September 2026

Have you watched a child move from happily playing to yelling, crying, or running away within seconds? Perhaps you have seen the opposite: a child becomes unusually quiet, distant, or unable to answer a simple question. These moments can feel confusing for parents, caregivers, and educators, especially when nothing you say seems to help. The window of tolerance for kids offers a compassionate way to understand these shifts. In simple terms, it is the range of emotional and physiological activation in which a child can stay present, think, communicate, learn, and respond to everyday challenges. Outside that range, the nervous system...

Have you ever looked up from your computer or phone and realized that your eyes feel fixed, strained, or unusually tired? Perhaps your vision seems narrow, your shoulders are tense, or you notice that you have been holding your breath. These experiences can happen when we are stressed, intensely focused, fatigued, or spending long periods looking at a screen. Your eyes do not tell the whole story of your nervous system, and visual tension is not a diagnosis. Still, the way you look at the world can offer a useful moment of self-awareness. In my work as a psychologist and Somatic Experiencing...