resistance

Five possible reasons you’re not an SBSM member… yet.

2024-04-20T12:55:23-07:00February 21st, 2024|2. Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, 4. Mental Health & Neuroplasticity|

In case you are brand new here, SmartBody SmartMind (SBSM) is my signature lifetime membership online curriculum that we run in live 12 week 'semesters', usually a couple times a year. It was created to aid you in becoming your own medicine, such that you can resolve trauma [...]

How to become more accountable with your health practices

2024-04-20T14:57:01-07:00November 12th, 2023|2. Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, 4. 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 [...]

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

2024-04-20T16:59:02-07:00August 6th, 2023|4. Mental 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 [...]

The Force of Resistance & How to Use It to Your Advantage

2024-04-20T17:45:27-07:00May 31st, 2023|2. Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, 4. Mental Health & Neuroplasticity|

This article is an update of a blog post originally published in December 2015. * * * Feeling stuck?  Like you’re hitting a brick wall?  Pulled back into the same self-defeating patterns again and again by some kind of magnetic force?  You might be experiencing resistance. Two things [...]

Why unresolved trauma can make it difficult to lose weight

2024-04-20T18:42:51-07:00March 19th, 2023|1. Trauma & Survival Physiology|

Maintaining a healthy body weight is critical for our health and well-being.   And yet SO many people struggle to lose excess weight and find a healthy balance of muscle, bone, and fat, even after years (or decades) of following the best diets, exercise regimens, and supplement protocols.  This [...]

Healing our resistance to making money, exercising, & living in the matrix with Seth Lyon

2024-04-21T03:45:23-07:00February 8th, 2023|2. Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle|

Today I have a very special guest, my husband and colleague Seth Lyon, for an important conversation about restoring nervous system regulation WHILE living in the matrix.  When we met, Seth had been living apart from society for about 13 years. He struggled with complex PTSD and, in [...]

Why you can’t reset or reboot the nervous system (but you can definitely heal & rewire it!)

2024-04-21T17:26:11-07:00May 1st, 2022|1. Trauma & Survival Physiology|

So much in that subject line, right? A few weeks ago, I wrote a post that went a little viral via my social feeds, so I felt like making a video about some concepts that I feel are important to understand when it comes to this work of [...]

4 things that keep people from healing trauma

2024-04-21T17:37:24-07:00March 20th, 2022|1. Trauma & Survival Physiology, 4. Mental Health & Neuroplasticity|

As many new members settle into our online courses this month, I’ve been thinking a lot about what keeps people from succeeding at this work (and these ‘people’ could be those who are in my paid programs, those engaging with my free resources, or anyone doing somatic healing [...]