Dear Reader,
 
My goal is to educate people on the benefits of understanding what emotions really are and how they affect our mind, brain and body--which they do!
 
We live in a culture that values thoughts and logic over emotions. But science has proven it is not healthy to tune out our emotions and we do not have to choose between our thoughts and our emotions. We can become aware of both and understand how thoughts and emotions work together to help us feel better or feel worse depending on how we work with them.
 
Emotions are very unique in their potential to cause traumatic stress and everyday distress. But what most people do not know, because we were never taught this in school, is that emotions are the doorway to healing our anxieties, depression, low self-esteem, and other mental health symptoms. Working with our emotions in very specific ways, which is what the Change Triangle tool for emotional health is all about, helps us manage daily life with more ease and helps us meet the challenges of our relationships.
 
Please use this site as a resource. My articles, blog, a brief explanation of The Change Triangle tool for emotional health, videos, classes, curricula, Train the Trainer Workshop, teen curriculum, and the books, It's Not Always Depression, and Parents Have Feelings, Too, are resources to help you and others learn what are emotions and how to work with them to feel better. In all my work, I try to use simple, jargon-free language with stories and little "experiments" to help bring the concepts to life. Thank you for visiting.

Warmly,
Hilary