Rest and Relaxation – its importance for our wellbeing & Brain Functioning
We often treat rest and relaxation as a reward, something to be earned after burning the candle at both ends. In western culture this is seen as laziness. We have…
Positive Affirmations – how to make them more useful in your life
Positive Affirmations are common right now. Many people preach affirmations and swear by their effectiveness to support overall self-esteem. However, more times than not when I sit across from a…
Journaling – What kind is right for you & how to journal?
Journaling is a challenging task for many. Have you ever felt like venting onto some pages for a little while is somewhat helpful? And there are probably days where you…
Is Brainspotting Right for me? – For the Therapist Looking to get Training?
See the video below to see if Brainspotting training is right for you. Patrice reviews how Brainspotting could impact your practice and the integrative nature of Brainspotting. In turn, if…
Hope through winter and covid-19
As we head into the coming months the likelihood for overarching anxiety, depression, stress and overall feelings of being stuck are likely to accumulate. My husband said to me, as…
mindfulness – What’s the point? tools to support Mindfulness Practice
Recently, more and more people have been reaching out and expressing that they have heard of mindfulness or have tried meditation but they don't "get it". Mindfulness is a challenging…
BRAINSPOTTING MOTTO “Where you look affects how you feel”
"Where you look affects how you feel" is the moto of the Brainspotting community. It is all about the understanding that we orient where we look towards pleasure and pain.…
Pushing Outside the comfort zone & into growth
Pema Chodron discusses the three zones above in her book Welcoming the Unwelcome. Pema outlines how to move through comfort into learning and be aware/cautious of excessive risk. This process…
How brainspotting has changed my practice
Brainspotting to me is a empowering, challenging, frustrating, uplifting and healing way of therapy. If you have read anything I have written, viewed any of my past social media posts…
Calming the Sympathetic nervous system
Our sympathetic nervous system (SNS) helps us engage in fight or flight so that we are able to protect ourselves from danger. The brain is not able to discern perceived…