False Demons

Our amygdala is masterful at creating imagery that imbued with vivid emotional charge.  In fact, it’s expert in the ones relating to fear and survival.  Our hippocampus likes to store these charged stories and reference them easily when a current situation only vaguely resembles a previous threatening one.  We trigger often at the memory of […]

Gray Matters

According to Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, author of Mindsight, the right side of the brain creates an “AND” stance, while the left creates an “OR” point of view.  “AND” becomes an inclusive mindset that leaves room for the shades of gray in any situation.  “OR” can get us stuck in black-and-white thinking.  Left is concerned […]