Want to feel calmer, more peaceful and more in control of your life? TRE (Tension and Trauma Release Exercises) uses simple, gentle exercises to help you manage stress, relieve anxiety, reduce pain and release tension. Have you ever noticed your legs trembling or your...
When you think of ways to improve your life, I bet shaking doesn’t immediately spring to mind. But in fact shaking is a legitimate modality for helping people heal from the effects of challenging life events, stress and tension. It’s a natural response - I bet you’ve...
This is the second part of a story that started here. In case you missed the beginning, I’ve been writing about the things I learned when I read Healing Back Pain by Dr John Sarno. This book was revolutionary in my life and set me firmly on the path to thinking about...
Along my journey to becoming a life coach and working with people who struggle with chronic pain and other trauma after effects, I came across several books and resources that helped me change my life. My intention with this blog is to share some of these with you....
Recently, I’ve found myself telling the story of the boiled frog. Those who know me know I have a ‘little' frog-phobia, which makes it seem quite fitting (in a strangely perverse sort of way) that this is the story that launches my blog! Like all good fables, there...
I don’t know about you, but when I was little, I was taught that the ONLY way to do jigsaw puzzles was to find the corner pieces, then all the straight edged pieces. The first step was always to build the outside ‘frame’. The theory (to which I have wholeheartedly...