by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
Last year I read a long awaited study published by the National Institutes of Health and the National Heart Lung Blood Institute – it read… “although women are learning more about heart disease they are still not taking it seriously.” It...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
Yes…I see it a lot. People who are afraid to feel. So, they incorporate something into their lives to help them, not feel. Some people use alcohol, some drugs, prescription medication, work, shopping, food… and the list goes on. Sure, some medication is...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
Jill and Karen are both interesting and fun women but they respond to life’s challenges in very different ways. Jill sees every little thing as a catastrophe (the worst thing that could happen). As a result, her face becomes flushed, she clenches her fists and the...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
I had to think about “every little word” and its meaning in the first years after my electrocution. Because my heart was not functioning for a span of time, it wasn’t sending oxygen to my brain. The result for me was a situation called Visual Agnosia; which basically...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
We are naturally social creatures. We come into the world by way of a social system; a family. From that day forward we experience all kinds of social relationships, in our neighborhoods schools, jobs, churches, and in our daily communications. So when we read that...