Joy Points Joy, even when sick? YES! Anyone can be happy when life is treating us royally, but what about when we are hurting? Here are three ways to create joy, even when life becomes a little gritty.
Laurel’s Life Dreams DO Come True! After finishing two books, I needed a way to restore. A dear friend, Diana, who owns the beautiful Dougherty Ranch gave me time with Isabella. Dreams DO come true!
Laurel’s Life Emotions: From Gritty to Sweet What emotional flow comes with being a grandmother? I'm learning, but it's so multi-layered, so soft and dear, yet so gritty.
Neuroplasticity Misery – It's GREAT for us! Walking through Sather Gate years back, I was miserable. Another student made fun of me. Little did he (nor I) know then that misery can lead to transformation. Now we do!
Heal Yourself The Virtue of Using the Brain Well There is a certain pride that comes from learning how to use our natural brain pathways from stress to joy, and reaping the many rewards.
Allostatic wires Brain Based Pain Management Brain-based tools can create hope, connection and resilience, which are core to managing pain and living our best life.
Laurel’s Life Poor Tammy - It's Cycle Time! The couple's tool to break through stress together comes in handy, however, the dog can't cope with emotions. Poor Tammy! Using the Cycle Time technique can bring rapid stress relief to all.
Laurel’s Life Tammy's Loving Brain Walt and I have a beloved dog, Tammy, and her loving limbic brain is so dominant that she goes into stress overload really easily! How can we help her?
Laurel’s Life The Mockingbird Revisited The famous book, To Kill A Mockingbird, focuses on innocence that the mocking bird symbolizes. Yet, don't we all have a mockingbird inside somewhere?
Relationship Wires Freedom from Grieving Behind each moment of grieving is immense joy. Evolutionary biology delivers sadness to motivate us to cycle down and release that pain, clearing the hurt, and ensuring that we become wiser and stronger.
