If you have pain or a chronic health condition, you know how isolating, frustrating, and exhausting it can be. While Western Medicine continues to make life-saving advances, it has fallen short in managing chronic pain. Modern medicine is just beginning to acknowledge the Bio-Psycho-Social model, which recognizes the connection between the physical body (like tissue […]
Whether you’ve struggled with anxiety for decades or if it’s a new symptom thanks to perimenopause, you know it can feel overwhelming. Like many changes in our 40’s and beyond, stress and anxiety aren’t something that needs to fought against. Instead, we can learn to understand anxiety and listen to the messages it has for […]
I few years ago, I started to feel “not like myself.” I chalked it up to “stress.” I figured I was burnout from work. While I love the teaching, coaching, and training side of what I do, running a small business (during a pandemic no less) is tiring. Then I found myself asking questions like […]
One of the most important habit formation strategies you can adopt is from Gretchen Rubin’s book Better Than Before. It’s the strategy of TREATS. Rubin explains that treats differ from rewards because rewards have to be justified and treats are little indulgences that you get no matter what. What’s the problem with rewards? […]
We are motivated by both external and internal factors. We are extrinsically motivated when we complete a task solely to earn a reward, fulfill an obligation, or avoid negative consequences. Intrinsic motivation, however, means doing something for the sake of doing it. It’s the things we enjoy, the job we’d do even if we weren’t […]
“The paradox of modern life is that survival is much easier, but stress is much higher.” Some of us have already figured out that the gym provides the necessary physical outlet for the unavoidable mental stresses of life. If you have and you are curious as to why and how exercise works on more than […]