Memory is self-reflective and constantly evolving. The more we collectively learn about it, the less we collectively solely rely on it to make decis…Read more

The following letter was sent to my current Congressional representatives on January 23rd, 2024.  Letters like these are typically reviewed by Co…Read more

Signs of trauma are never far away. For most of us, the phones sitting in our pockets represent a deep portal of doom on those particularly dark …Read more

Charles Spielberger, R.L. Gorsuch, and R.E. Lushene developed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). They wanted a series of questions that would …Read more

The Peterson Resilience Consulting logo is a nod to my entrepreneurial and Swedish heritage and to my specialty in helping folks who've experienced h…Read more

I share the following personal ancestral truths to acknowledge the resulting historical trauma and its long-term effects. I never wanted to be that w…Read more

The Holmes & Rahe assessment is a collection of questions about stressful life events. It was created in 1967 to measure the connection between stres…Read more

This one time I was on a really intense sales call... Somehow I was suddenly talking on the phone (gasp!) with a guy named Chad. He was pitching me t…Read more

The ProQOL is a self-administered assessment with 30 questions total, for understanding your balance of positive and negative personal and work exper…Read more