Understanding the effects of childhood stress and trauma took a huge jump around fifteen years ago. 1997 marked the completion of one of the largest studies of childhood stress ever done. The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) study examined the reports from over 17,000 adults about stressful or traumatic childhood … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Stress Symptoms Can be the Tip of the Iceberg
As busy people, most of us only begin to pay attention to our bodies when they are doing something dramatic to get our attention. Like a three year old feeling the need to be noticed, our bodies often start out quietly asking, then end up screaming some version of “Listen to me!!!” In our bodies, this often shows up … [Read more...]
Work Stress and Anticipatory Anxiety
How do work stress and anxiety connect? What is happening when “anticipatory anxiety” takes over, when we are nervous about something that is not even happening yet? And how can we begin to get free from this destructive, upsetting pattern that can keep us feeling trapped? Here's one example of this common problem … [Read more...]
Conscious Calm – Finalist, Hoffer Book Award 2012
Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry was a Finalist for the 2012 Eric Hoffer Book Awards. The Eric Hoffer Book Award competition is for excellence in independent book publishing. The Hoffer Book Award site states: "After our rigorous first round of judging, less than 10% of the titles become … [Read more...]