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Wise Brain Bulletin • Volume 16.6

Hello friend,

The holiday season is usually represented as a time for never-ending joy and pleasantries but for some, it can be a time of extra poignant suffering. In our final issue of the Wise Brain Bulletin for 2022, we explore ways to resource yourself when the pressure to be jolly feels too much.
 

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*If you prefer to view a PDF version of this issue, just go to the Wise Brain Bulletin archive and navigate to Volume 16.6 under the heading 2022 Bulletins.
 
 
by Rick Hanson, PhD

It’s normal to be cautious or nervous around other people, and social anxiety in and of itself isn't always bad. But it’s vital to be clear-eyed about actual threats, and skillful in dealing with them.

In this excerpt from his latest book, Making Great Relationships: Simple Practices for Solving Conflicts, Building Cooperation, and Fostering Love, Dr. Rick Hanson shares ways that we can be more relaxed, patient, open, and caring with other people by letting go of unnecessary fear.
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by Renée Brna

Depleted Mother Syndrome is a relatively unknown term but a very real condition for many mothers, especially those who have given birth later in life or had complications with previous pregnancies.

Renée Brna talks about her own experiences with DMS and how she nurtured herself back to healing.
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by Marilyn Rothman

Getting to the heart of compassion.
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by Koshin Paley Ellison
When we bind ourselves in our fears, our unhelpful stories, and our self-created clouds of confusion, the suffering we feel is rooted in how tangled up we are.
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by Stephen Snyder

A re-working of an ancient Zen poem, often translated as “Faith in Mind.”
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from the Skillful Means "wiki"
Grounding means to bring awareness back into the body, back into the senses, and back into the present. These three things - the body, the senses, and the present - are the keys to reigniting creativity, passion, love, connection, peace, and wellbeing.
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