Life After 20 Shots to the Head: My Nervous System Survival Story
1 day ago • 3 min readHi Reader - Yesterday I had surgery on my head. I have been telling my family it was brain surgery for increased sympathy, but really it was surgery on my scalp to remove 5 large cysts that have been bringing me misery. I talk a lot about the nervous system, and how our body can react to events in our life as if they are life or death... While most events in our lives don't threaten our physical life, they absolutely can threaten our social life. The body doesn't really know the difference....
READ POSTOverthinking? Your Nervous System Might Be Trying to Tell You Something...
4 days ago • 1 min readHi Reader - I’m a recovering over-thinker. For years, I lived in my head, analyzing everything while ignoring what my body was trying to say. It wasn’t until I started learning about the nervous system and embodying my feelings that I discovered something life-changing: ...if you’re overthinking, you’re under feeling. Have you ever found yourself trapped in a loop of overthinking, replaying conversations, second-guessing decisions, or searching endlessly for solutions? If so, you’re not...
READ POSTGuess how long we've been believing that emotions are bad?
4 days ago • 2 min readHi Reader - I was reading a book Kate Northrup recommended on her FREE Training last Friday, and I learned just how LONG it has been that our culture has believed emotions are bad. Any guesses? It goes back at least as far as 400 B.C.E. That's nearly 2500 YEARS!!!! No wonder we judge ourselves for feeling emotions that are uncomfortable! No wonder we stuff them down and try to escape, or numb, or disassociate from them! This has been deeply ingrained in our collective psyche for millennia! We...
READ POSTHow do you feel towards money?
11 days ago • 2 min readHi Reader - If there was one common area of life that potentially triggers people, it would be money. Funny enough, I don't think I would have classified myself as someone triggered by money in the past. I've done enough money mindset work that I "thought" my thinking was empowered and hopeful. But as I have dramatically learned the past few years, the mind and body are not always in agreement... That's why I often change my words now, and instead of asking, "What do you think?", I'm asking,...
READ POSTWhat if your triggers weren't so triggering?
15 days ago • 1 min readHi Reader - What are your biggest triggers? You know, the ones that seem to show up again and again, no matter how much work you’ve done? I have struggled with my own set of triggers for a long time. A few months ago, during a family interaction that would have historically sent me spiraling, I sat there stunned. For the first time ever, I wasn’t triggered by this particular situation. There was no emotional charge. No reaction. It was as if the file for my usual response had been deleted...
READ POSTWhen Meditation Stopped Working for Me: My Breathwork Story
about 1 month ago • 1 min readHi Reader - I used to think meditation was the answer to everything, and I've pretty much built my entire life and business around my practice. But there came a point when it just…stopped working... Sure, it was calming in the moment, but the second I re-entered my life, I was once again seconds away from getting triggered into a meltdown. It wasn’t until I learned about trauma and the nervous system that everything clicked. I discovered I was trying to use the wrong tool for what stress...
READ POSTI started a YouTube Channel!
about 2 months ago • 1 min readHi Reader - I’m so excited to announce that I’ve expanded my podcast to now include YouTube! When I told my husband I was going to be podcasting there, he was baffled that anyone would actually watch a podcast. “People do that?” Why, yes, they do. I, too, used to only listen to podcasts until I learned how to move my body while watching. It turns out one of my favorite ways to get steps in during this past winter has been to watch YouTube on my TV while jumping on my rebounder or walking on...
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