Gut-Brain Connection: How the Gut Affects the Brain

It’s the New Year and everyone has health on their mind.  Hence our discussion on the gut-brain connection. This is also why I put this ad in the January Wellness Issue of the local Scout Cambridge magazine… In my efforts to help people become happier and healthier, I often am teaching them about the connection…

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Five Steps to Managing Burnout from Stress

Overcoming stress burnout feels like a lofty goal for some these days.  It seems that everyone is so overwhelmed with the pressures of daily living that the concept of overcoming the accompanying stress feels like just another thing on the proverbial “To Do” list.  Most people are just trying to keep their head above water.…

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Love More, Worry Less

Love More, Worry Less….I think as I leave the day long loving kindness workshop I attended at Cambridge Insight Meditation Center (CIMC) In Cambridge, MA this past Saturday. I’m irritated on the T today and I remember to breathe and say the three statements from the workshop… May I be safe and protected May I…

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Live with Purpose

Live with purpose.  What does it mean to live your life with purpose?  This TED talk by Rick Warren really captured my attention.  It made me start thinking…. Yeah Steph what is your purpose? To which I come up with many things….some of which I am not always fully embracing which explains A LOT. Warren…

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Unfriend Your Friend

Friendship has been on my mind a lot lately.  I have been networking like a fiend to increase my social network and bring business in the door.  New friendships are forging at the same time that old friendships are shifting and falling away. The topic of unfriending came to mind last week when I was…

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Where Love Lies, Fear Has No Place

Where Love Lies, Fear Has No Place. The concept of fear and love have been on my mind A LOT lately. In our last chat It Is What It Is: The Art of Letting Go we talked about grief, loss, and the process of letting go.  I shared about my challenges in moving through grief of the…

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Finding Strength in Uncomfortable Places

Finding strength in uncomfortable places is my life’s work as a therapist and human.  When I am sitting with clients, it is often the case that I come across having discussions about dealing with that which is uncomfortable.  It is very rare that I come across people who come to this easily. AND I SO…

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Finding Yourself

So often in my work people come to me feeling a sense of loss.  It’s a loss that is not tangible because it doesn’t root in the external world.  It’s not like a death of a loved one or a loss of a job; although it could possibly look like that on the outside.  It…

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