The Psychology of Safety
December 2, 2016 SHARE from IP.com By Dr. Nancy Gahles, DC, CCH, RSHom(NA), OIM Feeling safe is a prerequisite to happiness, health, and wholeness, and to normal physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual development. The emotions associated with feeling safe begin in utero and follow us throughout our lives. The element of safety allows us to take risks. Conscious choices, where we evaluate the risk and the reward, lead to stable, mature mental and emotional development and
The pain game: The connection between chronic pain and psychological illness
April 17, 2017 I’ve watched athletes begin their game with the sign of the cross to bless themselves and ask for God’s protection on their game. I do that, too. I boot up the computer of my mind, body, and spirit with sound bytes, whispered prayers from all the wisdom traditions, invoking protection, abundance, and freedom. Freedom from the pain. Then comes the cascade of thought forms—mental formations, the Buddhists call them, all the negative thoughts associated with the p
