Posts Tagged ‘stuck’
Emotional Childhood
As children, we have limited capacity to control our emotions, and even less ability to take ownership over our behavior. Because we’re kiddos – and developmentally, we just aren’t there yet. As physical adults, we can easily slip back into an emotionally childlike state where our inner child is calling the shots, keeping us from…
Read MoreInner Child
In childhood, we learned to survive, to please our parents, our teachers, to label our behavior internally as either all good or all bad and to make it mean something about us as beings. We learned to think in black and white ways because that’s what children do, and to judge ourselves where we fell…
Read MoreYou’re a Human Being Not a Human Doing
Self-love and self-care are such common buzzwords right now. If your social media feed is anything like mine, it’s full up on posts about self-care and the best ways to do it. And it often seems to involve lying on some perfect Grecian island with cucumbers on your eyes wrapped in seaweed as your…
Read MoreBonus Podcast Episode 3: COVID-19/Corona – Feeling All Your Feelings – Equal Air Time
As this pandemic quarantine stretches out into a second month, you may be struggling to find your footing. To find the balance between “doing” and “being.” Between being “lazy” and “productive.” In this episode I offer a remedy: giving it all Equal Air Time in your mind. Holding the fact that yes, sometimes you are…
Read MoreCoping Mechanisms and Obsessive Thoughts
Functional medicine is so much more than choking down a fistful of supplements every day or doing a dozen lab tests. I believe deeply in root cause medicine. And the longer I do this work, the more clarity I have that self-love is the key to healing. It is only from a place of true…
Read MoreStress Response Cycle
Stress. We’re all awash with it in this day and age. We’re even more aware of it with everything going on right now. While our actual lives are rarely in danger, our bodies can feel like we’re about to be killed and eaten. And they respond how they’re supposed to be flooding our perfect little…
Read MoreUncertainty
Uncertainty is in the air right now, along with fear, worry, confusion. Today, my darling, we’ll be talking about uncertainty and how you can support yourself now, as ever. Whether you’re reading this during the COVID-19 quarantine or long after, the central message and tenants are the same. Life is full of uncertainty and accepting…
Read MoreBonus Podcast Episode 2: COVID-19/Corona – Anxiety, Stress & Thought Work for Healing
My beautiful perfect love. This is a time of global freak out. The air is full with panic, worry, stress, anxiety… but that doesn’t mean you need to be. You have the skills and resources within you to calm and soothe your perfect mind, body and spirit. I’ve made two special bonus episodes of the…
Read MoreBonus Podcast Episode 1: COVID-19/Corona – Regulating Your Stress Response
My beautiful perfect love. This is a time of global freak out. The air is full with panic, worry, stress, anxiety… but that doesn’t mean you need to be. You have the skills and resources within you to calm and soothe your perfect mind, body and spirit. I’ve made two special bonus episodes of the…
Read MoreHow to Stop Worrying for Good
Few things are as ubiquitous as worry. We all say it. We all do it. And it steals your joy, my darling. Worry takes you out of the present moment and keeps you from taking action to make your life the intentional thoughtful life you dream of living. Today, I’ll be detailing the steps you…
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