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How Do You Deal With Conflict?

We can’t discuss boundaries without talking about conflict at some point. Conflict! Such a loaded word for so many people, and we all have so many different reactions to it. Hiding, fighting, peace-keeping, freezing. A lot of how we respond to conflict is what we learned growing up. We all take on roles, whether we

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The Emotional Ping Pong Game

I’m not a victim, I’m a survivor! Indeed you are. But either of these labels can also get you stuck there in the same agitated nervous system state. The victim will recoil, have stories of resentment, worry and shame. They won’t be direct with their feelings and sometimes expect people to “just get it” when

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A Tool You Need to Set Boundaries

A few weeks ago I was interviewing someone for my podcast and usually I am right on point. I have a flow, I know where we are going. I ask the right questions to get us there.  But I started feeling a little fuzzy.  I felt myself losing track of the conversation and before I

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Saying No: Why We Fight or Freeze

Embodied Boundaries Part 2.  You may be so good at setting boundaries and speaking your mind when it come to protecting other people. Your kids, your friends, or vulnerable groups in the world.  You march into your child’s parent-teacher meeting and state your concerns You have no problem telling that bully what you will do

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What We Get Wrong About Boundaries

If you live in a sensitive nervous system, you know the importance of boundaries.  How they can be difficult to hold firm. How it gets confusing when we feel guilty How we can feel indebted to people or make excuses for bad behaviour when we feel for others so, so deeply.  And yet, we also

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Discovering Your Aliveness at Midlife

    What is alive within you, waiting to be uncovered, nourished and explored? This is a question that often arrives for women at midlife, when the end of this journey is just over the mountain, and we are halfway there if we are lucky.  It is often a time, as well, where our training

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In Praise of Quiet Healing

In a world that is loud, it is easy to miss the quiet, soft moments where the earth moves. I was at a breathwork class the other night. This was not the usual deeper, slower yogic breathing, it was the activating, hard work, “go deep or go home” type of breathwork.  I absolutely love this

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Respect the Contraction, the Expansion is Coming

Good Sunday morning everyone,  Sundays feel like a day of reflection for me. A pause to breathe, ponder, metabolize and write. This is such an important part of healing and expansion.  In life, we can call it trauma, stress, anxiety, or the everyday difficulties and annoyances, but what is actually happening when you take away

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Aging in Seasons

I was in a grocery store the other day and I was eavesdropping in on a conversation between an elderly woman and a young sales clerk. This young man listened intently to the woman and her question, and it expanded into a full conversation about her life, where she lived, and then what sports he

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Does Mindfulness Mean I will Lose my Edge?

This is one of the most common questions that comes up with students who are starting to practice mindfulness or are curious about it. At first glance, mindfulness seems to fly in the face of our driven-goal-oriented lives. To let go and be in the moment can seem like giving up, giving in and never

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