Are you often feeling anxious, sad, panicked or straight-up mad? There’s a major reason for that. You are likely operating outside of your “window of tolerance,” a term that was coined by psychiatrist ...

The concept of the Window of Tolerance was developed by Dr. Dan Siegel, a clinical professor of psychiatry, to describe the zone where a person can function effectively, even when faced with stress.

The experience of psychological trauma is generally connected to the presence of distress. But in working with trauma survivors for over three decades, it is also the absence of enlivenment, play, ...