Meditation
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It’s absolutely beautiful where I live today. Close to 70 degrees at the beginning of November. It’s one of those days that feels like a priceless treat from Mother Nature that you want to savor and not waste any part of. Normally on a day like today I would be happily hiking through my forest,…
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About 5 weeks ago, I embarked on a new mindfulness adventure by signing myself up for a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Strategies or MBSR course. There’s a significant amount of research about the health benefits of MSBR for people with chronic health conditions and chronic pain. My goal in signing up for the course was…
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“Write a story that will save your life. If it saves yours, it will probably save someone else’s.” – Sophie Strand. We all have stories. Some of these stories are short, some are a couple of chapters long , and some are sweeping epic sagas. Our stories are a diverse web of our experiences, feelings,…
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If you’ve been on social media lately you may have seen the “My nervous system doesn’t know the difference between” trend. One of the best ones I’ve seen is “My nervous system doesn’t know the difference between being chased by a gunman and having to line my wheels up to the track at the car…
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The state of the country I call home is a shitshow. For those of you offended by curse words, there is simply no other word to use to describe the daily madness that is happening in the United States. There are so many daily assaults on the pillars of democracy, the rights of people, and…
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If you’ve been a reader for this blog long enough, you know that anxiety and I have had quite the close relationship for most of my life. I contend that I came out of the womb anxious with “What if?” questions swirling around in my hours old head. I have learned many coping strategies over…
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Dear reader,I will warn you ahead of time that this post veers off into what many call “woo woo”. I have discovered in the last 2.5 years that I am drawn to those practices, ideas, beliefs, etc that fit under the “woo woo” umbrella. Yoga is the only exception. I’ve tried yoga many times and…
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Last week A+ therapist and I were discussing how living with chronic illness requires one to be intentional in ways that get overwhelming at times and take the spontaniety out of life. If I do my entire morning routine of treatments, red light therapy, stretches, brain games, meditation, etc from start to finish at one…
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