Have you noticed that the worse your insomnia, the greater your burnout? The more burnout you feel in your work and relationships, the more you may find yourself waking up with anxiety in the middle of the night. When you understand the different aspects of burnout, you can identify if …

Feeling stressed? Looking for ways to reduce anxiety and manage insomnia? Week after week, I hear from people about their need to create greater calm in their lives.  We feel confusion and uncertainty surrounding politics, economics, health, and safety. For many, these factors, mixed with obligations and responsibilities like work …

Sleep symptoms show up many different ways. Articles and podcasts give you a lot of different insomnia causes and reasons for why you have difficulty sleeping. Your sleep symptoms might manifest as: Trouble falling asleep Waking up in the night and then it seems to take forever to fall back …

Do you wonder about the meanings of dreams, nightmares, and how they connect us to ourselves? During these unusual and intense times, many people have been reporting an increase of vivid dreams. It makes sense that, as we navigate incredible shifts in our global and daily lives, our unconscious symbolism …

Listening and being heard have taken center stage in the world arena. People subscribe to differing beliefs. The news urges us all to listen carefully. At the same time, we long to feel heard, seen, and understood. In my private practice as a psychologist, hypnotherapist, and somatic experiencing practitioner, I …

Many of us can feel the relationship between sleep and the immune system within our own bodies. When we don’t get enough sleep, our health suffers. We just don’t feel good. Sleeping well has been shown to have a clear impact on strengthening immune function. When we sleep poorly, our …

Compassion and healing call us as we move forward. They send out beacons to us globally, in our communities, and in our personal interactions. When we lay our heads down on our pillows at bedtime, feeling like we are being held with compassion, we feel safer. We also sleep better. …