Do you have any residual pain from work, automobile, or surgery-related injuries?” This question on my client intake form can lead me to aspects of pain and healing that I have encountered, but have not seen mentioned in the general hypnosis literature. Blocked unfelt emotions, created at the time of a physical trauma, […]
Anger, generally considered the most forbidden and primal of all emotions, is more accurately the most complex, nuanced, and misunderstood, particularly by mental health professionals. Anger has positive psychological and social purposes that range from releasing negative sentiment to motivating us to find solutions — to correct wrong behaviors, challenge social injustice, and […]
In a bustling neighborhood in southeast Portland, situated between an e-cigarette store and a barbershop, sits a strange little business called Float On. Each day, around fifty people walk through the shop’s front door and into a brightly colored lobby full of plants and couches. They check in with a desk attendant (that’s […]
By Jeremy Adam Smith on Wednesday September 28th, 2016 Upliftconnect.com How You Can Tell if Someone is Grateful I’m terrible at gratitude. How bad am I? I’m so bad at gratitude that most days, I don’t notice the sunlight on the leaves of the Berkeley oaks as I ride my bike down the street. I […]
By Sofo Archon on Saturday April 15th, 2017 UplifitConnect.com How to Create an Attitude of Appreciation To be grateful means to be simple. To be grateful means to be joyful. To be grateful means to be content. Unfortunately, most people have been conditioned to live in discontentment. In our competitive, materialistic, consumption-driven society, we’ve been programmed […]