And while (the idealized holiday vision) may be true for a fortunate some, most people actually struggle during the holidays – in varying degrees… and for different reasons.
- Miryam Yusufov, PhD
In this month’s post, we share some ideas to help you ground in the new season and find some of the joy and peace that belong uniquely to the fall.
When we make space for it, we form an opportunity to reconnect with, or cultivate, our creative energy. Here are some ideas to help inspire your own creative energy,
Often, as a new therapeutic journey gets underway, people wonder, “how will I go about changing?”
The placebo effect -getting better from an illness when taking an inactive, or “sugar,” pill or treatment that a person thinks is medicine — has been found to hover around 30% in some large-scale studies. In medicine, that’s a major effect, and any drug that could pull those numbers in clinical trials would be celebrated
“I’d love to get away from it all….”
Have you ever imagined just taking off, maybe to a beach or mountain retreat, to be free of the business of daily life? Recently I had the opportunity to do just that. I spent time in a quiet beachside bungalow near the Equator, where I had time alone every day. No television or radio, very limited phone and internet, and only a few, simple chores to do. Time to relax, read, rest….just be, with no one looking for me. Total relaxation. Only, it was often quite stressful….
I’m excited to share the launch of our VitalMind Parenting project together with my friend and colleague Dr. Matt Hersh. We had the pleasure of speaking recently at Harvard’s Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, where we enjoyed sharing simple yet powerful strategies for parenting mindfully with fellow parents and colleagues…
