I’ve been kind of quiet lately. There’s a lot going on professionally, and I notice that when that happens, I’m even more intentional about and protective of my “me time”. Contrary to popular belief, when things are crazy, it’s even more important to make time to resource ourselves. When things are busy, the first thing that […]
If you are a fan of Gabor Maté’s work like I am, then you probably heard about Compassionate Inquiry. His most recent documentary, The Wisdom of Trauma, took the world by storm and opened the eyes of millions of people about the impact of trauma. Through his unique way of asking questions, he was able to […]
This is one of the reasons I love yoga therapy and the holistic approach to health! Last week I went a bit overboard with my workout and because I thought I was a pro at this, I did something unhelpful and didn’t stretch. 30 min of cardio in 90degrees weather, with no stretch before or […]
I was listening to an interview with Joe Dispenza and he mentioned this question in one of his answers. I loved it! Read it again and see how it feels in your body. Do your shoulders move forward as a sign of protection, or do you feel yourself standing up straight? Does it feel like a […]
Watercolor inspired by the bird I met this weekend. I had one of the most humbling and connecting experiences of my life the other day. A bird flew into the room and was struggling to get out. In our attempt to help, it flew into the window and knocked itself out. We picked it up […]
Photo by Shantanu Kulkarni Often times we hear that all we have is now. The past is in the past, the future is not yet here. And yet, trauma or not, it is hard to be in the now. Understandably so, because there are so many things vying for our time and attention. Also, if we […]
Years ago someone called me an empath. I was like “what is that?!” Back then, it wasn’t a mainstream term. Even as I am typing this, my computer still insists on automatically changing “empath” to “empathy”. All I could find at the time was that an empath was a sensitive person. OK, I had been […]
Do you believe that it can get better? This was one of the best questions I’ve heard in my life! It stomped me by how simple and yet revealing it is. In my 40+ years, I’ve seen plenty of health practitioners and no one, NOT ONE, asked me this question. And here I was, talking […]
This has been coming up a lot recently in my sessions. Across the board, whether my clients are dealing with burnout, auto-immune issues, sleep disturbance, or anger, we are discovering together in our sessions that even though it is needed “now“, daily resourcing is rarely on people’s radar. Someone was recently grieving the loss of […]
Some people hear yoga and they think “ugh, that’s for fit people who are super flexible and can sit still to meditate. I can’t do any of those!” Some have maybe attended classes which were labeled trauma-sensitive yoga only to feel triggered and not safe. Or maybe you were one of the people who at some point thought, how can […]