Category: Self-care
Cleaning Up My Diet – A Lifetime of Change
I started an ethical eating stand when I was six years old. I can remember our kitchen, where I stood, and the entire conversation as if it was yester [...]
Don’t Pity Me
I have a very dear friend who, several months ago, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. I spoke to her after she was released from the hos [...]
A Survivor’s Journey – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I will tell my story because I believe is it priceless to hear firsthand from a holistic person who has survived cancer. There were four related surge [...]
Improving the Lives of Children through Rolfing®
Over the last forty years, I have had Rolfing sessions with many children. I applaud the parents because they have insight and want the best for their [...]
Inviting Extraordinary Childhood Experiences
Children are naturally connected to the people and places around them—more deeply connected in ways adults have forgotten. From birth until age 4 or 5 [...]
The Truth about Abundance
When you think of abundance, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it money and financial wealth? Is it material possessions? Or is it someth [...]
Release Your Trauma from Past Lives
Though quantum healing hypnosis may be a term that is new to you, you are probably more familiar with the term “past-life regression,” and that is exa [...]
The Chicken or the Egg?
It’s the age-old conundrum—which came first, the chicken or the egg? Similarly, as a student of Rolfing forty-odd years ago, we debated the question, [...]
Returning to “Normal”?
Many of my recent conversations have involved the question, “When will things return to normal?” I am incredibly interested in these conversations. I [...]
To Dairy or Not to Dairy – That Is the Question
Dairy from cow’s milk, or from other animals such as goats, remains a controversial topic regarding its contribution to chronic conditions. I am going [...]
The Healing of Trauma as a Path to Individual – and Even World – Peace
I have studied body-centered Gestalt therapy at Hartford Family Institute for the past 21 years and in that time I have learned many things, though pe [...]
When Your Body Talks, LISTEN!
There was a very loud bang that scared my seven-year-old dog, causing him to jump up and over, landing on my new puppy, who screeched and ran around m [...]
Is Your Spirit in Need of a Tune-Up?
As humans, we have feelings of discomfort and dis-ease in us. These feelings include depression, anxiety, fear, agitation, meaninglessness, loneliness [...]
Celebrate the Little Things
I have always loved birthdays—my birthday, my friends’ birthdays, my family’s birthdays. It’s a day to commemorate all that is good about being brough [...]
A Promise of Spring
Winter is a time of rest, moving inward, hunkering down into a place of warmth, solitude, and reflection. It is a time to dream of peace, the return o [...]
Healing from the Pain of Unexpected Loss
In the more than 40 years I have been a practicing psychotherapist, I have worked with many people who have experienced unexpected/traumatic loss, inc [...]
Dive into Change!
Change is everywhere—our shifting climate, the four seasons here in New England, our bodies as we age, our relationships. Change is inevitable. It has [...]
A Metaphysical Dive into the Dynamics of the Pandemic
As a licensed integrative/addictions psychotherapist and spiritual scientist, I weave ancient wisdoms of psychology with contemporary philosophy to tr [...]
The Art of Patience
We, as a society, are impatient. We want everything NOW, if not sooner. I am guilty of this myself, and as I grow older and as our world speeds up, it [...]
How to Be Fabulous Over 50
Aging is a natural part of life. Physiologically, during a process called sarcopenia, our bodies lose 3–5% of our muscle mass after age 30. Our fascia [...]
The Pathway to Self-Care
Healthy aging is our birthright and yes, it can be yours at any age! We have been conditioned to believe that aches, pains, body issues, brain fog, em [...]
The Placebo Effect—It’s All about Belief
The placebo effect has gained significant exposure and acceptance over the past 10–20 years for two reasons:
In the world of clinical research,
lit [...]