Softening into Wellness

Softening into Wellness

The medical community has warned for decades that stress shortens our life span. As a preventative, they have advised us to exercise and invest in community. But what happens when stress is a habit formed in childhood? Some parents are unprepared for the demands of...
Ideas are Good

Ideas are Good

If you feel like you are struggling against hidden resistance, take this to heart: think of ideas as friends. They are strongest when they are shared. You may not always get credit, but the best ideas will gather around you. Eventually, the truth will...
Being a Gentleman

Being a Gentleman

If as a man you have subscribed to “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” remember that rest is a necessary component to building strength. At Hypnosis Rising, I will help you learn to locate carried tension, offer that part kindness, and cultivate the capacity...
Positively Awe-full

Positively Awe-full

Martin Seligman, presiding over the American Psychiatric Association, attempted to shift the focus of psychiatry from illness to wellness. As a counterweight to the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual (DSM), he produced an inventory of beneficial character traits. The...
Growing into Relationship

Growing into Relationship

What does it mean to become an adult? We have social conventions that chart our progress: a driver’s license at sixteen, voting and sexual consent at eighteen, and tippling at twenty-one. While those milestones assume that we have achieved a level of maturity, few...