Fall Equinox
Today marks the beginning of fall here in the northern hemisphere. Equinoxes mark the time when the light of day and night are equal, a day of balance. After today, the days will begin to shorten as we make our approach toward winter. Here at my home in the Pacific Northwest, it feels like fall. […]
Stop Running From the Bear!
One of the most frequent conversations I have in my practice is about how many people are living most of their lives in the “fight or flight” response, the sympathetic nervous system. This system is designed to help us in an emergency, like when we are running from a bear. When we become stressed, the […]
Balance
This is really the key, isn’t it? When we are balanced, we feel good and centered. When we shift too heavily to one thing or another, we are unbalanced and start to feel frazzled and bad. It’s like the old balance scale above. If things are fairly even on both sides, it will stay steady. […]
The Power of Epsom Salts Baths
I love the benefits from my regular Epsom salts baths, and I felt I should share. Epsom salts are actually not salts, but are a combination of magnesium and sulfate. They get their name from a saline spring in Epsom in Surrey, England. Magnesium works on at least 300 different enzymatic processes in the […]
Life is Awesome!
One thing I find very interesting in my work, is how problems and concerns of my patients come in trends. I will see a whole bunch of people in a small period of time who all need the same advice. I find myself repeating my words over and over and then doing it again with […]
That Little Voice Inside Your Head
Every moment of every day, I am working on self-improvement. I truly want to be the best me I can be for myself, my family, my friends, and the people I work with. I work to keep a positive vibration, not attack people or be quick to lash out, and to not cause guilt or […]
Raise Your Vibration
I don’t know about you, but winter can be a low time for vibrationally. I just don’t get as jazzed or excited about things and I get discouraged much more easily. When we feel low, many of us turn to self-sabotaging behaviors like sulking, overeating, fighting with our partners, use drugs or alcohol to feel […]
Do you really have problems right now?
I have been reading a very powerful book by Eckhart Tolle called, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. It is absolutely changing the way I think. I am realizing that I am rarely truly living in the present. I am going through life worrying about the past or thinking about and planning for […]
Achievable New Year’s Intentions
As we approach the new year, I am beginning to think about what I want to focus on in 2017. For years I did the usual new year’s resolutions. “I will lose 10 pounds”, “I will drink less coffee”, “I will exercise every day”, etc., etc. Of course, they hardly worked and left me feeling […]
Gratitude
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about gratitude. I really enjoy Thanksgiving. It is a chance to be together with family without all the stress of Christmas. Usually, my family gets together the night before Thanksgiving and my Dad leads us through pie-making. He makes […]