Triggers are a part of everyday life for people who have experienced traumatic stress. It is so helpful to be able to recognize when we are activated. So that we can work on tending to our triggers with self-compassion and awareness. Let’s explore what a trigger looks like. What is a trigger? A trigger is when our emotional brain (the …
Why we have become more distracted
I have had problems with becoming distracted, focusing, and being inattentive ever since I can remember. Most people that I know, and many of the clients that I have seen also struggle with this reality. When I sat down to write this article, I actually got distracted from the task at hand. Everything else seemed more important I needed to …
Why texting is making us more disconnected in our relationships
Recently, I was talking via text with a friend and they said that they were no longer happy with the person that they were in an open relationship with. They wanted advice about how to kindly state that they wanted to start dating other people. I responded and asked them to let me know how it went. When I followed …
Addiction, Art Therapy and Celine Elise Redfield
Check out this interview from All Business Media Nationwide: Celine Elise Redfield LMFT, ATR – Art Therapy, Portland, OR Recorded on 6.4.2018, I talk about addiction, why I became an art therapist and how art therapy works. A few quotes from the interview: “Art therapy allows a person to externalize their unconscious.” ” Unconscious processes come up when your are doing …
Making Friends with Anxiety
Making friends with anxiety? What is this woman telling me to do? Yes, I promise it is possible to embrace and change ones relationship with anxiety. It is all about patience and practice. The buddhist Monk, Thich Naht Hahn, talks about showing up for feelings when they occur so that that one can be peaceful towards yourself instead of …
How EFT helps in Releasing Trauma
The past two blog posts we have been learning about trauma, what it is and ways it can be healed. This week we will be exploring a healing modality that mixes affirmations and acupressure points which help in releasing trauma. EFT (aka Emotional Freedom Technique, or tapping) is an excellent tool to use to reduce anxiety or overwhelm of any …
How does Art therapy help with trauma?
Several weeks ago we explored what Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is vs. Traumatic Stress Disorder (TSD), so this week we will be exploring how Art therapy is affective at helping with processing trauma whether you have unresolved trauma or a diagnosis of PTSD. Art making and art therapy allow people to express themselves in new ways and find new meaning …
Traumatic Stress vs. PTSD
Trauma is a buzz word these days. Many people state that they have been traumatized by specific situations in their lives. So what is traumatic stress? And how is it different than PTSD? What causes PTSD, and what are the symptoms? This month of June is National Post Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) awareness month. In this article we will talk …
How Art Therapy Calms The Brain
I have been asked many times, “So your an art therapist how exactly does that work?” Art therapy works to change the brain and calm it because is that it accesses a both hemispheres of the brain, and the also lower hemispheres of the brain which can help access emotions that you are not aware of just using the left …
How Meditation Works To Cheat Anxiety And Increase Zen
May is national meditation month! There is no time like the present to begin a mediation practice. You may be saying but Celine, why should I meditate? My guess is that you decided to check out this article because you have been struggling with anxiety. Let’s explore how using mindfulness and meditation can ease anxiety and help you to feel …
Why having healthy coping skills is helpful
Coping skills, what are those? Coping skills are about how you deal with what life throws at you, how you manage your stress, anxiety and internally how you respond to these challenges. So what is a good coping skill vs. a not so great one? Check out these 3 ways that you can gauge your coping skills. Life is not what …
How to use Grounding to Relieve Anxiety and Stress
Wondering what grounding is? What to know how it helps one be more present in ones life? In this brief post you will learn what grounding is, how it can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and be more in the moment instead of stuck inside your mind. Grounding is based in mindfulness and uses your five senses: sight, touch, taste, …
4-7-8 Breathing Excercise
This weeks video is number three of the three part series in learning how to manage stress and anxiety through your breath. This week we will be learning the 4-7-8 breathing technique. Last week we talked about the 4 square breathing technique which helps to reduce anxiety and bring us into the present moment by giving us a cognitive and somatic …
Four Square Breathing Technique
View PostThe importance of noticing your breath
So you might wondering: Why is she she writing about the breath? Why it is important in our everyday lives? If we can be become more connected to our breath this can help us to calm our nervous system and learn to not feel so stressed. Through the work with my clients, learning about stress management and the science of …
How EFT can help with Anxiety
The way that I view anxiety is that it is fear, worry, and obsessing about future events. Anxiety plagues approximately 40 million adults between the ages of 18 to 54 in the US. Are you one of the 40 million? Would you like a drug free way to reduce anxiety in yourself? Why not try EFT?! EFT (aka Emotional Freedom Technique) …
How Art Therapy helps Anxiety
Art therapy what is that? How can that help me? How does it help anxiety and stress? Art Therapy is a way of combining talk therapy with the creation of art making. Did you know that when we just talk about anxiety and stress, can lead to your body re-experiencing the situation? When you create art it uses a different …
How to use affirmations and have them be effective
Affirmations help us to affirm the way that we want to see our lives. When I was first introduced to affirmations I was not yet a therapist and I was very skeptical about them actually working for me. So lets explore the science behind positive psychology and the use of affirmations. The thought behind affirmations is that you are stating …
Taking Charge of the Inner Critic
So it is 2017, it is January so everyone is reassessing their lives and trying to make changes. So what make us not attain our goals and fall back into old patterns? One reason is not having a good action plan, with measurable steps and ways of reinforcing goals. (I will write about setting and completing goals in another blog …
Vision
“In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” ~Dalai Lama Sometimes we get caught up in waiting for what we want to manifest in our lives on its own. We operate by reacting to the present circumstances instead of actively working to create those opportunities for ourselves. Those suffering from depression and anxiety especially …
How gratitude and compassion can help you survive these times
View PostThe Power of Persona
“The persona is a complicated system of relations between individual consciousness and society, fittingly enough a kind of mask, designed on the one hand to make a definite impression upon others, and, on the other, to conceal the true nature of the individual.” ~Carl Jung Carl Jung was contemporary of Sigmund Freud and he founded many of the core ideas …
5 ways to manage your anxiety symptoms
If you don’t think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days. ~ Kris Carr Did you know that 40 million people are suffering …
Why you need to take care of your mental health
Mental health is tricky because many people don’t even realize that they have a mental illness. Usually it is because they have been living with that negative voice that lives inside their head for so long that it seems normative that they live that way. However it is possible for you to find solace, joy and a better life if …
Letting go of Self-Limiting Beliefs
You begin to fly when you let go of self-limiting beliefs and allow your mind and aspirations to rise to greater heights. ~Brian Tracy Self-limiting beliefs usually have been created to keep us safe from perceived danger and are based on past experiences. And much of the time they are from our childhood or from our family of origin. The thing …
Why building self trust is key
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Self trust is key to living a life that you are happy with. When we are always second guessing ourselves we are lacking self trust. Learning that we are capable of making decisions is necessary to move forward in our lives and stop living …
Transforming self-defeating beliefs
Spend an Evening helping yourself transform the cycle of self-defeating beliefs Do you notice that you have a pattern of doing things that are self-defeating? Would you like to stop these behaviors? This workshop will help you to become aware of your patterns of self-defeating beliefs and behaviors and help you get a jumpstart on changing that coping skill. In this …
Keys to Effective Ways to Communicate
Spend an Evening learning the Keys to Communication This workshop will help you to become aware of your communication patterns and how to become a more effective communicator. In this workshop we will discuss: Learn the roadblocks to effective communication Learn your current communication stance You will learn how to do EFT to help you connect with yourself, your needs …
Learning to love your body all the time
When sickness strikes or one begins to feel aches and pains or maybe there is some weight gain. Ad even in more extreme cases when we struggle with some time of mental illness. We may get angry at our body for “working against us.” We may say why is my body doing this to me? Why me? At these …
Thriving through transition
Life is one big transition. ~Willie Stargell Transition and change are the one constant in our lives. Things come and go. The only thing we can do about life is to embrace where we are today, instead of urning for the past. Transition is difficult because it makes us re write the story that we tell ourselves. As humans we …
Why Denial is not working for you
“Denial does not change reality for everyone else. Only for the one denying and those who are foolish enough to believe the fantasy.”~ Elle Casey Denial is an interesting defense mechanism. It helps us to survive things that are too difficult for our psyche to handle and it helps us push through. The only problem with using denial as a …
You are not your story
Holding on is believing that there’s a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future. —Daphne Rose Kingma Spring is time of new growth, transformation, and change. Why not use this time to transform old thoughts. The story that we tell ourselves about our lives sets the frame for how we view our lives. Here are five ways to …
How shame holds us back
Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging. ~Brene Brown According to the research of Brene Brown all humans experience shame. The psychologist Rick Hanson, reports that shame is a primal emotion, one of the first that we experience as children. So if this is the case why does …
How to stop self sabotaging
“Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.” ~Steven Pressfield Many people have problems with being their own worst enemies. When in becomes a pattern of unhealthy behaviors, unfulfilled dreams, broken relationships and friendships it is time to find ways to use different strategies with others. People who have patterns of self sabotaging usually have problems with worthiness, feeling comfortable in the status quo and fear …
How to Survive a Breakup
“It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in the world. It is these two blessed things that can begin to heal all broken hearts.” ~Steve Maraboli I had a friend once tell me when I was going through a painful breakup that I just needed to get a theme song. This …
Learning to tame your temper
“I lost my temper today. Fuck it. Whoever finds it can keep it.” ― Jarod Kintz We all have a hard time sometimes and can become angry. It is when it becomes a pattern of relating to others that it can cause problems in our relationships. So here are 5 ways that you can work on reducing your temper. 1) …
How to have needs without being needy.
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.” ~Mick Jagger Have you ever caught yourself stating that a person is too “needy” or someone is acting to “needy”? What exactly does it mean to be too needy? Urban dictionary.com defines being needy as: “Requiring attention beyond what is normative. …
How to communicate more effectively
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” ~ George Bernard Shaw Effective communication is imperative in any relationship, whether is is a romantic, work, family or friends. When your wires get crossed and ideas are not conveyed properly, this is when negative emotions begin. But there is a way to speak peacefully to one …
Five ways to improve your emotional intelligence
“There is no weakness in being able to love fully. It takes courage, tenacity, and an emotional intelligence that most people are incapable of.” ~Alafia Stewart So you may be saying what is emotional intelligence, and how can it help me? The idea of emotional intelligence was developed by the American psychologist, Daniel Goleman. There are 5 basic principles of emotional …
How having healthy boundaries helps your life
Boundaries are invisible property lines, invisible fences that define where my property begins and where my property ends. They show people where my responsibility for me begins and where my responsibility for others ends. ~ Cloud and Townsend Healthy boundaries are a essential part to every day life in your interactions with others. They help us to know what we …
How to think and speak differently to create an open mind
“Mind has door. A password can open it. That word is stored safely in your heart, waiting for your willingness to retrieve it.” ~Toba Beta What most people don’t realize is that we reinforce our beliefs about things by the words that we use. “I have to do this”, “This is hard,” “I am crazy”, “I am scattered,” or ” I have no …
Why not listening to your body creates Stress
Stress is a part of our daily lives and our mind tells us to keep going but our mind usually does not know what we need. We have all been there we have 20 things on our to do list, so we “push through”, drink another cup of coffee, just to get it done. But have you ever thought about what …
Letting go of obligation
If you are living out of a sense of obligation then you are a slave. ~Dr. Wayne Dyer For people who have any people-pleasing tendencies obligation can be a thorn in your side. The truth is you are never obligated to do anything. Everything in your life is a choice. Everything that has happened to you as an adult has been …
Reconnecting to your true nature
“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.” ~ Brene Brown Sometimes to survive the world that we live in we sever the connection between our true nature and the self we …
Learning the difference between worthiness and entitlement
Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love. ” ~Prem Prakash When I work with clients sometimes there is a problem with distinguishing between feeling worthy and feeling entitled. This week we will discuss the difference between the two and how to live in believing that …
What keeping commitments teaches us
When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible. ~Howard Schultz Usually people who have trouble with committing have fear that they will make a bad choice. This pattern leads them to live in avoidance of decision making. This is a difficult way to experience your life and can keep you stuck in a holding pattern of …
Stop forcing it and learning to accept what is
Life is not a problem to be solved but an experience to have. ~ Jack Kornfield Have you ever had one of those days where you are trying so hard to get things done, just to have none of it work? Then you feel frustrated and somewhat defeated? Usually when this happens this means you are trying to force your will on …
The Gift of Impermanence, Accepting right now
“Right now.. It’s like this.” ~ Sumedho For years I did not fully grasp or have an understanding of what impermanence was. It was not until I got sober that the concept clicked for me. Everything in life is impermanent: the good, the bad and the indifferent. We become married to our situations and become deluded that things will last …
Finding Inner Calm in the Midst of Overwhelm
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you. ~Deepak Chopra In our ever busy world of commerce and to do lists, sometimes it can be difficult to make time to connect with ourselves and find calm. This can create issues with insomnia, anxiety, and irritability. This week we will concentrate of five action steps to find …
The Value of Trust
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” ~ Ernest Hemingway Trust is a continuum, some people lack it in their lives, some people feel secure, and others trust people too much. Many people have difficulty trusting others due to their past histories. This is normal, the only issue is that it keeps …
Why Stress reduction is Important
It’s not stress that kills us; it is our reaction to it.~Hans Selye Stress sucks, and it is a part of our modern everyday lives. Why is stress bad? And how can we manage it? Stress is hard on your body because it activates your parasympathetic system which was designed to keep you safe in dangerous situations. This system in …
How to Live in Faith Instead of Fear
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. ~Martin Luther King Jr. Prior to getting sober, I had no idea what it meant to have faith. I believed that things just happened in some random order and that sometimes they worked in my favor and others they did not. Slowly as I gained more sobriety, …
Anger, how it helps and how it is harmful
Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy. ~Aristotle Anger is a sign post that needs attention. Your body is telling …
Learning to ask for Help
“The only mistake you can make is not asking for help.” ~Sandeep Jauhar In our society we are taught that it is weak to ask for help and/or that there are strings attached when we ask for it. I know in my family, I was taught to be independent, take care of myself, and exhaust all possibilities before asking for help. Not …
The Power of Patience
Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting. ~Joyce Meyer Eight and a half years ago at the beginning of my sobriety, I would say I completely lacked gratitude and patience. Nothing ever went fast enough and was totally dissatisfied in my life. One of my solutions to this problem was to …
Finding Serenity in Surrender
“Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.” ~Sonia Ricotti Image: Serendipity by Leo Grübler In our society surrendering is usually equated with two things battles and religion. When we use it in our personal lives surrendering can teach us important lessons about ourselves and what we hold on to. Surrender has to do with …
The Power of Choice
Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant. ~Anthony Robbins When we are children we are at the whim of our parents and the world we have little choice what happens to us, we are beholden to them. Many people carry …
Competition why it is not cute any more
Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.” ~Criss Jami Sometimes having a healthy competition is a great motivator in one’s life. When it becomes a engrained way of relating to the world it can …
How forgiveness can set you free
Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning. ~Desmond Tutu There is nothing like holding onto a resentment that can make you feel more alive and self righteous but also drained and stuck. If one wants to be free from the shackles of a resentment, forgiveness must ensue. So many clients that I have worked with …
Perception, the key to changing your life.
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is- infinite. ~William Blake Perception is the way that you view our lives and that you make meaning. The way we perceive the experiences in our lives defines how we feel about them and creates our reality. So why not create a good one? With practice of …
Learning to release expectation, 5 ways to let yourself off the hook
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”~ Alexander Pope Last week I was trying to decide if I was going to write my weekly blog post in advance because I knew I would be out of town for a training. I was hemming and hawing about did I have the time? And then I realized that it …
What wolf do you feed? Choice in the way that we live.
THE TWO WOLVES – A CHEROKEE STORY A young boy came to his Grandfather, filled with anger at another boy who had done him an injustice. The old Grandfather said to his grandson, “Let me tell you a story. I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do. But hate wears …
Want to turn over a new leaf? 5 ways to improve your life
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.” ~ T.S. Eliot As we put another year to bed, we reflect on the past year of 2014 with joy, peace and possibly regret. In this time of contemplation we look ahead to improve our lives more. With …
How to keep your cool around your family
“Unfortunately, some family members are so psychotic that no matter how hard you try to forge a healthy relationship, nothing will help. Now that you’re an adult, take refuge in the fact that some things are beyond your control. You owe it to yourself to steer clear of people who are harmful to your health.” ~Andrea Lavinthal It is that …
Acceptance of light and the dark in ourselves, 4 ways to live more balanced
“If we never experience the chill of a dark winter, it is very unlikely that we will ever cherish the warmth of a bright summer’s day. Nothing stimulates our appetite for the simple joys of life more than the starvation caused by sadness or desperation. In order to complete our amazing life journey successfully, it is vital that we turn …
Making friends with your fears, 5 ways to have courage to face yourself.
“Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.”~― Isabel Allende I know very few people who enjoy dealing with fear. As humans we are wired for seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. This is why fear is a big scary topic. Personally several years ago I balked at looking at fear, being aware of it and …
Feeling overwhelmed? 7 ways to transform your overwhelm to peace
It’s Not The Load That Breaks You Down It’s The Way You Carry It ~Lou Holtz In our modern day lives we never seem to stop. December is the busiest month of the year so are you ready to face the holidays or are you feeling a bit overwhelmed? If you are overwhelmed, you’re not alone. Most people feel this way …
Why Judgement makes us miserable
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. ~Wayne Dyer Most people are guilty of making snap judgements about people. We are actually instinctually wired to keep ourselves safe this way of relating is left over from when we had to fear getting eaten by large mammals. But in today’s time this way of relating is …
The Freedom of Letting Go of Control
“The day I understood everything, was the day I stopped trying to figure everything out. The day I knew peace was the day I let everything go.” ~C. JoyBell C. If you feel challenged with releasing control I understand, I am a recovering addict of control as well. To tell you honestly, for most of my adult life I was …
Your Ego is not your Amigo, learning how to keep your ego in check
“The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.” ― Deepak Chopra Walking down the street about a year ago I saw a man …
How to avoid an emotional hangover
Emotions are contagious. We’ve all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad. ~Daniel Goleman The other day I was so drained after work because so many dramatic things had happened, I listened to and engaged in …
How to practice humility with out feeling humiliated
True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. ~C.S. Lewis A few weeks ago I was talking about humility with a client. She was having difficulty grasping the concept so I decided to look up the definition. This is the definition I found from google: noun a modest or low view of one’s own …
How to deal with people who push your buttons
Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar We all have those people in our lives that push our buttons. The universe has put these people in our lives …
Drained by drama? 4 tips to stop it, before it starts
I recently had a coworker say to me, “Drama just seems to follow me around. I don’t want to be a part of it, but it flocks to me. I am tired of being drained by it.” We talked some more and what we figured out is that she was addicted to fixing situations, that the drama made her feel …
The art of learning to say no
No is a complete sentence. ~Anonymous Do you say “yes” to things before thinking about it and then end up resenting that you made that decision or totally flaking, because you have spread yourself too thin? If you have any issues with people pleasing, being overly scheduled or drawing boundaries like many of us do, this article is for you. …
How to Stop Being a Perfectionist
So you have admitted that you have problems with being a perfectionist, Congrats! You are on your way to recovering from this crippling way of coping in the world. How do I know about being a perfectionist? Because personally I am a recovering from perfectionism. I come from a long line of perfectionists but I realized that living this way was …
The Dangers of Denial
“Denial is not just a river in egypt.” ~ Mark Twain Okay, now that I have that kitschy quote out of the way lets get the 411 about denial: Denial it is a defense mechanism that is close cousins with repression. It keeps one safe and unaware of what is actually going on in our life. The wonderful thing about denial is …
The problem with Expectations
Expectations are a part our everyday lives. We expect things to work as we envision them to. We expect people to keep their word. We expect our friends to show up. Our families have expectations about who we will be and what we will do. But when things don’t pan out, we are disappointed, butt hurt and sometimes we even hold …
3 tips to use acceptance in your life
Lately, I have been noticing that many people find living in denial, easier and more comfortable than being in acceptance. The problem with denial is it keeps you stuck in the same holding pattern that you have been experiencing for years. So the the only way to change; is to gain awareness around the thing that you have been denying, accept …
Self compassion vs. Self Esteem
For years when people have had issues with feeling good about themselves, the psychological and spiritual community talked about how people need more self-esteem. There was talk of doing esteem-able acts in order to build self-esteem, ie. volunteering, being of service and doing things for the greater good. Doing these things will build a better self concept for those that …
Gratitude your new Anti-Depressant..
I know your probably sick and tired of hearing about how great gratitude is. And it seems so much easier to just continue to with the status quo. But really how are happy are you presently? Take a minute to think about that… So you may say well I am grateful for my life, it just harder when things don’t …
Confused about something? Three tips to gain clarity…
Truth lies within ourselves: it takes no rise from outward things, whatever you may believe. There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness and to Know rather consists in opening out a way whence the imprisoned splendor may escape than in effecting entry for light supposed to be without. — Robert Browning Are you having …
A New Year, A New You? Time to set intentions
A new year, time to set intentions The journey of a thousand miles begins with one single step ~ Lao-tse So here it is 2016. We survived the the end of the mayan calendar, we are now living in the aquarian age. A shift in our consciousness was supposed to occur, are feeling the shift? Maybe you are and you’re …
Healing Power of Art Making
Creating art activates our pleasure center in our brain releasing dopamine causing an individual to relax, smile and take a deep breath. But maybe you find doing art stressful because you are not good at it. I think that most people believe that they are bad at art due to when they were younger, adults told them they were bad …
Discover your patterns and Cyles in your Life
The post discusses the distinction between intuition and fear, emphasizing that intuition is a gentle guide while fear creates urgency. It highlights the importance of confronting fears to enhance personal growth and intuition. The author shares upcoming workshops aimed at fostering spiritual connections and empowerment for self-awareness and healing.
Boost For 2025: Learning The Difference Intuition Vs. Fear
The post discusses the distinction between intuition and fear, emphasizing that intuition is a gentle guide while fear creates urgency. It highlights the importance of confronting fears to enhance personal growth and intuition. The author shares upcoming workshops aimed at fostering spiritual connections and empowerment for self-awareness and healing.
Your Worth Beyond Accomplishments: A Year-End Reflection
Let’s learn how to slow down and rest instead of being busy. Rest is always an option and is necessary.
How To Stop Chasing Happiness
Let’s learn how how to practice jou, instead of chasing happiness. And let’s learn the difference betweek the two.
The Radical Act of Rest – Honor the needs of your nervous system
Let’s learn how to slow down and rest instead of being busy. Rest is always an option and is necessary.
Embracing the Healing Darkness: Nurturing Your Nervous System
Understanding and nurturing the dorsal vagal branch of the nervous system can be transformative. As we lean into this time that feels like winter, we notice, at least here in Oregon, the icy weather and car windows covered with frost. The late-blooming flowers appear frozen in time. Our neighborhood is quiet, mirroring the stillness of the natural world. Animals are …
Balancing the Active and Receptive: Understanding Your Nervous System
As winter approaches, it’s crucial to balance social and solitary activities to maintain a healthy nervous system. Recognizing personal energy levels helps prevent overwhelm. Understanding the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches assists in managing stress. Practicing balance through exercises can enhance well-being, and upcoming virtual events offer further guidance.
Different Types of Anxiety
Welcome to the first step in understanding how anxiety can appear in a person’s life by learning the different types of anxiety. You are on your first step to recovery by acknowledging you have a problem. So let us get to it! It is helpful to learn about what you may be experiencing because knowledge is power. DIFFERENT TYPES OF …
Mid-Summer Blues? How to work through that summer depression
It is hot, the sun is bright. There are bbqs galore, and it is light out until late. People are out having fun, but you’re not feeling it? Maybe you struggle with some seasonal depression? What people don’t realize is that when someone has SAD (seasonal affect disorder), it cannot only be triggered by a lack of light but it …
