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The Practice of Staying
A different way to think about change—and what it really takes to heal I had a conversation recently that stayed with me. I was speaking with a spiritual teacher about the idea of grace—not as a theological concept, but as something deeply human. We talked about grace as the space we offer one another: patience, understanding, and the willingness to stay present with someone exactly as they [...]
Why So Many People Wake Up at 3 AM?
Understanding Nighttime Cortisol Rhythms: Gentle Ways to Help Your Nervous System Settle Back into Sleep For a period of time, I kept waking up at almost exactly 3:12 in the morning. Not 2:45. Not 3:30. Three twelve. Night after night. At first I assumed it was random. But after a while the pattern started to feel almost uncanny. I would wake up fully alert, [...]
Your Traitor Within Podcast with Dr. Eva Altobelli: Healing the Parts That Learned to Survive
Your Traitor Within: Healing the Parts That Learned to Survive with Dr. Eva Altobelli In this episode of Your Traitor Within, Jessica Anne Pressler, LCSW sits down with Dr. Eva Altobelli, MD, addiction psychiatrist and founder of Home-LA, a holistic mental health center in Los Angeles that integrates psychiatry, psychotherapy, and ketamine-assisted therapy. Dr. Altobelli shares how childhood experiences can shape the internal survival patterns we [...]
AAAP newsletter, Addiction Psychiatry Insights
Featuring Eva Altobelli, MD Brave New Medicine: Ketamine’s Promise and Pitfalls (page 22). Excerpt: "Ketamine has undeniable therapeutic potential. When delivered within a structured, multidisciplinary framework—including careful preparation, guided administration, and integrative psychotherapy—it can be profoundly transformative. It offers individuals the possibility of loosening rigid patterns of thought, healing trauma, and reconnecting with meaning. However, when ketamine is prescribed or distributed without context—especially in the [...]
Inside the Nervous System: Integrative Psychiatry & Polyvagal Healing | Dr. Altobelli on Recalibrated Vision with Bianca Ariel, MBA
Inside the Nervous System: Dr. Eva Altobelli on Integrative Psychiatry & Polyvagal Healing — Recalibrated Vision with Bianca Ariel, MBA Jump to: About Dr. Eva Altobelli Integrative Psychiatry Explained Polyvagal Healing & Nervous System Insights Practical Tips for Mental Wellness Listen to the Full Podcast About Dr. Eva Altobelli Dr. Eva Altobelli is a leading integrative psychiatrist based in [...]
Resilient by Design
When things break down, it can feel disorienting, painful, or even like failure. But breakdown also carries within it the possibility of rebuilding into something stronger and more resilient. We see this in simple ways: when we exercise, muscles “break down,” sometimes to the point of shaking, and yet it’s precisely this process that allows them to rebuild stronger than before. Embracing imperfection, change, and transformation [...]
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