Is EMDR actually backed by research? Here's what the studies show, and a few notes from the few days I just spent at the EMDRIA conference with over 1,700 other EMDR nerds.

Some memories don't stay in the past just because time has passed. This is the story of the one that kept chasing me on every run, and the EMDR session that finally let it go.

On rest, retreat, and the slow art of saying yes again Okay, quick question. Do you remember Titanic? Of course you do. It swallowed the entire planet for about two years; you couldn't buy groceries without hearing Celine Dion or seeing Leo and Kate flying off the front of that ship on every magazine cover. And I do mean the planet. In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, where movies were banned outright, smuggled copies flooded the black markets anyway, bakers were selling Titan

You're not falling apart. You're carrying too much. In this post, Anne James, LMFT, explores what happens when life won't let up, why being hard on yourself makes it worse, and what it actually means to come close to yourself in a hard season. With insights from Brené Brown, Nicholas Wolterstorff, and Kristin Neff. Myriad Therapy, San Marcos, California.