Five ways to calm your nervous system: mindfulness, breath, body, thoughts, and behavior

Challenging people pleasing and ensuring you are not saying yes, to your own detriment, are some of the most powerful ways you can take care of yourself.

Treat and reverse chronic conditions with lifestyle interventions

The most powerful way to improve your health is to shift the way you think, to allow for long-term behavior change.

It’s not sexy … but long-term change happens only with small changes done consistently over time.

We can use our breath and body to calm our nervous system, to communicate directly with our brain.

The #1 reason I recommend my clients meditate … and it’s probably not what you think.

Exploring your relationship to distraction and what Mary Oliver calls “the intimate interrupter,” and what to do when it inevitably shows up.

A morbid countdown … or a powerful path to empowered living? You decide.

Exploring what tasks make your top ten list of things you want to be able to do when you’re in your later years … and how to get there!

There is an emotional distinction between wishing and hoping … but only one will help enhance your emotional wellbeing.

Six reasons why I’ve pulled back from social media … and am better for it.

Pro-tip to disengage from mindless scrolling and for truly curating inspirational content

Exploring the deep structure of regret, and finding the meaning in regret.

‘Root to Flourish READS’ recommends ‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals’ by Oliver Burkeman. In this brilliant book, Burkeman explains that we must make the connection between our daily struggles to “manage time” and the ultimate time management problem, how best to use our 4,000 weeks.

Autumn anxiety is a real thing! Neurochemical, biological, and psychological factors all contribute to an increase in anxiety symptoms and low mood in the fall. But, we can thrive and live fully in the fall with increased awareness and intentional practices.

The way real long-term change happens isn’t sexy. And it doesn’t happen just because it’s January 1st, or a Monday.

Your thoughts, what you tell yourself, your self-talk are powerful determinants of anxiety. And the thoughts that create anxiety are often untrue, even irrational.