Jul 14, 2015 | Embodiment, Self-Care
Does the way you breathe signal tension and fear or calm and relaxation? Are those with high self-expectations and high stress more likely to breathe shallowly than an easy-go-lucky partner or friend? I was a reverse breather for a loonnnng time, unnecessarily...
Jul 7, 2015 | Poems, Self-Care
Don’t take yourself so seriously The world does not depend on your effort Don’t take yourself so seriously it burdens the psyche and closes the heart Don’t take yourself so seriously My teacher says seriousness is a disease! There’s a spring in...
Jun 9, 2015 | Personal Growth, Self-Care
“The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care! Right?!!!” #WRONG – Dexter Holland in song ‘Self-Esteem’ by Offspring Maggie was over halfway through the Freedom from Chronic Stress Program. As we talked over Skype for Session 6:...
Jun 4, 2015 | Personal Growth, Self-Care
“It’s like a mother, when the baby is crying, she picks up the baby and she holds the baby tenderly in her arms. Your pain, your anxiety is your baby. You have to take care of it. You have to go back to yourself, recognize the suffering in you, embrace...
Mar 17, 2015 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
“Pressures on women today require them to be far more active with their masculine energy, and this habitual doing is steadily eroding women’s ability to be.” – Jennifer Granger from ‘Feminine Lost’ I’ve always considered...
