It has been a spring full of surprises already! Hope you are doing well. Those who know my story of being terrified and chased by the same mama bear TWICE this past few years, you will find it even as crazy to know that this past 3 months a mama bear and her 3 cubs […]
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I was recently invited to lead a day-long introduction on Spiritual Psychology at a local hospital. At the end of the day, one of the counselors came up to me asking some questions and I could tell she wanted to share her experience. She said that when people are sick or at the end of their lives it seems
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Do you know there is a direct connection between healing old trauma, having more joy and your health? If you are interested in what this connection is and how these factors influence each other for maximum health and joy, then you will want to tune in. I was honored to be interviewed by integrative health doc, Dr. Nikolas Hedberg. In this
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Happy soon-to-be Thanksgiving here in the US. And for those of you who aren’t overeating<: or visiting your family, this gratitude blast is for you as well. To experience authentic joy, it can take time to go within and re-center. No better time than the holidays, especially when we are with loved ones and may
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This is what Sarah said to me when she came into my office: “I feel broken and when I wake up in the morning I feel sick and dread the day.” Sarah had suffered from a unexpected, violent trauma. She was debilitated and full of panic. Her life had changed tremendously. She wanted help and even struggled to
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I wanted to write and share with you something that is close to my heart today and that is the importance of following your passion. A few years ago, I had the honor of being with experts on passion, Chris and Janet Attwood. During my time with them, I learned not only that passion IS the pipeline
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I have an interesting video for you today called 4 Ways Therapists Stop Their Clients Healing. You may be saying, “I don’t do this with MY clients”, but even with the best intentions getting in the way of healing can happen<:. I cover some juicy nuggets of the dynamics that you want to avoid
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I was living every counselor’s nightmare….. I had 3 of the diagnoses I was “supposed to” help my clients with… Panic disorder, depression AND Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It was bad. Being trained clinically, I had tried it all… . Affirmations (until the cows came home) Breathing exercises Pounding Pillows Medications Going to the ER, EMDR AND EFT
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I was walking my dog in my 30 minute window of time and I passed by some folks and dogs whom I had never met. I wonder who they were? Not an uncommon scenario, heads down and focus forward, I got my walk in, changed back to my work clothes and headed back to work.
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We’ve all heard about EI (Emotional Intelligence) or IQ (Intelligence Quota). But have you ever heard of a Joy IQ? Are you intelligent at connecting with joy? After 20 years of helping clients move from trauma/drama to joy, I have found there IS a way to measure your Joy IQ or your ability to connect
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