Nervous system reset microhabit: Your eyes are the window to your soul - and your vagus nerve!
This powerful little microhabit will help you become more fluent in the language of your nervous system, while bringing your heart, mind, and body into greater resonance. đ
Singing as Daily Self-care
Discover how daily singing can help you release emotions, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with joyâno musical talent required.
Iâm off my meditation: Habit change science, Ayurveda, & being drawn into authentic rituals
Habit change science, Ayurveda, & being drawn into authentic rituals
Somatic processing: How to get out of Freeze state
A storytelling approach to understanding the nervous system, p[lus a 2-minute demo of spontaneous somatic processing, Canadian tuxedo edition.
Trauma-informing Ayurveda
Honoring the reality of restrictive & disordered eating and prioritizing a "how" versus "what" approach to Ayurveda's concept of food as medicine
Spontaneous somatic processing
Noticing emotional tension or discomfort? Free yourself up with this 4-minute practice!
Parenting, Neurodivergence, and Complex PTSD: A spicy blend - not for the faint of heart.
So there we are, chatting and watching our kids, and I can feel it settling in - the familiar weight of trauma thatâs overlaid much of my time as an expectant and active mother.
Iâm With Her: Mary Lupien for Rochester Mayor
I remember thinking to myself with great relief: âThereâs the term for it? Thereâs a phrase for the toxicity I can feel around me but donât know the words for yet?â I look back at this as a watershed moment that kicked off my commitment to being a politicized healer.
đŦī¸đĨđĻ The Doshas: A superpower lens (pt. 1 of 3)
These Ayurvedic building blocks are central to theory & practice in Ayurveda (yoga's sister science)âĻlearning how to spot (and respond to) them in your mind & body will take you FAR in your self-healing journey.
Is choosing vulnerability a privilege?
âFundamentally, I donât disagree with BrenÊ Brown.
Practically speaking, however, the statement begs for more parsing.
The fact that someone has a right (or a need) does not equate to that right/need being fulfilled.
And typically, whether our rights are acknowledged, respected, and upheld is the result of how privilege shakes out.â
How I became a neurodivergent healer's healer
âLike many people, my life has presented me with obstacles for which Iâve sought remediesâĻâ
Kundalini yoga as organized stimming
âWhen I consider the impact of all the masking I did as a female child with autism, I think about the compounded effect of suppressed speech, emotions, and behaviorâĻâ
Laughing really loud
ââĻ.when I noticed it happen more than once, I decided to double down instead of suppressing my impulse and masking. When somethingâs funny, thatâs a gift.â
My Childâs Undercoat
"Last night, even though I knew the answer already, I asked James what he thought about trimming 2-year-old Goldieâs hair in the back, since itâs very fine and gets tangled into a cotton candy nest daily..."