“When you begin to clear the energy around you that no longer serves you… the things around you have to fall apart to match your current energy.” Breakthroughs break things. …
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Meditation is Easier Than You Think
Maybe you’re interested in meditation as a way to relieve feelings of stress, anger, and depression. Or perhaps you’ve heard about some of its many health benefits. You might even …
Balancing Inner and Outer Work
Many circumstances within the modern world make the process of looking inward a difficult one. So many modern demands, rituals, and customs contradict many aspects of how humans interact with …
“How are you?” & The Crave for Connection
“How are you?” are three seemingly innocuous words that often pose a loaded question for many. Why do these words carry so much weight? To recognize the why, it is …
Defining Success
“He who knows he has enough is rich.” ~Lao Tzu, Dao De Jing Starting from a very young age, those around us are teaching us what “success” is supposed to …
Finding Presence in the Face of Doubt
As an intern at Torus Therapy and someone who is newly heading into the field of social work, I admit that I struggle with feelings of imposter syndrome. At times …
Working with Fear
“Non-fear is the greatest gift we can offer to those we love. Nothing is more precious.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh, Understanding Our Mind Fear is a strong emotion that all of …
Unstuck: How Healing Frees Us
There is a common theme within many prominent healing modalities, which is the theme of being stuck. While the concept of being stuck seems easily recognizable, the ways that it …
Eight Phases of EMDR
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an eight-phase treatment that can alter the brain’s neurological response to triggering events in response to trauma. If you would like to learn …
What is EMDR?
In society, trauma has long been recognized, but under different terms to describe it, such as shellshock in veterans. Unfortunately, trauma has not always been addressed in a manner that …