I just purchased my ticket for my Spain Retreat in October and I am so excited!!! I’m not sure where the time went but it is suddenly right around the corner. Early bird pricing ends July 15 so, if you've been sneaking peeks at the webpage and daydreaming about southern Spain, now is the time to commit!
Read MoreToday I taught a workshop on Mindfulness and Self-Care and thought you might appreciate a chance to reflect on your own experience of self-care. To be clear, this is not an opportunity to add more stuff to your to-do list or beat yourself up for not doing enough! It is also not an infomercial signaling that you spend a bunch of money on a spa-day (although that does sound nice doesn't it!).
Read MoreIf you weren't able to join me for CCC this time around, but you are interested in learning more about cultivating a bodily sense of safety, then give this new podcast interview a listen. I recently had the pleasure of talking with Brianna Wilkerson on the Made Well Women Podcast.
Read MoreCultivating an embodied experience of support - a physical experience of feeling connected - is an essential part of feeling safe in the world. And when we feel safe in the world, we lower stress and anxiety and our lives become much more expansive. In other words, one of the most direct ways to calm your nervous system and expand your window of tolerance, is to acknowledge and nurture the places where you feel connected and supported.
Read MoreWhen you're feeling stressed, anxious or overwhelmed, your nervous system is dysregulated and you are likely in either fight, flight or freeze. In this state of dysregulation, your vision is narrow and you tend to overreact, make poor decisions, and generally feel terrible! So what can you do to come back to regulation, relaxation and homeostasis?
Read MoreI'm at it again so if you missed it last year, here's your chance to jump in!
Here are the details:
I’ve channeled my deepening mission to help all people feel safe and supported into a 30-day intensive that is wholly focused on supporting a healthy nervous system and the experience of calm, connection and self-compassion that comes with it.
We’ll explore…
Read MoreHave you read about the 75-year Harvard study on happiness? It has been quite the buzz lately. The clearest message to come out of the study is that good relationships keep us happier, healthier and living longer.
Read MoreLast week, I was asked to speak about the link between vulnerability, the nervous system and the window of tolerance on FB Live. I’ll start by saying that speaking on FB Live is an actual-real-life example of me working to stay calm while vulnerability is threatening to kick me out of my window of tolerance!
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