by Dr. Lara Fielding | Oct 31, 2018 | Self Awareness, Skills
“Okay! What’s next” was the thought that constantly ran through Martha’s head, like a metronome keeping her in beat to her non-stop lifestyle. Anytime there was a beat, a pause, a silence – “What’s next?! – egged her on. Martha was indeed a work-a-holic! Like all... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | Oct 14, 2018 | Self Awareness, Skills
We all know people who we wish could just see, and own, their stuff. You know, that thing they do, over and over again, which leads to outcomes they say they don’t want: The wrong guy, the dead-end job, unequal friendships, or just lack of progress. But do you know... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | Oct 10, 2018 | Self Awareness
We all have a thing. You know – a familiar way we react when we get emotionally triggered. Some of us are aware that we have a tendency to react in certain ways to certain situations. Maybe a close friend has brought this to your awareness. Or maybe you’re a... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | Apr 16, 2018 | Skills
When you’ve been triggered and your emotion passengers are trying to hijack your mind-body vehicle, it can feel like your loosing control! You get pulled into a full cascade of psycho-physiological reactivity. Breathing gets shallow, muscles tense, and we can’t think... Read more
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