Stop Asking What's Wrong. Ask What Happened.
In recent years I've done a deep dive into the research and clinical practices relating to trauma. I've begun a 3-year training in...
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Dana Barron PhD
- May 5, 2021
- 5 min
Why Self-Compassion is So Hard
I can't count the number of times I have heard people say that compassion for others comes easily, naturally, but self-compassion is an...
Dana Barron PhD
- Apr 23, 2021
- 4 min
Self-Care is Not the Same as Self-Compassion
At first glance you might say that self-care and self-compassion are one in the same, that it's compassion that leads you to practice...
Dana Barron PhD
- Jul 15, 2020
- 5 min
Why Am I So Exhausted?
Why am I so exhausted? I figured that if I'm asking myself this question every day, chances are you are too. The actual answer – if this...
Dana Barron PhD
- Jul 10, 2020
- 6 min
Overwhelm
Overwhelm. Overwhelm. Overwhelmed. Overwhelming. It's been A LOT lately, no? We are all in it. In fact, overwhelm doesn’t feel like a...
Dana Barron PhD
- Jul 5, 2020
- 8 min
Grief: A Pathway to Peace
Today marks 20 years since we lost my father. He died very suddenly, from a massive heart attack. Other than high cholesterol, he had no...
Dana Barron PhD
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
Comparison
Comparison is the evil twin of disappointment. I'm listening to the audio book of Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening. I keep rewinding...
Dana Barron PhD
- Jul 1, 2020
- 6 min
Disappoint
dis·ap·point | \ ˌdis-ə-ˈpȯint \ disappointed; disappointing; disappoints Verb 1. to fail to meet the expectation or hope of; to...
Dana Barron PhD
- Jun 12, 2020
- 8 min
I Have Fibromyalgia
I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. I am of the nature to have ill-health. There is no way to escape...
Dana Barron PhD
- May 28, 2020
- 5 min
Body Battles and Paths to Peace #3
Part 3: Blame and Shame At the heart of our body battles – and indeed our internal suffering in general – are blame and shame. Though...
Dana Barron PhD
- May 5, 2020
- 9 min
Body Battles & Paths to Peace, #2
Part Two: Body Image, Fat Phobia, and Structures of Inequality In the last post I wrote about the costs of approaching health and healing...
Dana Barron PhD
- Apr 30, 2020
- 9 min
Body Battles and Paths to Peace, #1
This is the first of a multi-part series Part One: Illness and Pain The language that we use to talk about our relationships with our...
Dana Barron PhD
- Apr 26, 2020
- 3 min
Choose Peace. Your Body Will Thank You.
Just say "no" to the COVID food police. I entered “COVID weight gain” in Google and got 161,000,000 hits. Here’s what I learned. That...
Dana Barron PhD
- Apr 8, 2020
- 4 min
On War and Peace
No, I am not planning to read the book as my “quarantine project.” No one needs to do anything extra right now - anything more than what...
Dana Barron PhD
- Mar 19, 2020
- 6 min
"C" is for Connection, Community, & Calm
This is Ruby, who always reminds me to keep things in perspective. She and I rescued each other 6 1/2 years ago. She is thrilled that her...
Dana Barron PhD
- Feb 21, 2020
- 4 min
Peace is Possible
If you could wave a magic wand and have one wish, what would it be? For me, it’s always been peace. Yes, sure a little extra cash would...
Dana Barron PhD
- Feb 18, 2020
- 3 min
We Have to Talk About Fear
We live in a culture that teaches us, consciously and subconsciously, to equate fatness with death.
No wonder we are afraid.
Dana Barron PhD
- Jan 28, 2020
- 3 min
When I Fight Reality Reality Always Wins
To the tune of "The Authority Song," John Mellencamp. My father used to say, “some lessons in life need to be learned more than once.” It...
Dana Barron PhD
- Nov 8, 2019
- 4 min
On the Path to Peace
My last blog post describes my new understanding of my relationship with my body – an understanding that had been there below the surface...
Dana Barron PhD
- Mar 18, 2019
- 6 min
Roman Numeral VI.
A month ago, I added a big Roman numeral to the timeline of my life. (Imagine life divided into major parts, like a book, marked by Roman...
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