AuCtober 1 – Understanding Autism Neurodivergence

Welcome to #Auctober! This is Autism Pride Month. Autism is primarily a divergent way that human brains work, that is notably different to that of the biggest neuro (brain) type, the “neurotypical”. More accurately, Autism is a collection of traits that are human traits, but either hyper (above) or hypo (below) the common neurotypical person. … Read more

Therapist Hot Tips

In this weeks Therapist Hot Tips, we cover 6 Phases of Trauma Therapy, 5 Fixes for Weird Thought and Mood, and 4 Brain Fog Inefficiencies. 6 Phases of Trauma Therapy In this Therapist Hot Take, we take a super fast look at the important first 5 phases of Trauma Therapy before we get on to … Read more

Top 5 Fixes to Weird Mood and or Thoughts

Behold! The Top 5 Fixes to Weird Mood and/or Thoughts. While there are other reasons why you may have weird moods or thoughts, these are the most common reasons, in order, why they occur. 1) Meds Did you take your medication? * If you forgot, then this is the most likely reason why your thoughts … Read more

Understanding Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders are persistent conditions that disturb the behaviour of eating leading to the impairment of physical and mental health. Most Eating Disorders have a combination of both neurological and cognitive drivers that lead to the disturbed eating pattern, and both of these need to be addressed for a person’s eating to return to healthy. … Read more

Positive Stress or Toxic Stress

There are only so many things that we can do each day. We have to make a decision about what we are going to do now, what we will put off until later, and what we need to remove from our to do list. To evaluate which is which, we have a number of measurement … Read more

Hack Your Health, Video Review

Netflix’s “Hack Your Health, the secrets of your gut” is a docu/info/tainment that explores how your gut biome and digestive system will affect your weight, body health and propensity to various diseases. This is bringing to the attention of the mainstream public some of the discoveries about gut health that has been discovered over the … Read more

Brain Energy, Book Review

“Brain Energy” is a book by Christopher M. Palmer, MD., 2022 [LINK], a psychiatrist and researcher from Harvard, USA. In Brain Energy, Palmer discusses some problems that he perceives in how psychiatry has evolved and the major shortfall in therapeutic care that results from this. Palmer conjectures that all mental disorders are metabolic disorders of … Read more

Do Not Be Daunted

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it”. This is from a book about the Wisdom of the Jewish Sages. It is an interpretation of part of … Read more

Pre-Sleep Anxiety

Pre-Sleep Anxiety is the weird brain state that we can get in to specifically when we are trying to go to sleep, negating the sleep we are desperate for. There is a neurological neurochemical reason for why this happens, and there are some things you can do about it. Pre-Sleep Anxiety Looks Like Pre-Sleep Anxiety … Read more

Consent

Consent is very important. “No” is a complete sentence. “No” is personal. “No” is the assumed answer until a clear and willing “yes” is given. If you aren’t sure what the signal is, assume “no”, clarify if that was the correct interpretation. While you may politely enquire why “no”, you can’t push. Pushing to a … Read more