About 9 years ago, I started a lifelong practice after watching a reality TV show. Here’s what happened. This show featured interactive experiments designed to mess with your mind and reveal the inner workings of your brain. They had experts in neuroscience and psychology explain the science of perception and attention. I was hooked. It’s […]

As I was checking out at Whole Foods, I couldn’t help but eavesdrop on the conversation that was happening right in front of me. “Today is Blue Monday, are you feeling it?” The lady asked the cashier. Supposedly, the third Monday in January is recognized as the most depressing day of the year. “Oh yeah, […]

I was eating ‘perfectly’, exercising every day, and taking all of the best supplements, but I still had acne, thyroid issues, missing periods, and insane anxiety. Enter ? psychoneuroimmunology. I took an entire year learning about how the mind can heal and change the body, how to complete the stress cycle, and how to intentionally […]

Read part one here. Taking these into the new year. . . Don’t miss it A foundational concept in somatic experiencing therapy and psychoneuroimmunology is something called creating resource for your nervous system. Basically, that means generating and holding positive emotions daily. You are probably missing out on the power of this. It’s like the […]

I’m sitting at the kitchen table in the house I grew up in, spending the weekend in the mountains. In the last hour, I’ve been running back and forth between taking care of my two sick kids and trying to shake off the adrenaline of breaking up a legit dog fight that ended with one […]

If you have been around my part of the internet for any amount of time, you may view me as that person who is anti-social media. It’s true that overall I see it as a huge time/energy/soul sucker however there is a way to use it to benefit you (and I’m not talking about growing […]

For context, read part one here. Let’s keep going. . . I wish someone told me this. . . Use it I found myself laying on a rock looking up at the sky on top of a mountain in the town I grew up in soon after my late miscarriage/ER bleeding out situation. I could […]