Cliff Heegel Ph.D.

Cliff’s notes: I am a provider for Magellan Behavioral Health- I found their on their website.  A nice concise piece of wisdom.
Are you breathing for optimum health? Slow and controlled inhaling and exhaling can help you relax under tension or stress.
Stand up and breathe deeply. As you inhale, does your belly go in or does [...]

Subtitled: An uncertain mind sometimes deals with Reality better than a mind that is certain
“It ain’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so” ~Will Rogers
I love that Will Rogers quote. It captures, in a humorous way, the essence of the human predicament. We [...]

People do not come to my office because of physical or emotional pain- they come see me because they are suffering.
I like that old saying ‘pain is inevitable, suffering is optional’. There is a big difference between authentic emotion and human suffering. Suffering is a fact of the human condition. However, it is not required. [...]

About that word ‘zen’. Don’t be scared of the word zen. After all, it is just a word.
The word ‘zen’ has a lot of different meanings.  In the context of me and my psychology practice, zen is simply a word that points to Awareness Practice. Although zen originated as a Japanese Buddhist practice, it isn’t [...]

You are what observes, not what you observe.
If that is true, then… ?
What are you certain of? Anything? Nothing?
It is important.