Healing Techniques: Embracing the Healing Powers Within February 5, 2014 • 2 Comments Last week I had one of those days where everything seemed shrouded in darkness, which went hand in hand with the restless night that preceded it. I am particularly vulnerable when I don’t sleep well, my brain becomes sieve-like, incapable of fending off scary thoughts. Mental exhaustion was common in the beginning, but with the river of adrenaline coursing through…
Managing Anxiety: Natural Remedies for Anxiety January 31, 2014 • 4 Comments “When we think and feel in the same ways for most of our lives and memorize familiar states of being, our internal chemical state keeps activating the same genes, meaning we keep making the same proteins.” Dr. Joe Dispenza I often wonder what all these emotional states are trying to tell me. I can usually figure out why I am…
Shawshank Redemption: A Message of Self Discovery from the Soul January 24, 2014 • 18 Comments One of my all time favorite movies is The Shawshank Redemption. In the days when we had the premium cable subscription with a bevy of channels, if I happened to be mindlessly flipping through seeking a source of entertainment and came across it, without question, no matter how far along the movie was, I was hooked. I’m hoping you’ve seen…
Reminders from the Universe: Don’t Give Up January 22, 2014 • 6 Comments I have been clearing out a lot of clutter in my life lately, both mentally and physically. There are days where I am certain I have accomplished this feat, and then I find more crap hiding in the corners of my house and mind. Last week, I gathered up clothes and accessories that were no longer in use and decided…
Fear of Rejection: How Do You Deal with Rejection? January 15, 2014 • 0 Comments I used to be a pretty private person. For starters, I’m a Cancer, so the secrecy gene is woven into my DNA and drove me to hide anything about myself that seemed out of the ordinary in the proverbial closet. Also, I grew up in a household where there was no such thing as privacy. My mother felt it was…
The Illuminating Journey of Self Healing January 13, 2014 • 2 Comments A few months ago I was honored to be asked to guest post on the fabulous TalkProject.net. I am a big fan of sharing stories and I adore Tracie Nichols’ work. I hope you will explore the site. This is a re-post of what I shared and because I hope 2014 is the year we can all lay ourselves out…
Healing Foods: Amazing Grain-Free Granola Recipe January 10, 2014 • 1 Comment As the world gets more complicated, I find myself seeking islands of refuge in my daily life. An uncomplicated way to fuel my body is one of them, so when I came across The Calorie Myth by Jonathan Bailor, I was intrigued and started following the principles immediately. The book is the result of an exhaustive ten-year “research odyssey,” and although it…
Conscious Parenting: Optimizing Your Behavoir During Difficult Times January 6, 2014 • 0 Comments When I began the process of disciplining my first two children, I encountered a dilemma. Normally patient and kind, I would suddenly become irrational, triggered by incidental things. I couldn’t explain or understand the behavior but it bothered me. One minute I was a calm and happy mother, the next, I was my mother, yelling.
New Year’s Resolutions & Self-Love January 3, 2014 • 0 Comments As the sun slowly drifted down over the horizon for the final time in 2013, I was walking down the beach reflecting on things and I realized that I have never been very good at the New Year’s resolution thing. Have you? I always have the very best intentions and I love thinking about how I can do better, be…
Healing Elixirs for Holiday Stress December 23, 2013 • 0 Comments Well, here we go into the final stretch of the season and boy are the holidays are a cauldron of inflammatory elements: stress, sugar and alcohol. With age, these things seem to leave a longer imprint on my body. Is it this the way it is with you? Even my sheets leave their tracks – in the morning, a trail…