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Heart Energy…whether you feel it or not, is ever-present.  The mere experience of becoming aware of it leads to its amplification, impacting your wellbeing as well as those around you. The Chakra system defines this energy as a wheel in motion emanating from the chest...

As we wake up in a New Year today, please enjoy this reflection list, and perhaps consider making your own.  With gratitude! These are a few of my favorite things…........ Sunlight reflecting off water Warm clothes just out...

Understanding Trauma Trauma is an experience of not being able to live in the present moment.  The central and peripheral nervous systems trigger either fight or flight or dissociative responses, as a means of escaping threatening experiences that are unbearable in...

My philosophy of education goes well beyond teaching textbook medicine.  My aim is to teach not only patient care but also provider wellness.  The evidence is clear—provider wellness and quality patient care are inseparable, and I choose to teach medicine with this in...

Excerpts from Dr. O’Hara’s presentation at the New Solutions Conference on Meditation, Trauma, Resilience and the Brain, Washington, D.C. Oct 20,2021“Dr. O’Hara’s talk was superb…. very powerful and at the same time personal. Her participation was instrumental to...