We are confronted by the birth, death, and voids of relationships throughout our lives. We crave the connection, hunger for the need to belong, and have a limitless appetite for love. And yet, we remain emotionally malnourished as our relationships have become deficient in the ability to trust and explore…

They found his 2-year-old sister dead in the cow tank. He and his sister were caught up in a game of hide and seek, and forgot to watch her. For 75 years, that day has been engrained in my client’s brain. He was 6 years old at the time. Because…

I froze as my heart sank. I rediscovered my dog’s hair clippings, in my junk drawer, from the day they died. Seeing the clippings brought back the trauma of that sad day. Both of my dogs died together two years ago. …

I didn’t recognize my neighbor when I ran into him at our community picnic. He had grown a beard, looked like he had lost weight, and wasn’t wearing his usual custom tailored ensemble. I could sense he was uncomfortable when my husband and I approached him. As my husband commented…

As the line gets shorter and shorter to hold the Tarantula I panic. I think to myself, “What if she bites me?” “What if she jumps on my face?” “What if she shoots her pokey hairs into my eyes?” I have arachnophobia. Just looking at a picture of a spider…

Tears of frustration run down my face after my emotionally drunk, pre-teen daughter, gives me the finger and tells me she hates me. I have to walk away, with her phone in my hand, and give myself a “time out” to prevent myself from saying anything I will regret later…

The hijacking happened within 20 milliseconds. The airport security, the flight staff, the passengers, Dr. David Dao, and now the American Airlines flight attendant, and mother kicked off the flight, were all hijacked by the fear center of the brain, the Amygdala. …