Anxiety doesn’t just affect one person in a relationship. It often shapes communication, stress patterns, and how partners support each other during difficult moments. Heart & Mind Therapy is offering a 6-week couples skills group called “Stronger Together”  designed to help couples better understand anxiety and learn practical tools for staying connected. This small group experience focuses on building awareness, communication, and teamwork when anxiety shows up in daily life. What Couples...

Political differences are often explained as disagreements about values, beliefs, or facts. While those matter, they are shaped by something more foundational: how our nervous systems experience safety. Before we evaluate policies or arguments, the nervous system is answering a quieter question: “What has kept me safe before—and what might protect me now?” Different answers to that question shape what we notice, how we respond, and what feels worth defending—often long before conscious...

I volunteered on the route of a Buddhist peace walk recently, and I want to name why. I’m almost always in leadership and decision-making roles—holding responsibility, guiding direction, staying cognitively “on.” This time, I wanted to give back in a different way. Not as a fan or follower. Not as worship. But out of respect  for a philosophy that has endured for centuries. What resonated most for me was the quiet strength of it. Buddhism doesn’t push change. It creates conditions. Polyvagal...