Brain Flower Blog

Old counseling theories would posit that severing emotional ties to the deceased was the "healthiest" way to process loss, but today we...

The holiday season can be a tender time for many. Maybe this Christmas is a grief stricken reminder of loved ones lost. Maybe this...

I often describe dissociation as the brain's natural response to abnormal situations. Often times the word dissociation is immediately...

Forgiveness is like a heavy door. It's a dividing barrier between an injury (injuries) of the past and the freedom of the future. We may find ourselves knocking on the door, pounding on the door, kicking the door, and even slinging the full weight of our body at the door-forcing and coercing ourselves to try to release the offending party. When we find our many attempts to open the "forgiveness door" fail, it is so tempting to return to the injury and visit it again and again