The kids.. relationships… work… health…finances… the world.. the pandemic. If you feel more stressed, anxious or depressed right now, you are not alone. This pandemic and lockdown for some has had a huge impact on mental health. There are so many reasons one could feel anxiety right now, and over the last few months I
The solution to the problem is not found in the problem. I had an anxious morning. I woke up feeling worried… you know that tightness in the stomach? Are my kids ok? Are they doing enough? (common parent summer fear) How will things work out? Am I eating well? Am I a good friend? Are
Move the clutter, sift through the chaos of the mind, clear the decks. If you are like many right now, you may be feeling overwhelmed by events in the world, what to say or not say, and feeling emotions from anger to sadness to rage to helplessness. Alternatively, you may go into shutdown and auto-pilot…
Scene from the movie ‘Moonlight’ I’m not sure what to say about the world today, or offer words of wisdom or love. It can seem like everything is spinning, somehow out of control and I am hoping the threads of fear, violence and hatred spin off into the atmosphere as we get clearer and clearer
What in the heck does that mean… embodiment as truth? I was talking to an embodiment/yoga teacher some time ago and I said to her “I’m just feeling stuck.”. Stuck? She said… then move. If you are stuck, then move. I protested, but I feel stuck in my work, stuck in my writing, stuck. “Those
Mary was in an unsatisfying, emotionally distant relationship again. Susan was unable to reach financial stability, despite her 8 years of post-secondary education. Don lived with anxiety. Always scared of losing people close to him. And doing anything to avoid abandonment. All of the above clients were living out their shadows. They were being ruled
“When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting and less scary.” Fred Rogers If you are a human on earth at the moment, you’re likely feeling the uncertainty and anxiety of living in the time of a pandemic. It’s not something we have seen before in our lifetime, so every
As many of you know, I didn’t discover I was an empath until later in life,Then everything made sense to me. Why I felt so much anxiety,Why I felt so damn responsible for everyone,Why I couldn’t hold my boundaries and, honestly, felt like I wasn’t ‘allowed’ to have them. Now, it all seems so clear
