While it’s normal and healthy to process our experiences emotionally, sometimes we get stuck. Our brains might return to painful memories, worries, or disturbing thoughts, over, and over, and over. Reflection is a matter of exploring ourselves, our perspectives, attributes and experiences. This is a useful way to gain insight and move forward. Rumination, on the other hand, …
Recently I have been visiting a new health care provider. At my first visit, he seized on the fact that I was stuck in a state of fight or flight – trauma brain – and prescribed deep diaphragmatic breathing twice daily. I wasn’t surprised. Through multiple falls and my highly sensitive nature, I merely accepted this …
Are you feeling stuck in your body? Unable to get back to the activities you love due to injury or tightness and restrictions? You’re not alone. Many people find it hard to get to, or get back to, healthy habits after an injury, or other setback. Even though it’s something you want to do, it …
ADHD affects about 10% of children and many adults. It was not tested when I was young and, knowing the symptoms, I feel that I probably have this disorder as an adult. Sleep problems commonly plague individuals with ADHD — particularly during the teen years, when sleep hygiene and patterns go haywire in typical brains …
I’ve been in a funk. Maybe it’s the time of year with a lack of morning light and some bitter cold temps here in the midwest. Maybe it’s the tendency to look ahead at the year and reflection the year that was which elicits a familiar and unsettling deep-seated feeling of “not enough.” I know …
Last week I was talking to a friend as we visited the sauna together. She recounted how she never really learned to swim because of a long-standing fear of putting her head below water. I remarked on her awareness of those past events that limited her present-day ability to swim and then told her it is …
Keeping it Simple – A Workout Template and Awareness Questions Over the weekend I met a friend for coffee and at the end of our conversation we were talking about the pandemic, gyms and shut downs. What I heard was that her workouts were home-based and self-designed, which for some people can mean that they …
Hello Again! I know that the month of August can be a turbulent time for many and know that you are not alone in those transitions. I wanted to give you 5 Tips for Optimizing Rest, but first a story… A little over two weeks ago my right ankle started hurting. A lot. In the space of …