Mental Health & Neuroplasticity

Includes ADHD, OCD, anxiety, depression, mindfulness, brain-NS connection, etc.

You’re not going backwards; you’re healing

2024-04-20T14:53:06-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

I recently shared an Instagram post that resonated with MANY of you about a common phenomenon that occurs when we enter into a deep healing process.  And it’s super important to NORMALIZE, so I’m re-sharing the concept with you today.  It goes something like this… You start learning about [...]

How to become more accountable with your health practices

2024-04-20T14:57:01-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Mental Health & Neuroplasticity|

If you struggle with self-accountability, resistance, or procrastination…or feel like you rely on others (gurus, coaches, accountability buddies) to do the “right” thing for your own health and wellness…this week’s short and sweet vlog is for you. In it, I cover:  Where this lack [...]

Meditation & Mindfulness 101. An interview with Chris Dierkes

2024-04-20T15:36:36-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Practitioners & Professionals, Spirituality & Somatic Bypass|

Many people ask me if meditation, mindfulness, yoga, and other mind-body practices will help them heal. This is a loaded question that’s difficult to answer in a few words. So today I’m re-sharing an important long-form interview with my colleague, mentor, and friend Chris Dierkes. “Meditation & Mindfulness [...]

Choose your own learning (aka healing) pathway

2024-04-20T16:03:21-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Parenting & Child Development|

Maya Angelou once said, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”  If there’s one thing I know for sure after more than a decade of teaching people around the world how to heal, it’s this…learning is healing.  When people [...]

Mental Health and Illness – The Nervous System Connection

2024-07-15T10:13:28-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Pain & Chronic Illness|

This article is an update of a blog post originally published in July 2019.  Some important context, four years on: The unpredictability of our world is now apparent and our need for healing, increasingly urgent. As the paradigm of conventional “wisdom” around our health and well-being shifts, it’s [...]

The origin story of procrastination, self-sabotage, & fleeing from health

2024-04-20T16:59:02-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity|

Find yourself regularly fleeing from what you want or need to do for your health and happiness? Not really sure why?  I’ve got a good one for you today: The origin story of procrastination, self-sabotage, & fleeing from health. The vlog was inspired by my most popular social [...]

Why my students’ plants start thriving when they get regulated

2024-04-20T17:43:08-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Mental Health & Neuroplasticity|

Many of the students going through my online courses report benefits—better health, stronger relationships, deeper sleep, greater focus, more energy, and greater connection to their life purpose.  And one that may come as a surprise…HEALTHIER HOUSEPLANTS.  As they do the work to heal trauma and restore regulation back [...]