Aug 12, 2015 | Embodiment, Self-Care
I’ve experienced physical anxiety as long as I can remember. The anxiety definitely fueled my chronic stress crisis, and my chronic stress state also fueled the anxiety. A vicious cycle. When I got to the point I could not function one more day as I had been,...
Aug 4, 2015 | Embodiment, Self-Care
Oh, the irony. I have blog post topics scheduled out about 6 months in advance. I have not had a panic attack in several years, and ended up having a mild one around 2:30 Sunday AM. (no worries, I am OK and taking care of myself. I teach what I practice, not the other...
Jul 14, 2015 | Embodiment, Self-Care
Does the way you breathe signal tension and fear or calm and relaxation? Are those with high self-expectations and high stress more likely to breathe shallowly than an easy-go-lucky partner or friend? I was a reverse breather for a loonnnng time, unnecessarily...
Jul 7, 2015 | Poems, Self-Care
Don’t take yourself so seriously The world does not depend on your effort Don’t take yourself so seriously it burdens the psyche and closes the heart Don’t take yourself so seriously My teacher says seriousness is a disease! There’s a spring in...
Jun 9, 2015 | Personal Growth, Self-Care
“The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care! Right?!!!” #WRONG – Dexter Holland in song ‘Self-Esteem’ by Offspring Maggie was over halfway through the Freedom from Chronic Stress Program. As we talked over Skype for Session 6:...
