by Deborah Cox | Dec 4, 2016 | Anxiety & Calm, Becoming More of Your True Self, EMDR, Feel Better, Mood, Relax. You're normal., Write and Heal
Until recently, I resented the holidays. As in, Already???? We just did this, right? Except the years when my son believed in Santa and we put together tricycles and trains, after his bedtime, under the synthetic Douglas Fir, I got a sinking anxious dread just before...
by Deborah Cox | Nov 4, 2016 | Beauty Culture, Becoming More of Your True Self, Coaching For the Therapist, Create Art, Mood, Relational Cultural Theory, Relationships, Women
, Woman-Hate=Mostly Unconscious Fear of Women’s Empowerment. One day, in 1992, I had a panic attack. It came out of nowhere. I got up early and dressed for work, made breakfast and started a load of laundry, turned on the morning news while I finished my hair and my...
by Deborah Cox | Sep 27, 2016 | Anxiety & Calm, Becoming More of Your True Self, Relationships
Several years ago, I did a talk for a local GLBT advocacy group. I stood at the front of a large meeting room and talked about discrimination and ignorance, the need for education. A topic I lectured on every week in my classes. But in the middle of my presentation,...
by Deborah Cox | Sep 22, 2016 | Beauty Culture, Becoming More of Your True Self, Mood, Relational Cultural Theory, Write and Heal
Okay, everybody. Here’s a little quiz. Consider List 1 and check all that apply to you: A good daughter □ Married to one mate, for life □ A good provider □ A sweet girl □ Skinny □ Happily married □ A good Democrat □ A good Republican □ A dutiful son □...
by Deborah Cox | Sep 5, 2016 | Becoming More of Your True Self, child maltreatment, EMDR, Mood, Therapy, Write and Heal
Repression: I once knew what this was and then I forgot. Last weekend, I attended the EMDRIA conference in Minneapolis where physician, Gabor Maté, spoke about the connections between trauma, emotional repression, and disease. He told the story of his Jewish infant...
by Deborah Cox | Aug 1, 2016 | Becoming More of Your True Self, Create Art, Write and Heal
Toxic Faith & Political Abuse Spiritual practice should calm and ground you – so you feel hopeful, refreshed, more generous, and more compassionate. Religion and philosophy should promote ever-increasing access to your wise mind or Higher Self. But some...
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