Keep Calm in Chaos: Get Moving
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Practicing Yoga and Meditation at Home
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If you’ve been thinking about doing yoga or meditation, now is probably a good time to get started. I’ve received a ton of comments from my friends and students that their anxiety has gone through the roof because of the coronavirus. Since studios are closing in the interest of public health, there is an abundance of opportunity to start a home based yoga and meditation practice. A lot of us have moved our classes online because we get it: you need your yoga!
Read MorePro Tip: What to Do When You're Afraid
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Over time you’ll learn how to detect and channel the energy of fear before it causes an unconscious reaction, and you’ll learn how to use it as part of the emotional guidance system that you’re equipped with. For today, just know that fear can be a helpful feeling as we learn to work with it.
Read MoreAre Your Life Problems Really Trauma Symptoms?
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If you’re struggling with situations that seem to keep coming around, no matter HOW HARD YOU TRY, you might be dealing with unresolved trauma at the root.
Read MoreYou Are Not Broken
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You’re not broken. Your mental health struggles are not a problem. They’re unmet needs asking for attention.
Read MoreYou're Not Broken
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I’ve done my best within the limits of language to describe the human experience in a way that might make sense of your inner conflict and help you start to create a little more harmony. I know from experience that by getting to know each of my parts and their unique needs and desires, I’ve gotten to know more of me. That’s allowed me to accept myself more fully and to know in my mind-body-spirit that I am not broken. And neither are you.
Read MoreThe Freedom That Comes With Owning "I Don't Know What I Am Doing"
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So the next time you think to yourself, “I don’t know what I’m doing,” remember that most of us do not. Most of us live under the illusive spell that we do until life comes along and throws us a curveball. WHA-BAM! And we’re shocked out of our daydream that we know WTF is going on. The truth is: we’re all just trying to figure out how to handle the next situation that’s in front of us.
Read MoreRelationships: Where We Are Wounded & Where We Heal
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And so we reach a crucial point in recovering ourselves when we realize that we simply cannot heal any more on our own; that we need other people and human connection in order to truly heal and for most of us, that is a terrifying discovery. That’s what often keeps us stuck in relationships that are wounding.
Read MoreYou're so smart...how did you get hooked up with that guy?
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And please, don’t listen to the people who act as if you’ve done something wrong for getting hooked by a con artist. You didn’t do anything other than get bamboozled by a crook. It happens. We’ve all been taken for a ride in various contexts. This one happens to be yours. And there IS a way through the pain, the terror, the guilt, and the shame. You will return to love.
Read MoreSmart Women Stuck in Bad Relationships...How to Move Forward
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The process of moving forward is going to be a challenging one; it may be more challenging than anything you’ve ever tackled in your career. That doesn’t mean you’re inept; it simply means your liberation is the task at hand—and you have the capacity to take on this challenge. As you walk through breaking free from the trauma, anxiety, and sadness you’ve been experiencing, a new and wonderful life will unfold.
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