This is a video I did with Jennifer on shifting our focus from losing weight to paying attention to our relationship with food…becoming friends with food, as it were.
The missing factor in all weight loss programs is addressing the effectively emotional component. After all, if losing weight or even gaining weight was just a matter of more exercise and eating [...]
Conditioned Emotional Patterns are formed early in life in all kinds of ways about all kinds of things. They become the basis for the ‘life themes’ we develop, which then becomes the way we live [...]
Devotion Every day Ramana would sit out on a rock to clean his teeth, even when the rains came and the winds whipped at his dhoti, still he sat, mountain and man fused into One, and when [...]
Porumda! That dog, all leaking sores, all stinking fur, bone thin and starving for one taste of his Master, one lick of pure love, was pushed and shoved out of His orbit time [...]
Ghost The boy leaping off a train, racing through the streets, his wind-whipped hair a nest of coal and sapphire is just an apparition; the rice he almost starves for and [...]
Flawless The final vestiges of ego unthreading themselves as he lay on his bed, watching his flesh separate from his breath, without flinching, he let die what seemed dead, [...]
Amber holds a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Texas and Oklahoma and holds Supervisor credential for Texas. Amber is an EMDRIA consultant and trainer. She has over a decade of experience in the trauma field in work with uniformed services, domestic violence, childhood trauma and abuse, and recent mass trauma events. Amber provides consultation for EMDRIA certification, for consultants-in-training, and supervision for LPC-Associates. Amber continues to research the benefits of EMDR therapy with a variety of populations. Her goal is to help build strong clinicians who are well versed in trauma interventions to better support their clients. Amber sees a limited number of clients with a focus on trauma work, she is also a Certified Career Counselor and Certified through EAGALA to provide equine-assisted therapy.
Dr. Jose Carbajal, LCSW
Dr. Jose Carbajal, a U.S. Army veteran, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work and a master’s in theological studies from Baylor University, and a Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington. With over 15 years of clinical experience and extensive teaching experience, Jose specializes in trauma, sexual abuse recovery, domestic violence, and substance abuse. His research focuses on trauma interventions, neuroscience, and faith. He is EMDR Certified, an Approved Consultant, and an EMDRIA Approved Trainer, with numerous publications and professional presentations to his name.
Dr. Amanda Martin, LMFT-S, LPC, BCN
Amanda Martin holds a PhD in Family Therapy and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor, and EMDRIA Approved Consultant. With over 14 years of experience, she specializes in trauma therapy for individuals and families in residential and outpatient settings. Amanda also provides supervision for EMDR certification, EMDR consultants-in-training, and LMFT-Associates. Her mission is to help people find a healthy, joyful, and fulfilling path in life. Her warm, supportive, and interactive counseling style incorporates Symbolic Experiential Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, HeartMath, Animal-Assisted Therapy, Neurofeedback, and Collaborative Problem Solving.