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10 minutes of Self Care: 6+1 Coping with Anxiety and Stress: Visual Glimmers
10 minutes of Self Care is designed to be a guided grounding activity encouraging you to reflect,...
“Hey Girlie…”: Why that girl from high school didn’t lose 100 lbs. from a MLM product and you won’t either
“Hey Girlie…”: Why that girl from high school didn’t lose 100 lbs. from a MLM product and you won’t either A couple of weeks ago, I received a Facebook friend request from a name that was vaguely familiar. I looked at the woman’s profile and saw she was from my...
Understanding the Fawn Response
Following up to last week’s post, what is happening when you go along with what a medical provider (or anyone) says/wants/does even though you think/want/know differently? The short answer, the fight-or-flight (F/F) system activates. To get a broad overview, read...
Why You Don’t Speak Up…The Tale of Two Pre-Op Nurses
A colleague and I were talking about the medical system and how we have found ourselves in the very situations we coach clients to advocate for themselves, and yet walked out of those situations simply going along with the situation rather than challenge the...
How emotions influence pain
This post is the third in a series of 4 posts about chronic pain. To read the other posts in the series use the links below: What is chronic pain?, published July 11, 2022 Why we should view pain as a disease, published on July 18, 2022 New approaches to pain...
What is the fight-or-flight response?
The fight-or-flight-response is an automatic response that our bodies have to danger. It's what helps us to either confront the danger or run away from it. For the most part, this response is helpful and allows us to stay safe in dangerous situations. However,...
