This week’s simple pleasure was an easy one. If you’re not someone who likes the new time change, I’m sorry and how could you not? But if you are someone who enjoys daylight savings like myself, then you know exactly what I’m talking about when I say daylight savings is this week’s simple pleasure. It’s amazing how much difference an hour makes. This week I’ve been able to take walks after work with my husband and our
Read MoreAlternative and holistic healing modalities are becoming more and more popular. Thanks to media and the internet, there’s an abundance of information on alternative medicine, how to find such clinicians, and wider acceptance of turning to such practices. I may be a bit sheltered here in California, but I do believe that there’s more curiosity around, less stigma attached to , and a greater acceptance of using alternative
Read MoreHi all. Matt and I are taking a much needed vacation in Joshua Tree National Park, and Palm Springs. We start out our week-long trip with 4 days on a ranch near Joshua Tree, in the desert. We plan on hiking a ton, watching the stars at night, and enjoying the desert scenery. The last few days will be spent in Palm Springs relaxing at a nice resort. Regular blog posts will resume in two short days on Friday. We hope to
Read MoreI am typically a great sleeper. Once I fall asleep, I typically stay asleep until morning and wake up feeling recharged and refreshed. In college I was always the first one to fall asleep during movie nights, wrapped in my blanket. Last night, however I had a rough night. I woke up for almost 3 hours in the middle of the night and couldn’t get back to sleep. This is out of the norm for me, and my hope is that tonight I’ll get a
Read MoreBelow is just a little weekend inspo for you all. I tend to love all things created by Paulo Coelho and the below manifesto is no exception. Happy Weekend All:
Read MoreThere are so many things that we do, myself included, that are a waste of time. I worry about things I have no control over and I’m a people pleaser by nature. I’ve also come to realize that both of these habits are mainly a waste of time and energy. This post is a continuation of the 7 things that are a waste of time. See the first part here. Interestingly, after I’d finished this list, I realized the majority of items below relate to
Read MoreChanges are hard to make. By definition, a change is out of your norm and thus out of your comfort zone. Changes fall out of our normal behavioral patterns and thus take extra energy to make. Some changes are harder than others, but the truth is that all changes are harder than continuing to do what we’ve been doing, what feels comfortable, and what has become automatic. I literally work with patients all day,
Read MoreWe all need to rest. Luckily, there are many ways to rest, and knowing which type of rest you need is important. Sometimes I need to laugh, sometimes I need quiet, or time out in nature, whereas other times I just want to be taken care of or pampered. Just as there are many ways we can be drained of our energy, there are many ways we can be recharged. Make sure you have at least one type of rest each day for
Read MoreWe all hold so much tension in our faces, and most of the time we aren’t even aware of it. Something that I’ve been doing recently, during my meditations is to sit down, and for the first minute to breath deeply, and simply relax the muscles in my face, starting with the forehead, moving down to the brow, softening the eyelids, relaxing the jaw and mouth and tongue. Once I’ve relaxed my face, I notice a palpable shift in my
Read MoreI talk a lot on here about intention, and focusing on what we do have control over. We always have some sort of control, even if it’s only control over our reactions, control over our thoughts, control over how we choose to treat others, the attitudes we have, and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s going on. There’s so much we don’t have control over in life, and yet, I think the more intentional a person is, the
Read MoreNew Year’s resolutions so often include goals for making changes we think we should make, but rarely take the time to think about what will make our lives richer, happier, a little more beautiful, a little more meaningful, a little more enjoyed, a little more lived. Too often we focus on the results we want such as “I want to make money”, or “I want to lose weight” without focusing on the actions themselves that will take
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