N A T U R E | The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.
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R E L A T I O N S H I P S | Care giving. My father-in-law is still in the hospital, his heart will not stay regulated. Everyday my mother-in-law leaves early in the morning and comes home late at night from the hospital.
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E X P R E S S I O N | Bibliotherapy. An intervention in mental health taken up by a range of helpers like therapists, health coaches, medical doctors and bibliophiles.
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S P I R I T | Connection to your purpose & meaning
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N A T U R E | Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
—John Muir
Seven years ago, I came upon an article that changed the course of my career. The title was “Lifestyle and Mental Health.” At the time I was feeling bored and tired of sitting and talking with people one-on-one in a room. The weird thing was I adored my clients. Truly. I fell in love with each one of them.
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N O U R I S H M E N T + S P I R I T | Food.
Food is not merely something we eat. It is a ceaseless reminder that we are mortal, earthbound, hungry, and in need.
It’s up! Today, I’m finally releasing my website www.liveyourwell.co! It feels like forever and a step.
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A day becomes two days, then three, and now almost a week. This is one of those day/weeks. One of rest and integration, and where I don’t “produce” much. Not yet, anyway.
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To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from. — Terry Tempest Williams
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I love when one of favorite times of the year also includes a favorite psychological science story…
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As a child I’d jump into nearly any body of water and stay in it until I was throughly water logged and ready for sleep. As I’ve gotten older though, water has appealed less and less to me…
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I can feel what I feel without words or concepts, and I can stay with the feeling. “The Spirit only knows feeling.” I can do that!
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Your body needs fuel and information every couple hours for stable blood sugar, mood, clearer focus and mental stamina. Think: fat, fiber, protein as you create your snack…
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You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting…
Grounding. A term used widely in the health and wellness industry from coaching and psychotherapy to meditation and yoga, and for good reason…
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Reading & Writing. I wouldn’t say I’ve always been a reader, I much preferred watching TV most of my life. College opened me up to reading but wasn’t until graduate school that the love of reading to really took hold…
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A tree is alive, and thus it is always more than you can see. Roots to leaves, yes—those you can, in part, see. But it is more…
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