Training to Harness Anxiety and THRIVE
Let's use the lockdown as an incredible opportunity to learn new tools and tricks that will enhance our ability to not only survive the challenges, but to thrive beyond how we were doing before the shit hit the fan. As a culture, we weren't in the best shape...
