Tag Archives: Hypothalamus

Awakening Into Awareness 2

This is Chapter 1, SEEKING of my third book (first book published in Japan in Japanese) “Awakening Into Awareness: Affective Emotional Neuroscience & Attention Therapies” set for publication January 2021. I will share the entire book, chapter by chapter up until … Continue reading

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LUST

LUST LUST is fourth on the list of Jaak Panksepp’s seven primary affect systems. These primary affects all originate in the subcortical brain.  They are like the prime numbers of the emotional system. They can’t be divided by any other … Continue reading

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Stress and HPA Axis

It probably seems like an oxymoron to title this post “stress and placebo healing.” Stress and healing seem at opposite ends of a continuum.  But the HPA axis generates both stress and healing. It is key to lowering stress and starting to heal.

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