Earlier this month I packed my things into my car and made the 350-mile drive from Idaho to Utah to start a new job at The Younique Foundation. As I drove through the sagebrush-dotted landscape, through rain and snow and then the rain again, my attention shifted from Idaho’s temperamental spring weather to the nervousness […]
Trauma researcher Bessel van der Kolk shared that one of his patients who had been sexually abused as a child remembers feeling like the abuse happened to someone else. She said that when the abuse occurred, “she floated up to the ceiling, looking down on some other little girl.” Her memory of the abuse was […]
Guest blog by Leslie Clark, clinician Mindfulness…What is it really? Many people think mindfulness is a practice requiring great focus and technique. Some think it may not be accessible to them. I have heard others say, “It seems like some sort of trend or fad.” The reality is mindfulness is a practice that can easily […]
In 1960, Disney released a movie called Pollyanna (based on a book by the same name). The movie follows the escapades of a young girl, an irrepressible optimist named Pollyanna. Her sunny outlook is contagious and soon the formerly bitter town is looking for the good things in life. The secret behind Pollyanna’s cheerfulness is […]
Imagine that you’re walking in a forest when you hear a suspicious sound in the distance. You can’t quite tell how close the noise is and you don’t know what’s making it. But fear begins to develop when you hear a growling animal. Your initial reaction is to hold as still as possible. Your heart […]
Communicating effectively can be difficult, especially in relationships. Add the trauma of childhood sexual abuse into the mix, and you may find that you or your significant other struggle to understand and be understood. John Gottman, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at The University of Washington, developed research to identify the elements of stability in relationships. […]
Imagine that you’re stacking rocks to build a pyramid. You lay a firm foundation of rocks and then stack another layer on top of that. You keep adding rocks until you reach the top layer that has just one rock. But you don’t stop there. You still have more rocks, so you keep stacking them, […]
