Category: The Wisdom of Emotions

4 Steps to Healing Anger in Your Relationships

My daughter was born in a low-lit hospital room filled with soothing music and the aroma of lavender essential oil. She slid gracefully into the world, a beautiful little chubby newborn, full of life. My husband leaned over and kissed me, saying, “You were amazing.” Two weeks later, we’d drawn the battle lines. We bit… Continue reading 4 Steps to Healing Anger in Your Relationships

How one brave man healed his pain and overcame the “man-up” bias

by Endorsed Mind-Body Coach, Vic Avon The mind-body community is growing leaps and bounds as more and more people are being drawn to this work to heal themselves and to heal others. I, like many other people, was called to this little sliver of the healing world because my body said “No More!!” I had… Continue reading How one brave man healed his pain and overcame the “man-up” bias

Emotion Beads

By Endorsed Mind-Body Coach Leda Asmar What do you do with your emotions? I asked a friend this the other day and she told me that was the strangest question she had ever been asked. But is it really that strange? My friend joked that she gathers them and makes a necklace out of them,… Continue reading Emotion Beads

Ready to Unwind Emotional Suppression Patterns? Do This!

This year, despite the craziness of having a toddler and owning my own business, I found myself signing up for a really exciting training to further my mind-body skill set. I’m currently taking the Barratt Breathworks® Facilitator training with Kathleen Barratt-Clinton, and it’s exactly as I imagined; delving deeply into the art of reading the… Continue reading Ready to Unwind Emotional Suppression Patterns? Do This!

Decoy Gymnastics

by Endorsed Coach Rebecca Hampton Ever notice an emotion bubbling up and go into suppression mode by employing a decoy? Decoys = conscious or unconscious ways of being or doing to avoid feeling emotions. There are two primary decoy types:  physical & mental. Unhelpful physical decoys are activities like excessive spending, mindless googling symptoms, obsessive… Continue reading Decoy Gymnastics

How Love Healed My Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes

When I first read Dr. John Sarno’s book, The Mindbody Prescription, I thought maybe he’d climbed into my head and read my mind. I was living my life exactly as he described: pushing myself to achieve, taking responsibility for everything and everyone, driving myself to be perfect, and constantly criticizing myself. The idea that this… Continue reading How Love Healed My Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes

PAUSE – How to release yourself from spiraling emotional pain

By Endorsed Mind-Body Coach Leda Asmar Have you ever been stuck in emotional pain? Something happens during your day that hurts you, but it doesn’t stop with just the initial pain. It avalanches into a huge ball of agony, with sharp edges and horns, maybe even a devil’s tail. It could be as small a… Continue reading PAUSE – How to release yourself from spiraling emotional pain

This Fast Will Help You Heal (And It’s Not What You Expect)

A few months ago, I noticed I was checking my Facebook feed several times a day, and it seemed to correlate with disconnection from myself. I decided to remove the Facebook app from my iPhone. I was curious to see what would happen and how I would feel without looking at my Facebook feed daily.… Continue reading This Fast Will Help You Heal (And It’s Not What You Expect)

The Protective Super Power of Anger

by Endorsed Coach, Linda Fennell I’ve been finding myself annoyed and frustrated lately. Nothing clear I can attribute it to. Feels like I’ve been wearing way too tight knickers, a.k.a. the dreaded “cranky pants.” It got me thinking about the emotion of anger.  Sociologist and emotion expert, Karla McLaren, in her fabulous book, The Language… Continue reading The Protective Super Power of Anger