
Is your doctor gaslighting you?
Psychology Today defines gaslighting as “an insidious form of manipulation and psychological control.”* As a victim of gaslighting you “are deliberately and systematically fed false information,”* which may make you question what you know to be true (not about them,...

5 tips to protect your health while traveling
Just because I’m traveling does not mean my health should go on holiday too. In fact, I’ve found my best travel experiences and memories pair well if I’m staying on track and finding a healthy travel routine. Consistency turns out to be key yet again. When we take an...

Flip the “script” – literally, on your prescription
Accept things and never ask questions; Debate things and go back and forth; Decline things after a thorough analysis. We likely could all say each of those hypotheticals have occurred in our medical lives at some point in time. Is there a solid theme amongst your...

The trifecta of chronic pain, stress, and anxiety is impairing health
Treating patients with chronic pain on a daily basis, Hana Doustar, founder and head clinician of the Clinic for Pain and Anxiety, graciously shared her expertise, approach, and advice to living with chronic pain and anxiety, as well as combating stress. The top three...

Therapeutic hypnosis: Ah-ha moments and afterthoughts
Part 5 of a 5-part series I’ve been in a reflective mode lately. There are so many categories in our lives in which we feel compelled to keep striding forward, but once in a while it comes to light that in another category we are “just getting by.” There’s nothing...

Learning to reprocess cyclic thoughts with EMDR therapy
Part 4 of a 5-part series Is there some piece of your life that, when you reflect on it, makes you feel tense or stressed? Is there something you harbor long-term anger or resentment about? Need to forgive someone? As mentioned in the first installment of this series,...