Beginning with “Getting to the Heart of the Matter”, this upcoming blog series is aimed on building strategies that help us reset after our minds/bodies have been sabotaged by trauma memories or other overwhelming, powerful thought storms. By way of introduction to today’s blog post,…
A few years ago, I came across Susan Anderson’s “The Journey from Abandonment to Healing”. Her artfully educational and compassionate book became a crucial strand of my lifeline, leading me from deep betrayal trauma to freedom and healing. To this day, I still lean on…
As we wrap up this mini-series on mindfulness, I have been pondering the life changes that daily mindfulness practice can bring. One of the struggles of my life has been the overwhelm of emotion (usually anger or frustration) I encounter throughout my day and my…
I have a dear friend from college I have recently reconnected with. Her’s and my friendship is one of those that picks up where it left off, we are in sync regardless of the time and space that has passed between us. She is also…
One of my favorite parts of meditation is that moment when the guide says “now focus on your breath”. There is something so safe and protected about centering into that quiet, constant life-giving action of our lungs and heart. The breath is ours and ours…
Designed to be impressive processors, our minds are constantly on the move, shifting, focusing, refocusing, considering, ruminating, planning, dreaming. And when life is hard or dark or scary, our minds do a fabulous job of cataloging all things that match our mood, or threaten our…
