Blog Topic: Health
When it comes to healing…
...let’s remember that when it comes to healing, our symptoms and negative behaviors don’t want to be fixed, they want to be heard. They want to have space. They want to be honored and explored in their complexity, and in their divinity. From this space of radical...
Trauma and Digestion
Stress and trauma shut down the digestive system so we can deal with what we need to deal with to keep us safe in the moment. This is a good thing. But ongoing stress and post traumatic stress causing ongoing inhibition of our digestive system causes gas, bloating,...
The Slow Down Diet
We can eat the healthiest foods in the perfect amount, but if consumed in a state of anxious rushing, the physiological stress response will interfere with absorption of nutrients. So we end up wasting the potential of the quality food and, the possibility of...
Self-Compassion is Good For Our Health
Self-compassion promotes health-related behaviors. Research suggests that self-compassion is an important feature of healthy aging and is associated with behaviors like seeking medical treatment when needed. individuals trained to feel compassionate about the...
Compassion Inspired Health
COMPASSION INSPIRED HEALTH common humanity| mindfulness/ self-kindness OUR COMMON HUMANITY at some point everyone experiences challenges around physical or emotional health illness, stress, anxiety, depression, disease, relationship struggle, trauma, burnout, pain,...
Optimism is Good for Your Brain
Focusing on positive experiences comes naturally for some. For the rest of us it is good to know that it is a skill that we can learn. When we mentally relive good experiences, it starts to rewire the brain making it easier and easier to access those positive times....
Darling, I care about your suffering…
"Darling, I know you suffer. That is why I am here for you." This mantra is offered to us by Thich Nhat Hanh. When we hear this from others who care about us, a deep healing begins. When we learn to say this to ourselves, we are free. That is the power of...
Meditation for Compassionate Weight Loss
We live in a 'boot camp' kind of world. Most of us have been taught to motivate ourselves with striving, pushing, ignoring feelings and using negative self-talk. There is another way. A more compassionate way - that research shows has positive health, fitness and...
8 Step Recovery – another way
Book Recommendation: Eight Step Recovery: Using the Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction Dr. VALERIE MASON-JOHN Here are the 8 steps: Step One: Accepting that this human life will bring suffering Step Two: Seeing how we create extra suffering in our lives Step...
Neural Pathways
Neuroplasticity is new brain science that shows we can change our brain's emotional response to difficult situations. Regular practice of calming, breathing, soothing activities can create new neural pathways in the brain. Each time we choose to slow down our...