If you have been using the Healthy Mind Toolbox Audio Course to aid your mind-body healing process, then you know there are lots of great mind-body tools to help you reconnect to your body, emotions, and inner wisdom. I am creative by nature, so I often get new tool ideas, ideas for new ways to… Continue reading Free Writing for Pain Relief
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More About the Mind Body Connection
In last week’s post I presented my new Mind Body Health Program dedicated to helping you learn effective tools for creating mind and body teamwork. Though this is certainly not a new topic in alternative health modalities, it definitely deserves a post of its own. The connection between the mind and the body is something… Continue reading More About the Mind Body Connection
Letting Fear Drive
Most of us are not hoping to wake up every morning and feel intense panic or desperate fear. If we could ask for anything, we’d probably ask for peace. Peace for others, peace for the entire planet, and peace within ourselves. Yet, when we face health problems and physical pain, peace seems impossible. Fear and… Continue reading Letting Fear Drive
What If
I recently coached a client through a hysterectomy, working on her fears about the surgery, her worries about anesthesia, and her concerns about her doctors. Health crises bring surges of emotion into our lives, and if we don’t know what to do with all these emotions, we run the risk of making the experience much… Continue reading What If
Finding Your Inner Healer
In Martha Beck’s book, Finding Your North Star, she discusses the concept of the essential self. Basically, your essential self is the calm, peaceful, wise you who knows exactly what you need in every moment of your life. When you feel flashes of intuition, you are hearing the voice of your essential self. When you… Continue reading Finding Your Inner Healer
Depression
It’s so easy to feel down or depressed when you are dealing with pain or other frustrating symptoms. Everything seems gray – the days feel difficult, it’s hard to find the fun or joy in life. Depression feels heavy, and before you know it, you honestly can’t remember how to feel good. The symptoms seem… Continue reading Depression
Your Identity
I’ve always been a voracious reader, but my experience with vulvodynia opened my eyes to whole new genres of books. I read books about natural healing, more self-help books than ever, books about spirituality – if it had words in it, I read it! This was, of course, how I came to discover Martha Beck… Continue reading Your Identity
It Sounds Good…
I’ve just finished my ten-minute relaxation and am feeling calm and peaceful. (See yesterday’s post.) While I was doing my deep breathing, I remembered another piece of the puzzle you might find helpful. (Have I mentioned that taking ten minutes to focus on the breath and evoke a relaxation response often leads to inspiration as… Continue reading It Sounds Good…
The Relaxation Response – Why You’ll Love It!
I’ve talked a little about the detrimental affect panic has on your physiological healing, and you are familiar with the unpleasant sensation of living with panic or fear as your primary emotion. My last post discussed a quick way to escape the panic when it is just too overwhelming. I’d like to talk today about… Continue reading The Relaxation Response – Why You’ll Love It!
How to Stop the Panic Now
Your symptoms are flaring. You’ve read the previous posts, so you know that panicking will only make your symptoms worse. You’ve done the Emotion Log and the Thought Log, so you even know some of the thoughts behind the panic you’re feeling right now. Maybe you’re thinking something like, “This will never end,” or “I’ll… Continue reading How to Stop the Panic Now