These past couple of weeks have evoked an extra intense sense of overwhelm including feelings of rage, grief, fear, and hopelessness for many of us here in the US, myself definitely included. I’m not going into the specifics of the political/cultural landscape that is bringing so much to the surface right now. Rather, I want […]
When Feeling Your Feelings Doesn’t Work
I’ve spent 20 years learning to be present in my body and feel my feelings – to not run from them, to not repress them, to not deny them. Also: refining skills that allow me to not become overwhelmed by the feelings and/or act out from them in ways that are harmful to myself or […]
When Overwhelm Strikes – 3 Practices to Restore Peace and Clarity
I’m in the middle of a pregnancy scare. As I’m typing, I’m waiting to find out either way. Fortunately, with regards to what I’m about to say, whether I am or not doesn’t matter. Let me set the scene. As many of you know, I’m married. We have one child. We actually kind of want […]
Our Bodies – Where Personal and Multigenerational Trauma Meet
We have all experienced pain and trauma at some point in our lives. Ideally, at the time of the painful situation or event, we were able to work through it and return to health and wholeness. Ideally, any trauma we experienced fully resolved and we returned to our lives even more resilient than before. Unfortunately, […]
The Subversive Nature of Self-Care Now
We are living in troubled times. You, like me, may be feeling confused, overwhelmed, exhausted. Perhaps even frightened. What’s the path forward? When living in a time of upheaval and ‘alternative’ facts, it becomes necessary to uncover a deeper source of truth (vs fact) and a deeper source for inspired right action (or activism). Truth […]
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