by Brian Balke | Feb 21, 2020 | Relationships, Specializations
The hallmark of an abusive relationship is being told that you can only seek love from the abuser. For children, the abuser cultivates shame – the belief that something is wrong with the child. For adults, the abuser makes a series of escalating “me or...
by Brian Balke | Nov 2, 2019 | Basics
When our health is threatened, we take extreme measures to protect and restore it. Staying alive, after all, is necessary to anything else. For this reason, when sick or injured we are vulnerable to deception and self-serving by those claiming to restore us to...
by Brian Balke | Oct 7, 2019 | Active Aging, Specializations
Life Review While philosophers make much of reason, the most complex parts of the mind evolved to help us create communities. Community starts with the family – we look at our parents’ faces and find comfort or distress. Sometimes those responses are instinctive: when...
by Brian Balke | May 10, 2019 | Relationships, Specializations
To know loss is to confront change. People, pets, homes and jobs are not just things – they are the backdrop for our behavior. When we first acquire them, we are conscious of learning to adapt to their presence. Over time, those changes become automatic behaviors...
by Brian Balke | Apr 13, 2019 | Specializations
Video promoting my discomfort management offering. Sessions can be conducted remotely.
