If you are a recovering perfectionist, like me, the holidays can trigger old patterns of putting lots of pressure on yourself! Whether that’s pressure to keep up, maintain old traditions, get through an unrealistic to-do list, or achieve an imaginary and idealized...
One of the fun things about Halloween is the opportunity to play dress up and give yourself permission to try on a different perspective. For the past few years, I’ve dressed up as a witch. Not the pop culture image of a broomstick-riding, green faced, cackling old...
Have you ever wanted to set a healthy boundary…but not known how to do it, or worried that you might let someone down or push them away if you did? I have struggled so much with how to set healthy boundaries in my life. As a parent, with my family and friends,...
The number one question I hear about mind body pain relief, in some form is “Can this help if __________?” …fill in the blank with some type of physical issue, diagnosis, symptom or injury/surgery/physical trauma. It is common to want to know if it will help...
I’ve written before about how effective a mind body approach is for chronic pelvic pain relief, including vulvodynia, interstitial cystitis, pelvic floor dysfunction, painful sex, pudendal neuralgia, etc. But lasting pelvic pain relief is not the only benefit of a...
Did you know that traditional systems of medicine, from Chinese Medicine (more than 2500 years old) to Ayurveda (5000 years old) to Native American Medicine (up to 40,000 years old!), all incorporate mind body principles. These ancient systems of healing consider all...
