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Unwinding trauma can be uncomfortable, but much like healing a physical wound, the discomfort can lead to healing and restoration. Have you found that you are dissociating in certain moments or situations? Read More
Journaling can help you to release tension, stress, anxiety, anger, and to feel more settled. The side benefit is that the more settled you are the better your physical health will be as well. When we do not process emotions or past events the emotions from those events can get stuck in our tissues and cause us issues. Journaling is a great way to start to clear some of that rubbish out. Read More
Our breathing can have big impacts on our overall sense of wellbeing, levels of stress, anxiety, and anger. In short, our breathing signals our whole physiology on how we should be feeling. Our breathing can tell our body that it is time to panic as well as when it is time to relax. Read More
Who is running the show in your head, the monkey mind or the monk mind? We are kidding ourselves if we do not accept that our emotions, thoughts, and internal dialogues with ourselves are not impacting our mental and physical well-being. Our whole universe is basically manifested in how we think and the energy we put toward the thoughts running around our heads. Why not guide those thoughts into healthier patterns? Read More
Plants provide us with many valuable lessons on how to deal with life. What seems drastic and destructive can sometimes turn out to be a healthy new start. We humans are very similar and can learn valuable lessons from the nature around us! Read More
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Happiness should not be your goal, nor an end state, but a way of being. It may sound like a tough ask in a world of uncertainty. But when you change your understanding of what it means to be happy, you may notice that you start to feel it much more! Read More
Have your belief systems been unraveling and feel like they're being challenged? It can unravel from divorce, religion, death, or job loss. Is it time to reconsider what you believe and determine what is serving you and what is not? Read More
We have all been there, we woke up grumpy or something small did not go our way and suddenly it seems like the Universe has conspired against us. We feel like we have suddenly become a negativity magnet. If anything could go wrong, it does! What started out as a neutral day has become a horrible, “can I please skip today” kind of day. This is a real phenomenon! I’m sure you are hoping that I will say, “Don’t worry it wasn’t your fault” but alas, worry! It was your fault! How is it your fault? Well, let’s dive in, not to wallow in self-pity or guilt, but in order to raise our self-awareness so that negative spirals happen less frequently. Read More
Not only do we tell stories to those around us and in our lives, we also tell stories to ourselves. Our self-talk and conversations within our own heads are often stories or pieces of stories. Our stream of consciousness is a story, not always coherent or flowing perfectly, but a story just the same. What happens when we are presented with situations or facts that don’t come with full explanations or have pieces missing? Our brains fill in the blanks. They turn whatever is happening into stories. The only problem is that our brains are filling in the blanks to create a story which may not be based on the truth or actual facts. Read More
Phobias are defined in the dictionary as “an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. Read More
