August 16, 2019
The Wellness Universe:
Better Your Mental Health with Better Sleep
We know that supporting our mental health is foundational to a healthy life filled with wellness. As we expand on the self-help points from the article Ways to Better Mental Health Drug and Doctor-Free, this week we will discuss some stress-relieving tools and strategies.
August 12, 2019
The Same From Near As From Far/;
Yesterday, on the final day of the first ever MAPS community workshop on Psychedelic Medicine & Cultural Trauma, I had the pleasure of attending one of the most heartfelt and empowering ecumenical, secular services of my life. I’ve been inspired before, and this is a step beyond that. With her body, her voice, her authenticity, and her unmasked genuine energy, Jamilah George reached beyond inspiration to tickle the ebonies and ivories of purpose that lie deep within me. She poked a hibernating bear and awakened a spark in me that I haven’t felt in years.
June 23, 2018
Wellness Universe:
How Body Language Helped Heal My Trauma
Would you like to know a secret most don’t know about me?
I’m a certified instructor through the Body Language Institute (BLI), an organization started by a world-renowned, human lie detector. Through my training at BLI, I learned to notice when a person’s behavior deviates from baseline. There are certain body movements, facial expressions, eye movements, and other signs and signals a person will unknowingly and unwillingly display when they are out of alignment with themselves.
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June 10, 2019
The Wellness Universe:
A Conversation With Jennifer Whitacre
Today we want to introduce you to Jennifer Whitacre, Empowerment Strategist Extraordinaire! Her mission is to teach her client’s skills to manage stress, anxiety, overwhelm, and other troublesome emotions. By learning these skills, her clients can minimize knee-jerk reactions, replacing them with more balanced responses.
June 5, 2019
The Wellness Universe:
The Perception Problem: Feelings Vs. Perception
“How are you feeling right now?”
“I feel abandoned. All I want him to do is listen to me and hear my side of the story. He won’t. He always walks away from me when I need to talk.”
“Okay, I understand that, and that also didn’t answer my question. How are you feeling right now?”
March 9, 2019
The Wellness Universe:
Are Your Boundaries Sabotaging You?
Whether you are aware of it or not, you have a set of boundaries for yourself that are guiding you through life.
You know, those invisible lines created when you establish rules and guidelines for yourself on what you will permit, accept, and allow from other people. If you’re anything like me, you’ve taken advice from therapists, coaches, counselors, mentors, and gurus over the years on how to be more assertive with your boundaries. I’m sure you know this—the tricky part of establishing boundaries is getting other people to respect and follow yours.
January 21, 2019
Brave Healer Productions:
Holistic Pain Relief; The Ultimate Guide to Healing Therapies, Modalities and Practices
With medical errors being the third leading cause of death in the United States according to this article in the Washington Post, knowing what kinds of natural pain relief and holistic remedies exist as alternatives to traditional medical care is important.
Holistic pain relief and healing comes in many forms. When you’re desperate for help and you think you’ve tried everything it’s nice to know about alternatives. This is your ultimate guide to holistic pain relief and healing therapies, modalities and practices. It will give you hope and help you find the holistic practitioner and relief you’re looking for.
October 11, 2018
Brave Healer Productions:
Free Yourself, Finally. The First of 12 Women Shares Her Story
“I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am.”
~Thomas Cooley (1824–1898)
I believe I have cPTSD, complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is not a recognized diagnosis in the DSM V, and I am self-diagnosed. According to Wikipedia, cPTSD is “a psychological disorder that can develop in response to prolonged, repeated experience of interpersonal trauma in a context in which the individual has little or no chance of escape.” That sure describes much of my life. My abuse started while I was in the womb. We now know that the mother’s mental and emotional state while pregnant can potentially be harmful to the baby. My mother was mentally and emotionally unstable, and so is my father. The first 30 years of my life, I was ensconced in a miasma of gaslighting; violent verbal, mental, and emotional abuse; and physical abuse.
September, 2018
WomELLE Magazine:
Mindfulness: How Are You Using It?
October, 2018
WomELLE Magazine:
Emotionally Safe Work Environments Are Important