By Endorsed Mind-Body Coach, Lorraine Faehndrich You may know that negative thinking is hard on your body and contributes to pain and illness. You may even have a doctor or other health care provider who recommends that you “reduce stress” and try to think more positively in order to heal your body. If so, and… Continue reading How to Think More Positively
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Life in the Trenches: On Hormones
Let’s just be honest here: hormones really suck. I have had a lot of them throughout the past year, and I am officially tired of them. Ladies, hormones have the power to take you down. It’s time we armed ourselves and refused to let these suckers win. They smack you once a month, trample you… Continue reading Life in the Trenches: On Hormones
Life in the Trenches: When Everything Changes
Twelve weeks ago today, an amazing thing happened. I gave birth to Aela Mae Steidley, possibly the most beautiful and sweet baby girl to ever exist. Of course, I am not biased at all. Like with all major life changes, I knew I was in for a big transition. Marriage, moving, having a baby, getting… Continue reading Life in the Trenches: When Everything Changes
How Not Helping Relieves Pain
by Endorsed Mind Body Coach Gail Kenny We See a Need and We Fill it A pattern I recognize in myself and other women is the tendency to make other people more important than ourselves. We go out of our way to help other people be more comfortable and live their best lives. We see… Continue reading How Not Helping Relieves Pain
The Dishwashing Meditation
by Endorsed Mind-Body Coach, Meghan Currie Are you one of “those people” who know you should be meditating but you still haven’t found the time to do so in the, oh, ten or twenty plus years you’ve been meaning to? You know it’s good for you, but yet you don’t do it. You still can’t find… Continue reading The Dishwashing Meditation
Lightening the Load
by Endorsed Mind-Body Coach Gail Kenny I know from personal experience that the tension I unconsciously hold in my muscles is behind the cause of chronic pain, such as pelvic pain, lower back pain and bladder irritation. Chronic tension can lead to fatigue which leads to even more debilitating illness. Understanding what creates muscle tension is… Continue reading Lightening the Load
Why Lying on the Couch is OK.
by Lorraine Faehndrich Hanging out on the couch and doing nothing is generally frowned upon in our culture. On the whole, we tend to value working hard and getting things done. As a result, one area where it is easy to get tripped up on the mind body journey is when it comes to listening… Continue reading Why Lying on the Couch is OK.
A 5 step path to a healthy, flowing emotional system
By Anu Gupta In my previous two posts, I’ve written about the benefits of feeling your emotions, and how to know if you are in touch with them. If your emotional system is blocked or flowing slowly, here are some practical steps to help build your emotional muscle. As with weight lifting, start with many… Continue reading A 5 step path to a healthy, flowing emotional system
Doing It Quick and Dirty
Mind-body healing is amazing. Mind-body healing has no boundaries. With the selection of skills at your fingertips, you are equipped for anything and everything. You feel as if you could fight crime with these skills. But…are there so many skills that you don’t even know where to start, and you feel overwhelmed because you want… Continue reading Doing It Quick and Dirty
How to know if you are in touch with your emotions
I remember an incident (4 years ago) when my kids were about 2 and 4. I walked into the bathroom and noticed wet toilet paper everywhere; the walls were plastered. The toilet was jammed full of paper and unflushable. I didn’t know such a mess could be made in only a few minutes. I went… Continue reading How to know if you are in touch with your emotions