It is easy to get overwhelmed when your parent develops dementia. It is harder to deal with when your relationship with your mother and/or your father was rarely easy BEFORE they began to be effected by memory loss associated with aging. Critical, demanding, emotionally shut down, or volatile parents are difficult enough when in their … Read more

Our emotional health can affect our dogs’ physical health  During a 5 year toxic relationship, (both of us had unresolved mother issues that we took out on each other), my AiredaleLab friend Pax got terminal cancer.  I remember the two sibling felines, Lucie and Blue that we also adopted. Initially, they were great friends, however, living with … Read more

As someone who has suffered from body image issues, (and have been known to make disparaging comments about it), I have come to appreciate the power of regularly finding things to be grateful for about my own body. In a recent session we combined words of appreciation, with EFT Tapping, with a woman who wanted … Read more

When checking with EFT Tapping Recipients about Tapping work we did in the ‘Matrix’, three responses are typical. After tapping on events from the past that HAD been causing them pain, anxiety, grief, anger, stress…, they either noticed – #1 They can now tell the story about what happened, without the previously felt strong emotions … Read more

While traveling in Guatemala, I met an Indigenous man, Fernando Pinzon, a polio (and civil war) survivor, in Panajachel on Lake Atitlan. We became friends because of our mutual interest in social justice and our hopes for the future, despite evidence of continued greed and corruption. EFT Tapping while drunk Several years ago, I offered … Read more

Cathy’s Claustrophobia – A Familial Issue I have been working with a woman who had suffered from claustrophobia for most of her life. Both Her Parents Were Claustrophobic After working on some of her own memories of feeling trapped, (and significantly reducing the intensity of her feelings about those memories), I asked some questions to help … Read more

Personal and Professional Empowerment. One woman’s story “I have just gotten a promotion with a substantial pay raise.” A lovely and intelligent woman, experiencing a very difficult and frustrating relationship with her direct supervisor, contacted me for support. A Critical Boss During our work together we frequently tapped not only on her caustic, volatile and critical boss, … Read more

    Photo by Peter G on Unsplash A delightful woman, who is blonde but not at all dumb,  spent much of her childhood being put down and blamed for things she didn’t do. Her emotionally wounded mother was loathe to celebrate her daughter’s academic or sports achievements, instead preferring to blame her eldest daughter for the mistakes … Read more