Category Archives: Mind-Body Connection
What Dogs & Cats Teach Us
Paws in Presence 🐾 Embracing the Now I watched my dog Doof yesterday (really watched [...]
Mindful Gardening Practices for Mental Health (grounding techniques)
1. Grounding Stop whatever story you’re telling yourself and just pause. Stand in your garden, [...]
The Healing I Can Hold
Resilience At My Fingertips Back then, when the hard days felt endless, and even now [...]
Unspoken Connection (when silence speaks volumes)
Nothing Said, Everything Heard I stood there, frozen.He met my eyes and took my hand.That [...]
Why People Go Quiet When They’re Struggling (and what to do)
Alone but not Lonely: The Silent Strength Behind Private Pain In our digital age, we’re [...]
Your Brain on Breaking News (the psychology of doom-scrolling & if you need to stop)
Your Brain on Breaking News (should you stop this mainlining crisis) This morning, before your [...]
Self Care During Grief (when being kind to yourself feels impossible)
Embracing Self-Kindness in the Cold of Loss One thing I learned is that kindness towards [...]
Emotional Hunger (how to stop emotional eating & keep the sacred meals)
The Difference Between Eating With Emotion and Eating to Avoid It You’re making your grandmother’s [...]
Touch Hunger (when you’re eating your loneliness)
Midnight. You’re standing in front of the refrigerator, hand on a block of cheese you [...]
Better than Meditation? (the simplest way to reduce stress)
We’ve got health apps tracking our sleep, meditation retreats promising enlightenment, and wearables monitoring our [...]
Re-establishing a Compassionate Relationship with the Body (body awareness)
Regardless of your social or financial standings, without thinking about it, your heart is beating [...]
The Art of Squeezing Your Way to Calm (what is Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR))
Let me tell you about the time I discovered I’d been walking around with my [...]
Grieving the Life You Thought You’d Have (when dreams die)
Someone told me I should be “finding happiness” three months after my loss. Like happiness [...]
Stranger’s Eyes (how to stop your inner critic from destroying you)
I wrote this in 2017, when I finally understood why I could look in the [...]
How to Let Go of Resentment When You Can’t (or won’t) Forgive
How to Let Go of Resentment (when forgiveness feels impossible) You’re lying in bed at [...]
To My One and Only (a relationship status update)
I wrote this after realizing I’ve been the worst partner to the only one who’s [...]
Body Scan and Body Image (the messy truth about learning to live in your skin)
Body Scan and the Complicated Truth About Learning to Tolerate Your Body I spent the [...]
Before You Start Body Scanning. The Complete (and honest) Introduction
Look, you’re about to lie down and pay attention to your body parts one by [...]
40-Minute Body Scan Meditation (for people who already know how to do this)
If you already have a body scan meditation practice, you know the territory. This one [...]
Body Scan for Chronic Pain (what 18 years of hurting taught me)
I’m not going to pretend I know your specific pain. Pain is personal. Mine started [...]