Tag: stress
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Abbey of . . . Galveston – Day 2 and 3
I originally intended to keep the unedited journal concept going, but after this evening’s adventure, I elected to simply provide the highlights rather send my readers down the rabbit trail of my internal dialogues with God. Day 2 I had the bright idea to walk to the pier in the opposite direction from the one…
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Ah . . . Cinnamon!
I wish it had known about Mayim Bialik’s podcast, Breakdown before now. How inspiring and comforting it would have been for me during the height of my pandemic breakdown. Well, I know about it now and have begun listening from the beginning. She is my type of person – bridging the head and the heart…
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The Body Keeps Score
There is a psychological concept about the body’s long-term response to stress and trauma. I first learned about it in the book, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. Basically, our bodies remember trauma even when we forget. If we pause to…
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