Featured Expert in Article on How to Deal with Anger on the Today Show’s Health and Wellness Section

I was excited to be able to offer my expertise to Daryl Austin, writer for the Today Show’s Health and Wellness section, on tips to manage anger effectively. I offered some insights from my book Mindfulness for Anger Management. Anger is part of the brain’s fight-or-flight response so it is literally preparing you to deal with a perceived threat. An effective coping skill is to check in with your anger by using a mindful scale of 0 to 10, which redirects the mind’s focus from an emotional response to a more rational, logical response. Additionally, mindful anger management has the power to heal and improve relationships.

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https://www.today.com/health/how-deal-anger-experts-offer-research-backed-strategies

Thrive Market: Blog Post on Dealing with Stress

Thrive Market is a site where you can find food and other products that are health conscious and sustainable. They create content for their blog that supports that mission and creates a healthy community. They asked me to speak to the subject of reducing stress during the pandemic. You can click HERE to read my thoughts.

Featured in Addiction Recovery eBulletin’s Executive Corner

The Addiction Recovery eBulletin has featured me in their weekly column, the Executive Corner, where I answer 20 questions on a diverse range of topics. Check it out to learn more about me, including the best piece of advice I’ve ever received, how I measure success, and where I go to “get away” (hint, I don’t have to go far).

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Patch Media: 5 Ways To Avoid A Mommy Meltdown

Anger, a natural human emotion, can infiltrate parents’ relationships with their children. However, it does not have to result in a full blown “parental tantrum.” Mindfulness provides skillful ways to channel anger and it allows parents to recognize their children’s attachment-driven emotional brain that rejects the higher-order functioning adult brain. In this article, I offer my perspective on anger in the parent-child relationship and tips from my book: Mindfulness for Anger Management: Transformative Skills for Overcoming Anger and Managing Powerful Emotions are provided on how to manage parental tantrums.

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https://patch.com/new-york/rivertowns/5-ways-avoid-mommy-meltdown

iCAAD - The Healing Resource that is Music

Music is more than a combination of words and sounds; it is a lifesaving prescription for healing. As we assist clients in discovering fully adaptive resources in Phase 2 of EMDR therapy and beyond, let’s not forget about the impact that music can have. I shed light on my personal and professional experience on the healing force that is music in a blog post for ICAAD -- The therapeutic power of music: What does it mean to be holistic in our treatments?

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Mindworks Article - A Fresh Approach to Anger Management

Anger Management is not a new concept, but my approach to it offers a fresh perspective in contrast to the conventional ways presented on how to manage anger. Discover internal resources that you may not have realized that you are capable of possessing, find out what is hidden underneath your anger, arm yourself with a mindfulness exercise to deal with anger, and allow yourself to look at this misunderstood emotion in a new light by reading my article on mindworks.org

Oprah Magazine: “How to Let Go of Anger”

I was excited to have the opportunity to share my over 25 years of experience teaching mindful anger management with Samantha Vincenty, Senior Social Editor for Oprah Magazine. I shared some specific mindful solutions for managing anger, including the first tool to use in emergencies, how to let go of a grudge, how to internally assess anger, and how to find the positives in this misunderstood emotion.

And, not for nothing - pretty awesome to be sharing article space with Echhart Tolle.

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Mindworks Blog - The Psychology of Addiction

It is my conviction that we don’t become addicted because we’re stupid or “less than”; we become addicted because we want to survive. My talk on the Psychology of Addiction presented by Mindworks explores this concept and more. Please check out my blog post HERE.

Forbes Article - How To Establish A Spiritual Space In Your Home

I know a lot of folks who wish they could meditate more and build more mindfulness practice into their everyday lives, but it's not always easy to do. Creating an established spiritual space in your home can really support a regular spiritual practice. Forbes recently interviewed me and a few other spiritual and business leaders about how to create sacred spaces in your home. Lot of great tips in here - take a look! 

Forbes Article - The Winter Blues

Even in California, the land of sunshine, it's difficult for many of us to deal with the increase of darkness during the winter months. My friend at Forbes, Amanda Lauren, spoke with me recently about Seasonal Affective Disorder and the ‘winter blues.’ Check out her article HERE.

A Sweat Life - Blog

Amanda Lauren reached out to me after sitting with me at a Dharma talk, and we spoke of how to keep a practice going at home. It is not an easy task, it is one that I have struggled with and every single practitioner I know has struggled with. I am glad Amanda told her story with honesty, and I hope our dialogue helps people to normalize the experience of that struggle and allow them to access meditation on a daily basis...

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Podcast - Safe For Work on the Wondery Network (Substance Abuse in the Workplace)

My latest interview with Safe For Work on the Wondery podcast network features a conversation on addiction in the workplace. Matt Ritter, Liz Dolan and I talk about information intervention, substance abuse prevention, wellness programs, and how to handle a coworker with a problem. 

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Podcast - Safe For Work on the Wondery Network (Office Romance)

I have become part of the team at Wondery podcast network, appearing as a guest on Safe For Work with hosts Liz Dolan and Matt Ritter. I have been recording more episodes and am looking forward to continued collaboration with the show and the network.

I take a call at the end of the show from a caller having trouble with the erratic behavior of a boss... 

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Podcast - Safe For Work on the Wondery Network (Negotiating For Yourself)

I have become part of the team at Wondery podcast network, appearing as a guest on Safe For Work with hosts Liz Dolan and Matt Ritter. We discuss the impact of personal grief, loss and trauma on the workplace and on the individual within the workplace. I have been recording more episodes and am looking forward to continued collaboration with the show and the network.

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Addiction Professional Asks Me About My Sobriety, Buddhism, and Refuge Recovery

I have been truly having a ball talking with other professionals, magazines, and random strangers about only my favorite topics... I love talking about sobriety, Buddhist psychology in all its manifestations, Refuge Recovery, EMDR therapy and trauma therapy in general, and the interconnectedness of all of it. Tom Valentino wanted to hear about all of it, particularly the connections between the 8 Fold Path and recovery. He went to my good friend and coauthor Jamie Marich as well, and to Kevin Griffin to round out his exploration of Buddhism and recovery. I appreciate the thoroughness of his article.

Link to article.

Interview - The Fix

Thanks to John Lavitt at The Fix for this great interview. We talked about Clinical Dharma, creativity, raising my daughter and much more…

https://www.thefix.com/rock-buddhist-doctor-treating-addiction

Anna David's "You've Got Issues" Podcast: "Driving..."

My second 5 minute appearance with Anna David for September and October aired originally on September 23... and we discuss issues listeners have around driving... and all the fear it entails.

https://www.acast.com/youvegotissueswithannadavid/5-minutes-on-your-issue-driving

Claire Foster: EMDR Changed The Way I Remember My Trauma

Back in August, Claire Foster, a writer based in Portland Oregon, wrote a wonderful first hand account of her experience with EMDR therapy. She reached out to me for some clarity about some aspects of EMDR, and I was more than glad to give her some feedback that appears in the article, which you can access via the link below...

http://www.theestablishment.co/2016/08/03/emdr-changed-the-way-i-remember-trauma/

Anna David's "You've Got Issues" Podcast: "Chewing..."

Anna David has expanded her Issues with Anna podcast to include a 5 minute blast regarding the issues of her listeners that comes out every Friday, and I was a prominent presence during September and October. I will re-release these on this blog on a weekly basis starting now. Feel free to also browse the rest of her episodes, those with me as an expert and all the others... great listening!  This first episode originally released on September 16 addresses Anna's listener's (and Anna's own) problem with the sound of chewing...

https://www.acast.com/youvegotissueswithannadavid/5-minutes-on-your-issue-chewing

EMDR, Mindfulness and Addiction: A Pivotal Moment

I am creating more content around the topics I am passionate about, and I had the opportunity to contribute to the Santa Barbara Chapter of CAMFT Newsletter... thank you to Jenn Kennedy for inviting me to write the piece... looking at EMDR and mindfulness for addiction treatment, and what the implications are for Marriage and Family Therapists...

A download of my contribution is available by clicking: here