by Dr. Lara Fielding | Jan 30, 2018 | Knowledge
Diagnostic labels are helpful as a shorthand way of communicating what one is experiencing. But I wonder; might they also contribute to keeping us stuck and maintaining the larger societal stigma? Instead of focusing on labels, perhaps we need to encourage a language... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | Jan 16, 2018 | Knowledge
“But I’m not sure!” “What if?” “I don’t know if it’s good enough.” Feelings of uncertainty and doubt come part and parcel with building a life you love. Yet it’s so easy to get hijacked by the anxiety and worry, when we don’t know for sure. We can get paralyzed by the... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | Jul 24, 2017 | Skills
Body Positivity in a Sea of Skinny Looking out from the eyes of a young girl, everyone was thin and beautiful. It was a ‘sea of skinny,’ for young Jodi Guber Brufsky growing up in the limelight of her powerful father. A uniquely challenging environment for a little... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | May 14, 2017 | Self Awareness
We all have private internal experiences (emotions, thoughts, bodily sensations, and impulses), which we keep to ourselves, only sharing to a certain few. Having appropriate boundaries like this is healthy and necessary for effectively negotiating the world. But some... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | Feb 2, 2017 | Knowledge
I hear the words of Bob Dylan floating through my mind these days….. This past week client after client has plopped themselves on my couch, called for skills coaching, or submitted home practice related to the vast changes our world is observing. “What now?”... Read more