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...]
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...]
Stress Symptoms: The Inside Story
Among other things, April is National Stress Awareness Month. With stress so prevalent, that’s a good thing. The latest research concludes that stress is bad enough to be considered a public health crisis. Although it may seem like everyone is aware of stress and is already searching for stress relief, this month we … [Read more...]
Celebrating Women?
There are stories of celebrating women all this month. And many of the celebrations are profound, needed, jubilant, powerful. But as we know with populations and causes that get a “day” or even a “month” of celebration, it’s usually a signal that those people or groups are not honored or empowered every day in truly … [Read more...]