Posts by Victoria Albina
Ep #43: Worry and Your Nervous System
Over the holidays, I spent time with someone who has a tendency to project into the future and spin into anxious worry. This was mostly about things that they can’t control. And here’s what I want you to know: Worry does not serve you. Worry is always, 110% of the time, completely optional. You heard…
Read MoreEp #42: The Next Right Thing
Something I hear so often from the folks I coach is that they wake up looking at their huge to-do list for the day and they start worrying about which thing to tackle first, or if it’s even the right thing to do. If you can relate to these feelings of overwhelm and anxiety and…
Read MoreEp #41: Boundaries and the Holidays
The holidays are upon us. Now, this can be a wonderful time of the year, filled with joy and happy memories from childhood. However, especially if you’re on the path of healing and reparenting yourself, this time of year can throw up some real challenges. You might be heading back to your hometown to spend…
Read MoreEp #40: Failing on Purpose
Last week, we talked about failure and how it ties into the concept of true self-care and self-love. On the podcast today, I’m going to be continuing on this topic of failure in a way you might not have considered before – reveling in it and going for it all-in, despite the fear that holds…
Read MoreBoundaries
So many of us are giving our energy away to people and things that don’t serve us. We only have so much energy for each day and when we give it away or let it leak out of us by not taking care of ourselves first, we often don’t have anything left for ourselves. There’s…
Read MoreLeaky Gut: How to Restore Your Gut and Improve Your Mental Health
So one of the things that I’m really excited about in this world is healing the gut and healing mental health. In this blog we’ll be focusing on leaky gut, a concept you may or may not have heard about before, which is when your digestion allows inflammatory molecules to pass out of the gut…
Read MoreHow to Conquer Anxiety
Anxiety is an exhausting life-stealer. It can feel like a wall between you, the people you love, and the life you want to live. It doesn’t have to be that way. In this article, I’ll explain the science of anxiety and what’s happening in your brain when you feel that rush of tension in your…
Read MoreEp #39: Failure
I’m diving into the concept of failure today, all within the continued context of self-care and the think-feel-act cycle we’ve been discussing over the last few weeks. In our culture, failure is often taught to us as something to avoid if you want to succeed; so I see you, if you’re scared of failing and…
Read MoreEp #38: Courageous Action
How do you live the life of your dreams? This is what we all want, isn’t it? We also want it to be easy, but the truth is it takes some bold new actions to change the course of your life to what you dream about your future self having. We’ve been exploring the think-feel-act…
Read MoreEp #37: Action
As we close up this series on the think-feel-act cycle, I’m addressing the last aspect today; action. If you’ve been listening to the last couple of episodes, you’ll know that the greatest act of self-care available to you is to learn how to manage your mind. Awareness is key in practicing this concept that you…
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