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Burned Out: Rising Up Out of Anxiety and Stress

9/29/2020

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Phoenix Rising from Ashes
Have you been checking the news?  Often?  Every day?  Is it comforting or ramping up your anxiety?  In an attempt to grab and keep your attention the headlines sensationalize the latest traumatic event in order to provoke a heightened emotional response.  Your brain is geared to being alert to threats to your safety.  Even hearing and imagining worrisome, shocking or disturbing events causes stress hormones to stream into your body.  When you watch repeated startling images it can invoke a posttraumatic stress response.  Your body does not know the difference between an event you are watching or imagining happening and actually experiencing it.....


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Relationship Refresh: Renewal After Separation

6/28/2019

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Butterfly RebirthRebirth by Erica Johnson
A sweeping wave moves through people’s lives dissolving the past and transforming their relationships with one another.  This may take the form of separation or ending.  It is an awakening but in the moment it can seem like total collapse or disconnection.  You may be experiencing this in your life or have observed it in the lives of your friends.  It feels much like a crushing tsunami that exposes the disturbing underbelly of unmet expectations, unfulfilled dreams, incompatibilities, betrayals, dishonesty, gossip, rejection, offenses, and rigid, dishonorable, selfish, competitive, controlling or combative behaviors.  Any one of these will upend a sense of integrity that dismantles what formerly had been stable... 


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Coming to Center: What to Do When You Are Triggered

11/28/2018

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It’s tough when you are triggered.  It happens jet fast.  All of a sudden a prickly energy runs up your spine and you feel the energy rush to your head.  You are ready to fight and hotly defend yourself or your anger turns icy and you freeze out whomever or whatever is disturbing you.  Either way you disconnect.  It keeps you relatively safe, but it doesn’t feel good...  


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Relational Awareness: (Part 2) Mirroring Unresolved Wounds

5/31/2018

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Mirror Couple
Did a ray of sunlight enter your life and suddenly a radiant being appeared in your midst that invoked a magnetic pull?  What attracted you to your partner in the first place?  Did she have a smile that melted you?  Did his enthusiasm and playful nature capture your desire for freedom and fun?  Did you admire his or her humor, assertiveness, confidence, or intellect?  Did she or he possess a savvy adventurous spirit?  Did you share similar interests or concordant life paths?  Perhaps it was charm and kindness that felt like a comforting hug.  Did you feel safe?  Maybe you experienced your partner intently absorbed and interested in you.  It felt so special.  To be truly seen fulfills a longing to be known.  Knowing we are accepted just as we are gives us a sense of deep belonging.....


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Abiding with Stillness

12/31/2017

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Is the turmoil and chaos around the world impinging upon your life?  Is your level of anxiety increasing?  Do you desire relief from uncertainty and stress?  The world is rapidly changing and it may seem overwhelming to constantly experience so much change.  You may want life to be simpler, easier, and less complicated.  You may have a strong desire for peace and serenity, for all of the turbulence, disorder and conflict to stop.  You want to enter into the “good times” where life is pleasurable and you look forward to each day without worrying about anything.  You want space to breathe and relax.  ​You want the “noise” to stop...    


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The Lost Art of Patience: an Antidote to Stress and Chaos

11/30/2017

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As the year winds down, you may still be feeling the intensity of the tumultuous changes that have been taking place in your life and in the world.  The Chaos discussed in October’s blog continues.  For many it has been a stormy and uncertain time not knowing what it means for the future of the children and upcoming generations, the economy, the environment and the human species.  On a more personal level, you may be anxious about your own future.  There is a heightened sense of concern about matters that were once taken for granted or ignored.  Major upheaval in the world is challenging to your sense of safety and security....  


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Longing to Belong: Reconnecting to Home

4/2/2017

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The Longing for Home is the Longing to Belong. Isolation and the belief that you are alone in a chaotic world crushes your spirit.  More and more in our world of inter-connected technology devoid of touch and face-to-face kindness, the dis-ease of isolation is causing depression and anxiety. A return to feeling connected to others and belonging here in the world begins with connection within and the sense of Home.

The sense of Home is more than a function of place and time in the external environment.  It is a deeply felt sense in the interior of your being.  It arises in connection with your soul and an engaged, concerned relationship with the world...    


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What is the Truth About Your Emotions?

1/29/2017

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You have been told stories about your emotions that are not true.  I do not wish to call them lies because for the most part these “untruths” were unintentional.  These falsehoods have led to more suffering and pain.  They have kept you from connecting to yourself, your inner guidance and your heart... 


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Developing an Internal Sense of Safety:  Much Ado about Fear (part 2)

9/16/2016

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​“Anxious, stressed, scattered, I can’t concentrate and can’t sleep through the night.  I am not in physical danger, but I just never feel safe.”  The aftermath of fearful situations or the uncertainty that the world is not a safe place can leave you shaky, unsure and on edge.  You have lost a grounded sense of security.  How do you develop an internal feeling of safety?  You may wonder if or even believe that a haven of serenity exists inside of you, but when fear arises you may wonder how to get past the fear...


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Much Ado about Fear:  Regaining an Inner Sense of Safety (part 1)

8/13/2016

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Fear gets a bad rap.  When it strikes, it zaps you with an instantaneous jolt of alarm so powerful that nothing else registers but the feeling of sheer panic.  Your body screams, “I could die, I could be harmed, I am in danger.”  All of your senses and bodily functions are corralled into doing just one thing….to get you away from whatever is the source of danger.  With lightning speed Fear propels you towards Safety.  It is the body’s most protective emotion.....


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Red Fire Monkey and Your Inner Protector

2/8/2016

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Red Fire Monkey
Opening into Compassionate Presence
Last year of 2015 was the Chinese year of the Wood Sheep (Ram) where new possibilities, hopes and dreams were gestating.  It was also a time of cleansing, releasing and facing difficult truths in order to form new patterns of connection.  As you enter the Red Fire Monkey on Feb. 8, 2016, you step into a fresh opening where new aspects of yourself are birthing and developing a healthier connection to yourself and others.
 
Monkeys are inquisitive, quick, adaptable, intelligent, inventive and versatile; monkeys always keep you on your toes. It will be an adventurous fiery year of unpredictability.  Monkeys are known to hop from one activity to another, so it is wise to observe what you really care about and what brings you and others love, joy and connection. There will be plenty of creative opportunities opening up.  The key is to walk into the year with compassion for your vulnerabilities as well as your abilities...



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The Balance point between ‘What is Dying’ and ‘What is being Born’

9/23/2015

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Balance….Peace
…I have been reflecting on both of these words with the Equinox on the 23rd and not coincidentally the International day of Peace just days prior on the 21st.  Early this morning the balance point between the hours of sunlight shining on the earth and the hours of darkness heralding the change to spring in the southern hemisphere and autumn in the northern hemisphere occurred
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2-Steps to Stop the Runaway Train of Anxiety and Stress

3/29/2015

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Stressed and can't stop feeling anxious?  You just want relief.  Anxiety and stress are the most common ailments I see in clients.  We all get stressed; anxiety is a normal part of life until it isn’t.  Normal anxiety is helpful when facing an intense situation.  It gets you moving, it increases blood flow to your brain, helps you concentrate and focus your attention.  When it interferes with your life, it becomes a problem.  We have all experienced life situations that induce prolonged anxiety.  Relationship problems, financial or health issues, worrying about the future and traumas are some of the culprits.  Yet, before tackling the underlying cause of our anxiety and stress what we need in the moment is relief.  
Thankfully, relief is possible...  


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Heartfulness Path

3/29/2015

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The Heartfulness Path is the epic adventure of listening to the voice of your inner guidance while falling in love with your true essence and remembering that 

You Are Love


The next frontier is developing a deep abiding love for your emotional body.  It changes your relationship to everything.  You no longer feel powerless and begin to feel safe in the world.  When you understand the purpose of the emotions, you are no longer at the mercy of them or in resistance to them.  You develop a relationship of cooperation and the inner conflict melts away.  Past traumas are transformed into wisdom, compassion and discernment.  It changes how you view yourself in relationship to others and the meaning of unconditional love.  The foundation of this practice is the knowing that ALL of your emotions are purposeful and contain powerful messages and meaning.  The emotions are the language of our body and through which our soul speaks.  The practice of befriending your emotions deepens your relationship with the wisdom of your body connecting you to source energy and internal guidance.  It is a process of learning to engage with, welcome and nurture your feelings, which are the energy and sensations of emotions, and realize the beautiful treasure of guidance and inspiration that they hold.  Feeling allows you to connect to the language of your soul, to knowing your needs, to trusting yourself, to being able to follow your purpose, to seeing that you are an integral part of divine unity and in doing so you are in touch with your authentic self..... 


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