Unseen Scars: How Early Emotional Trauma Shapes Our Physical Health
From the earliest moments of life, the quality of love and bonding we receive as young children from ages 0 to 3 plays a critical role in our future well-being. When this early environment is shaped by emotionally immature, unavailable, or narcissistic caregivers, the impact can extend far beyond our emotional health, manifesting as physical illness in later life.
The Bullsh*t Way Girls Are Raised Can Literally Make Us Sick
Here’s a problematic truth: the way boys and girls are raised from a young age is vastly lopsided. Look at how it plays out - little boys get all the kudos and positive reinforcement for what they do. "Wow, you climbed that structure like a monkey!" or "Nice work, that tower of blocks is epic!" But girls? We get complimented on how we are, not what we do. "Aw, don't you look pretty today?" or "Such a sweet little smile!"…
Healing Yourself With the Power of Your Heart
There’s really only one cause for almost all modern illnesses and your doctor often isn’t even aware of it. In fact, the diagnoses we get from our doctors are actually the symptoms of disease, not the cause…
The Simple Shift That Freed My Client from Decades of Asthma
The intricate link between mind and body reveals itself in myriad ways. As a medical intuitive, I've witnessed this connection manifest through my clients' physical ailments, which often reflect unresolved emotional conflicts. One such example involves a client who...
Leave Some Stones Unturned: The Difference Between Self-Awareness and Self-Compassion
I had an insightful session with a client this week who wanted to work on improving her metabolism. As we addressed physical and energetic imbalances related to her metabolism and heart chakra, I received a profound intuitive download that said "leave some stones...
Please Read if You Are Going Through a Hard Time
This is for all the people out there who are having a hard time right now. This is for all the people right now that don’t feel like they are at the inspirational part of their life story, they’re in the fire swamp battling the ROUSes. This is for all the people that are finding it challenging to wake up each day and do the basic things they need to do…
Make new year's resolutions without shame or guilt
It’s that time of year again, when we all decide that we need new year's resolutions to overhaul our lives, our exercise plans, or our eating habits. I always had a love/hate relationship with new year's resolutions until I realized why they rub me the wrong way. New...
5 ways you can influence your own healing (even if you’re already working with a healer)
Mindful awareness and communication Your body has a ton of intuitive information to share with you, all you have to do is listen. But how do you do that? A big piece of that puzzle is learning how to bring your attention mindfully to that spot and seeing what arises…
How To Find Your Inner Caregiver
Earlier this week, a video made the rounds on TikTok of Lillie, a 13-year-old getting arrested at an abortion rights protest because she used a megaphone and violated a noise ordinance. The video made a splash not only for the fact the police are arresting...
Why I disagree with the “self-acceptance” movement
I’ve been outlining the chapter in my book on mindfulness and self-acceptance (Did I mention I’m writing a book?!) and it occurred to me that many people have the wrong idea of what acceptance and self-acceptance really mean. I hear people say all the time, “I should...
Enough with the sandpaper of suffering!
I’ve been going through a rough patch lately. My physical and emotional health hasn’t been the best and most days it’s felt like I’m having to push through. I think that’s true for a lot of us — I’ve heard from friends near and far about how burned out we all are and...
Feeling Like Crap While The World is on Fire Around You? These 4 Things Can Help
It’s been a chaotic last couple of years, hasn’t it? Global pandemics, the rise of fascism, and disconnection from so many of the people and things that keep us sane and grounded. So many familiar things are falling apart, and I know that I’ve had to figure out new...
Romancing Yourself Using Love Languages
How do I love me? Let me count the ways. Ask anyone who’s been in a long term relationship what the secret to success is and they’ll likely mention two things: You have to work at it every day and you have to make your partner feel special on the regular. That’s sound...
What is Thought Work?
“When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change” ~Wayne Dyer Recently, I wrote about neuroplasticity and how to use polysensory mental practice as a way to change the structure and function of your nervous system. Today I want to talk about...
Why mindfulness meditation doesn’t always work
If you’ve tried mindfulness meditation and haven’t been able to stick with it, I think I may know why. Mindfulness meditation involves focusing our attention on one stimulus (like our breath or a mantra) and being mindful of any thoughts or other sensations that may...
What is a sensory profile? And how is it connected to trauma?
I used to work as an occupational therapist for children with autism, ADHD, and other types of neurodivergence. One of the most effective treatment tools we had was the sensory profile because it allowed us to look at how school and home environments conflicted with...
How to turn hate and fear into love
One of the most difficult things I’ve done is learn how to love the person who abused me. When I was 26 years old, I made the incredibly difficult decision to cut my mother out of my life. In child abuse survivor circles, this is often called going “no contact” or NC...
You are a spiritual being having a human experience
Years ago, when I first heard the phrase, “You are a spiritual being having a human experience,” it felt comforting and like I was being given a pass from having to feel the burden of being human all the time. Oh yes, that’s right! This is just an experience,...
Do you know how to be proud of yourself?
The other day, my mentor asked me, “Are you proud of yourself?” I had just finished running my new course, Unconventional Tools for Healing, for the first time and was telling her how pleased I was to get some really lovely feedback from the participants. I stopped...
“You’re sick because you want people to see you as a person, not an object.”
I heard this sentence so clearly as I woke up in the middle of the night a few nights ago. I’d been reading Ram Dass’ Be Here Now just before I fell asleep and I’d had vibrant, psychedelic dreams about the nature of consciousness. (I guess that’s what I get for reading Be Here Now right before bed.) I don’t remember the dreams per se, but about an hour later I woke from a very vivid dream to those words...