How many times a day are you provoked, goaded, inflamed? Maybe you read a headline, overheard a conversation, or saw something on social media that REALLY got to you. Or perhaps you had a personal, direct interaction that you are still wrestling with, days later. Welcome to the Sea of Hyperarousal. Hyperarousal is a physical
We are haunted. Not by things that go bump in the night, but by the ghosts of people, places, and things that no longer exist, or no longer exist the way they did in the Before Times. A favorite restaurant closed, a previous home razed, streams of work and client relationships vanished. People moved away
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s
I’ve had red hair for most of my adult life. I was born a blonde, but in my 30s I dyed my hair red on a whim–loved it!–and have kept coloring it some shade of aubergine, burgundy, crimson, or auburn ever since. For over a year, I’d been considering transitioning from red to whatever color
In order to make sense of the world, we humans watch for, recognize, and interpret patterns. When there’s a problem, we ask ourselves how today’s problem is like a problem we have previously solved, apply our previous experience, and…voila! Problem solved. The trouble is, many of the problems we are currently facing are unprecedented. No