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Clare Steffen, Ed. D. is a psychologist, certified drug & alcohol counselor, and life, wellness, business & brain health coach.  In this episode of the Heal Your Brain Toolbox, Dr. Steffen explores the question of why we love from the chemical and emotional perspective.  She presents the Big Five of Healthy Relationships Model along with Dr. David Weiss' Eight Dimensions of Choice as they...

Life is full of conflicts, some small and readily resolved and some complex and more difficult to resolve.  Having the necessary tools to understand your own process and experience and openly explore other individuals' experiences with compassion is a step toward resolution.  Each of us carries forth our perceptions that influence how we relate to one another and the situation when conflict occurs...

Clare E Steffen, Ed. D. shares her model of integrative sustainability that can be utilized as a philosophy for living. This model is based on the core belief, "I Am Able," and is a radial systemic view to integrating that belief in a holistic perspective toward all aspects of your life to sustain life balance,  functional homeostasis, and to protect your resilience in an integrative and sustainab...

There is a difference between purpose and meaning, yet these two concepts are interconnected.   Defining our purpose and meaning can lead to having a happier life, and engaging in acts of altruism can increase our sense of purpose.   Our definition of self, and our purpose changes over life, and we require resilience in order to sustain a meaningful life. Creating life balance is a crucial skill i...

Music is a powerful tool to access our emotions, but it can also be used to manage and reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and other mental health condition.  Music can be therapeutic and can be used either as a stand-alone therapy or adjunct to other forms of therapy addressing physical, social & emotional, and mental health conditions.   Music helps us access memories and can evoke a wide ar...

Social media has a strong influence on our behavior, choices, and decisions.  It also has a strong impact on our youth.  There are advantages and disadvantages to social media, and the question becomes do you use it to your best advantage?  Consider how it is affecting your overall health.  People have more ways to communicate, but is this necessarily resulting in better communication or more fulf...

Clare E. Steffen, Ed. D, ND, CADC-II, CBHC has been a psychologist for over thirty years and has been working with individuals, couples, and families to improve communication and the health of their relationships.  She designed The Big Five of Healthy Relationships model that identifies five major traits to look for to assess the health of your relationships.  Each of these five traits has three s...

We can become discouraged when we feel dissatisfied with our past, distaste for the present, and distrust of the future.  Discouragement is the state of losing courage, and as a result, we can experience a loss of confidence.  This brief podcast talked about the impact of feeling discouraged, and the importance of identifying sources of discouragement so that you can effectively manage it and prev...

In this episode, Clare Steffen, Ed. D., ND talks about the Seven Teaching and the power of the Animal Spirits to provide "good counsel."  The energies of the animals are diverse and can be called upon to bring guidance, self-knowledge, and understanding.  Clare also reveals the energy of some animals that are available to us to bring us healing. 

In this episode Clare E Steffen, Ed. D. discussed post-traumatic stress (PTS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She described the physical and emotional elements of PTS that result in symptoms such as increased anxiety with exposure or when triggered, dissociation, flashbacks, depression, anxiety, sleep disruption, and an array of complex symptoms.   She discusses how to go beyond symptom...

This episode explores the Cognitions of Choice-Philosophy for Living, and in specific examines the dispositional trait, Discernment.  Developing this trait allows you to examine your options from a higher degree of consciousness and with a critical and creative perspective. 

In this third episode pertaining to self-medication, the belief structure is explored as it relates to personal reality and the integrity of self. Reality check questions are offered as a means of connecting or reconnecting to the authentic self. 

In this part two of a three-part series, Dr. Clare Steffen offers the Sustainable Choice Model and the Stages of Change Models to address relapse and restore brain-balance. 

     This episode is part one of a three-part series in which the question of self-medication is explored and the reasons why and ways in which we self-medicate examined. 

Dr. Clare Steffen developed Cognitions of Choice (COC) as a philosophy for living that can be utilized to improve decision making and to create healthy choices. In this episode, Dr. Steffen briefly reviews the COCs, barrier thinking, and explains how to apply the Cognitions of Choice and to effectively solve problems.

In this episode of Heal Your Brain Toolbox, I introduce the Cognitions of Choice, which is a philosophy for living that I developed that focuses on wellness.

In part 2 of this episode, suggestions are offered to gain more insight into this holistic model along with ways to incorporate this approach in your efforts to develop a healthy lifestyle.  Old models of sustainability focus on the environment but tend to ignore a holistic and dynamic point of view.  New models of wellness are needed to create an integrative and sustainable lifestyle.

Old models of sustainability focus on the environment but tend to ignore a holistic and dynamic point of view.  When seeking counseling and therapy, we may benefit from incorporating this approach to treatment.  A model to create a wellness lifestyle that is integrative and sustainable is presented. 

Mindfulness is a term we frequently hear people mention but can sometimes be uncertain what it actually means.  Dr. Clare Steffen reminds us to connect to ourselves and others in a universal manner and to manage our own mind-body-spirit connection.  When we are our authentic selves we can be aware and present in a mindful way and can focus on resilience and sustainability. 

Dr. Clare Steffen discusses brain-based being and ways to use the mind-body-spirit paradigm to connect to your authentic and true being in an effort heal your brain.  Our internal discussion can negatively impact our health, but we can construct new ways of thinking, and being that connect us in oneness and promote universal acceptance. Dr. Clare discusses obstacles to health and the reasons to ta...

Dr. Clare Steffen is a psychologist, Naturopath, Certified Natural Health Professional, Master Herbalist, Nationally Board Certified Counselor, and Certified Life, Wellness, and Business Coach.  In this Introductory "Heal Your Brain" podcast she reviews what to expect in future segments.  Tune in for upcoming episodes in which she will discuss a variety of natural and conscious ways to heal your b...