This post is a guest post by Healthy Life Endorsed Coach Diane Hunter. She can be reached for coaching and consults at diane@afterautism.com. I just finished a good, long cry. Why? Because my body asked for it and I listened. Rather than resist it or try to bury the emotion, as I will often do… Continue reading Time to Release the Pressure Valve
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Scheduling your Emotions
Here’s what I’ve learned in the last six months: Grief has no schedule. And, it’s highly disorganized. What a pain! Wouldn’t it be nice to block out ten minutes on the calendar for “Have a Good Cry/Beat on a Few Pillows” and have emotions fit perfectly into your day? Many of my clients have remarked… Continue reading Scheduling your Emotions
Taking a Body Break
As you know from previous posts, I’m in the middle of doing a bunch of new stuff with my business and website. It’s all very exciting and good, but it is requiring a lot of creativity at the moment. My house is littered with post-its containing snippets of ideas. When I’m at the grocery store,… Continue reading Taking a Body Break
Still In-Between
Today something really strange happened. I sat down to write my blog post for the week, and I came up empty. Writing blog posts is one of my favorite things to do. I love writing, I love talking about the mind-body connection, and I love the unending conversation with you out there in cyber-space. I… Continue reading Still In-Between
In Between
Recently, I’ve been having a very unusual experience. I feel great and I don’t feel great. I’m in love with my life and I’m grieving my life. Confused? Yeah, me too. I got out my trusty mind-body journal (which is just a spiral bound notebook where I use all my own tools on myself). I… Continue reading In Between
Just Being Me
I’m typing this blog post in bed. I’ve got a nasty bug that has made my throat agonizingly sore, my head pound, and my body ache. I’m sporting the Rudolph nose at the moment. My voice is gone. My brain is fuzzy and all I can seem to contemplate is this soft, fuzzy blanket on… Continue reading Just Being Me
Getting What I Have Always Wanted
This post is a guest post by Endorsed Mind-Body Coach Anu Gupta. She can be reached for consults and coaching at anu@abigailsteidley.com. I’m a newly endorsed mind-body coach. Along with all the mental and health benefits I’ve received from practicing the tools, my coaching practice is filling up. Remarkably I’ve got clients who want to… Continue reading Getting What I Have Always Wanted
Letting the Journey be the Goal
To understand this blog post, you have to know that I have a thing for natural bodies of water. Whenever we were traveling during my childhood, I would veer off into rivers, lakes, ponds, or the ocean whenever possible. I love being in water, love feeling the river current, the ocean waves, the rocks and… Continue reading Letting the Journey be the Goal
Your Body – Is it Saying Yes or No?
So much of the work I do with clients comes down to setting healthy boundaries. This was a major learning curve for me in my own life. Afraid of upsetting or angering others, I would make decisions based on external factors like someone’s approval or disapproval, or “rules” set by other people. When I started… Continue reading Your Body – Is it Saying Yes or No?
Feeling Bad? Have a Tantrum!
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know the drill. You know you have to feel emotions that arise on a daily basis, because avoiding and therefore storing them in your body creates tension and pain. Obviously, no one is going to be perfect at feeling emotions. However, I, like you, have… Continue reading Feeling Bad? Have a Tantrum!