Reaction to Response: Conflict as a Choice
Written By John Ford, Founder of Empathy Set Once we embrace that conflict is inevitable in social relationships, the question we have to ask is “how do we respond?” Responsibly, we’d hope. Yet, for the most part, when we are in conflict, we are not very responsive, and tend to be reactive. Shifting to a […]
Reclaiming Joy: Crafting Meaningful Moments During the Holidays
Written by Tina Hamilton, Founder of Intuitive Solutions, Parenting POV When my daughter was a toddler, her father and I separated. For a few years, we tried to keep up joint birthdays and holidays. It worked—until it didn’t. In 2017, we decided it was time to celebrate separately, starting with Christmas. My daughter would spend […]
The Tear Box
Written by Sheila Startup, Author of The Tear Box It was 1976. I was a 10-year-old girl heading to her first day of school afterhaving moved from Illinois to Pennsylvania. I was experiencing what I now knowas my first panic attack. I was so anxious that day that I became sick and wassent home. Long […]
Fear Associated with Psychedelics
Getting beyond the fear of trying a psychedelic for the first time If you’re new to psilocybin, it’s understandable to have some apprehension about having a challenging experience Written By Jennifer Chesak, Author of The Psilocybin Handbook for Women I’m coming up on my two-year anniversary of when I first tried psychedelics, specifically psilocybin. The […]
How therapeutic use of psilocybin may be a tool to recover from sexual assault-related PTSD
Sexual assault and PTSD disproportionally affect women, and we need bettertreatments Written by Jennifer Chesak, Author of “The Psilocybin Handbook for Women“ Post-traumatic stress disorder can affect any person of any gender. In fact, it affectsabout 6% of people during their lifetime. But as the author of The Psilocybin Handbookfor Women and an advocate for […]
PTSD and the Link to Domestic Violence
Written by Kathryn Marsh, Prosecutor’s POV “People think of battered women as unable to think for themselves, unable to do this,not able to do that. In reality, they’re the most resourceful, resilient, kind, compassionatepeople I think I’ve ever come across.” Kathy Jones 1 June is PTSD Awareness Month. Approximately 7% of people will develop PTSD […]
Repairing when you blew it – apologizing to your kids, why it’s important, how it supports and encourages healing.
Written by Tina Hamilton, The Healing Parent Would you apologize to your children if you messed up? Years ago, I would have said no. I was of the mind that to apologize to a child would mean that they would begin to question my authority. Besides, I don’t remember adults ever apologizing to me when […]
Children: Navigating the Feelings that come with BIG Emotions
Written By Elizabeth Morse, Author of “The Emotional Bus is Struggling“ As someone who deals with many issues like chronic pain, autoimmune diseases, stomachissues, and complications after back surgery, I learned that masking my emotions would onlyhurt myself and decided to speak up about the struggles that I was going through. I took thisthinking and […]
Parallel Healing: A Mother-Son Journey Through Psychedelics
By Josh Halu & Candace Halu Candace: I have hated my mom for as long as I can remember. At three years old, I clamored to my mom’s bed for a cuddle of reassurance and love, but she pushed me away. And there she was, at my husband’s funeral, pretending she was there to support […]
Breaking Free from Toxic Relationships: A Journey of Courage and Empowerment
Written By Dr. Jamie Huysman, Founder of The TAR Network STAR Network Foundation, formerly known as the TAR Network, is a 501(c)(3) organizationdedicated to bringing global awareness, transformation, and self-love to individuals whoseemotional realities have been distorted by Toxic Abusive Relationships (TAR). Our mission isto address one of the greatest public health crises of our […]