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Laurie Nadel, Ph.D.
Psychotherapist And Author
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Dr. Laurie Nadel
A journalist for the first 20 years of her career, Dr. Laurie Nadel is a specialist in acute stress, trauma, and anxiety issues. She is considered a thought leader in the emerging field of acute stress and PTSD.
From trauma to addictions--through workshops, lectures, and one-on-one sessions--her focus is helping people find new ways to heal.
DR. LAURIE brings hope, healing and strength to longhaul COVID patients.
Sundays 7 - 8:30 pm ET
SIGN UP HERE For Dr. Laurie's Waiting List drlaurienadel@msn.com
Dr Nadel
IF YOU ARE A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL/FIRST RESPONDER WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES DURING THIS PANDEMIC OR A VETERAN,
DR. LAURIE IS OFFERING HER SERVICES TO YOU AT NO COST AS A WAY OF THANKING YOU FOR YOURS. ALL CONVERSATIONS ARE PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO Contact Dr. Laurie
It Starts With YES!
Taking the first step away from trauma toward the life you are supposed to live!
Register HERE us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtcu-oqT0jGNP5mE9hO4I2bz19tE4QLtm3
Something Made Me Smile. Something Seemed to Ease the Pain.
Something 'Bout the Universe...and how it's all connected.
~ Sting
COVID-19 STRESS: 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Find YOUR calm. Fear is a comorbid infection that damages our immune system and can overload our health services by unnecessary 911 calls. Finding your calm is essential for surviving in a climate of fear. Set aside five minutes a day to go to your place of inner safety. This is a private place within where only you can go. Close your eyes and ask your mind to take you back to a place and time when you remember feeling relaxed and safe Make a fist and as you tighten your fist, allow those warm, good feelings of calm and safety to build until they reach a peak and fade away like a chord of music. Open your eyes and release your fist. To get back to your place of inner safety, make that fist and say, “Take me back.” (Your fist becomes a bioswitch that activates molecules of emotional memories that are the best antidote to COVID-19 stress.)
Eat regular meals. Choose healthy food and do not eat alone Avoid sugar, junk food, alcohol and caffeine. Never eat at your desk. Have a virtual dinner party or ‘meet’ a colleague for lunch. If you have to eat by yourself, turn away from your screens and look out the window. Remember: choosing your food will help you regain some sense of control.
Meet your three elephants. As the pandemic continues our fears can escalate. Embedded in our unconscious, they often show up as three elephants: loss of control, loss of safety, and loss of identity. In facing the first elephant, it’s important to become mindful of patterns, habits and routines that we can control. Calming the second elephant means finding patterns, habits and rituals that help us feel safer. It can be a chair or couch, a garden, or a route where you take daily walks. Spend time in your place of inner safety. This will reinforce your sense of self. Write or say this affirmation: Despite the chaos and destruction around me, I can find calm and safety within myself.
Start a happiness jar. Take an actual jar, glass, or bowl and label it “HAPPINESS.” Keep it someplace where you will see it throughout the day. Place scrap paper and pens or markers next to the jar. Write down one thing that makes you happy per piece of paper. Put the “happy papers” into the jar. Wait at least a month before you empty the jar and read your “happy papers” aloud.
Hold on to hope. We are living through a painful, turbulent cycle. But all cycles in nature come to an end and new life begins. This, too, is a law of nature.
"Even the withered branch grows again
And the sunken moon returns.
Wise ones who ponder this
Are not troubled in adversity."
-- Hindu proverb
Psychotherapist And Author
Home
Dr. Laurie Nadel
A journalist for the first 20 years of her career, Dr. Laurie Nadel is a specialist in acute stress, trauma, and anxiety issues. She is considered a thought leader in the emerging field of acute stress and PTSD.
From trauma to addictions--through workshops, lectures, and one-on-one sessions--her focus is helping people find new ways to heal.
DR. LAURIE brings hope, healing and strength to longhaul COVID patients.
Sundays 7 - 8:30 pm ET
SIGN UP HERE For Dr. Laurie's Waiting List drlaurienadel@msn.com
Dr Nadel
IF YOU ARE A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL/FIRST RESPONDER WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES DURING THIS PANDEMIC OR A VETERAN,
DR. LAURIE IS OFFERING HER SERVICES TO YOU AT NO COST AS A WAY OF THANKING YOU FOR YOURS. ALL CONVERSATIONS ARE PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO Contact Dr. Laurie
It Starts With YES!
Taking the first step away from trauma toward the life you are supposed to live!
Register HERE us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtcu-oqT0jGNP5mE9hO4I2bz19tE4QLtm3
Something Made Me Smile. Something Seemed to Ease the Pain.
Something 'Bout the Universe...and how it's all connected.
~ Sting
COVID-19 STRESS: 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Find YOUR calm. Fear is a comorbid infection that damages our immune system and can overload our health services by unnecessary 911 calls. Finding your calm is essential for surviving in a climate of fear. Set aside five minutes a day to go to your place of inner safety. This is a private place within where only you can go. Close your eyes and ask your mind to take you back to a place and time when you remember feeling relaxed and safe Make a fist and as you tighten your fist, allow those warm, good feelings of calm and safety to build until they reach a peak and fade away like a chord of music. Open your eyes and release your fist. To get back to your place of inner safety, make that fist and say, “Take me back.” (Your fist becomes a bioswitch that activates molecules of emotional memories that are the best antidote to COVID-19 stress.)
Eat regular meals. Choose healthy food and do not eat alone Avoid sugar, junk food, alcohol and caffeine. Never eat at your desk. Have a virtual dinner party or ‘meet’ a colleague for lunch. If you have to eat by yourself, turn away from your screens and look out the window. Remember: choosing your food will help you regain some sense of control.
Meet your three elephants. As the pandemic continues our fears can escalate. Embedded in our unconscious, they often show up as three elephants: loss of control, loss of safety, and loss of identity. In facing the first elephant, it’s important to become mindful of patterns, habits and routines that we can control. Calming the second elephant means finding patterns, habits and rituals that help us feel safer. It can be a chair or couch, a garden, or a route where you take daily walks. Spend time in your place of inner safety. This will reinforce your sense of self. Write or say this affirmation: Despite the chaos and destruction around me, I can find calm and safety within myself.
Start a happiness jar. Take an actual jar, glass, or bowl and label it “HAPPINESS.” Keep it someplace where you will see it throughout the day. Place scrap paper and pens or markers next to the jar. Write down one thing that makes you happy per piece of paper. Put the “happy papers” into the jar. Wait at least a month before you empty the jar and read your “happy papers” aloud.
Hold on to hope. We are living through a painful, turbulent cycle. But all cycles in nature come to an end and new life begins. This, too, is a law of nature.
"Even the withered branch grows again
And the sunken moon returns.
Wise ones who ponder this
Are not troubled in adversity."
-- Hindu proverb