You Don’t Have to Carry the World on Your Shoulders

By Endorsed Mind-Body Coach Leda Asmar Everything ached. My head, my neck, my shoulders, my back. They all ached. I sat a bit longer on my bed that morning. I wanted to check in with my body, ask it directly what the heck was going on. Was it trying to tell me something? I didn’t… Continue reading You Don’t Have to Carry the World on Your Shoulders

How to Go from People Pleaser to Self Lover

By Endorsed Mind-Body Coach Leda Asmar Several years ago, I gave a gift to someone in honor of a milestone we had reached in a fundraiser. That’s a nice thing to do, right? But I didn’t feel my usual joy of giving. Instead, I felt resentment. This was a person who made me feel unwelcome… Continue reading How to Go from People Pleaser to Self Lover

The Power of Acknowledging Past Traumas

By Endorsed Mind-Body Coach Leda Asmar For years I was in denial. I refused to see any behavior in my family that might be interpreted as bad or abusive even in the slightest degree.  This was my family! My parents worked hard to keep all five of us children fed, clothed and educated. They were… Continue reading The Power of Acknowledging Past Traumas

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

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