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Michael Eigan offers worthy perspective on Corona

By Gayle Waitches | April 15, 2020

Michael Eigan, a psychologist and psychoanalytic mystic in New York City, and author of 26 books, offers his perspective on Covid-19 in this podcast. It is worth a listen. https://lnkd.in/gSjvRuG

More resources for feeling afraid in the time of Corona virus

By Gayle Waitches | March 20, 2020

If you are needing some support tending to your feelings of anxiety and fear in these uncertain times, here is a link to a podcast by Rick Hanson, PhD, that offers some perspective. https://www.rickhanson.net/being-well-podcast-fear-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/

Feeling anxious in the time of Corona virus

By Gayle Waitches | March 19, 2020

Here is a podcast featuring IFS (Internal Family System) as a lens to view anxiety in the time of Coronavirus; “The One Inside”. I hope it is helpful. Below is a link to the podcast: https://lnkd.in/eX-N-kr This podcast can be helpful for both therapists and non-therapists who work with/experience feelings…

“Lockdown”-By Brother Richard Hendrick

By Gayle Waitches | March 16, 2020

“Yes there is fear. Yes there is isolation.Yes there is panic buying.Yes there is sickness.Yes there is even death.But,They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noiseYou can hear the birds again.They say that after just a few weeks of quietThe sky is no longer thick with fumesBut…

Depression and immobilization

By Gayle Waitches | January 3, 2020

An experience of depression can sometimes include feelings of apathy, pessimism, and lack of motivation. These lethargic stuck feelings can be so painful. It can be helpful to think of apathetic feelings more as protective parts rather than states of being. For example, we can turn toward this part of…

The Power in Mindfulness

By Gayle Waitches | December 19, 2019

Our hurts and resentments and worries and fears and longings and sadness and ruminations are real; they deserve spacious, patient, tender and loving attention, much like we might bestow upon a struggling beloved. And….we also get to discern when we choose to direct our loving attention to these inner clamoring…

Grief

By Gayle Waitches | October 5, 2019

Our Western culture often places an expiration date on grief’s timeline. But for those of us who have known grief-who have lived the full-bodied experience of loss as a visceral, shattered, flattened, leaded amputation of life as we once knew it- understand that grief will not be censored. Honoring and…

Anxiety

By Gayle Waitches | October 5, 2019

Life is challenging! We are bombarded daily with its impact. It makes sense that we would have an anxious part inside of us who might feel fear or unease or overwhelm. It is indeed normal for humans to feel anxious given what the world asks of us. The good news…

Adjustment difficulties

By Gayle Waitches | January 6, 2019

Despite our desire to remain steadfast, we cannot insulate from life’s impact. We have all held visions of how things were supposed to be. Yet inevitably, life does not comply with our expectations. This human journey demands a digestion process which requires deep courage, sensitivity, perseverance, resilience, love and wholeheartedness.…