Holidays can be joyful, and they can also be stressful. If you don’t get along with some family members, you may feel anxious about holiday gatherings and dread possible confrontations. You may end up spinning negative scenarios in your mind long before the meeting, causing more stress and anxiety. Here are a few tips to [...]
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Whenever I work with people on emotional regulation during conflicts, I like to ask where they feel the emotions in the body. Stress and emotional overload can show up as muscle tension, hair standing up, sudden headache, pit in the stomach, racing heartbeat, deep sighing or shallow breathing. The body reveals what the brain tries [...]
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What does being vulnerable mean to you? Most people don’t like feeling vulnerable, myself included. Without our protective stance, we feel exposed to the world that is ready to prey on our weaknesses. Yet, more and more research indicates that the expression of vulnerability contributes to our sense of well-being. In one of my all-favorite [...]
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“Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson There is power in the ability to take action and make a choice. Our brains like the sense of autonomy and control, after all, we want to feel [...]
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I’ve just returned from Chicago, where I had the pleasure to present my program “Rewire Your Brain to Speak Your Mind: Neuroscience Insights for Conflict Management” at the Association of Conflict Resolution Chicago Area Chapter. It was wonderful to connect with other conflict resolution professionals and tap into our collective brain power for new ideas [...]
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We get more engaged when our buttons are pushed. It’s no surprise that negative information captivates the brain and stirs emotions, you have to look no further than our news channels and newspapers. Negativity keeps the audience captive, in part, because the brain is wired to be more sensitive to negativity. Negative emotions are so [...]
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This happened years ago when I was still practicing law, but the episode is etched in my memory, perhaps, because it stirred many emotions and emotions make memories stronger. A middle-aged couple walked into my office to talk about a loan they were considering. There was nothing unusual about them or the beginning of our [...]
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With exclusive interviews from
Dr. Farhad Saba,
Dr. Rosemary Lehman,
Dr. Donna Gibbs,
Dr.Germain-Rutherford,
Anastasia Pryanikova, M.A., J.D.,
and James Breeze.
