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Redefining Resilience

Redefining Resilience

When you ask folks how they define resilience they will often describe a person who is able to bounce back. Devika Shankar – guest on the Beyond Trauma podcast

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Combating Not Enoughness

We all feel at times that we are not enough, don’t have enough, maybe even that we will never be enough. These feelings can stop us in our tracks…

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Control Might be a Sign of Trauma

Control Might be a Sign of Trauma

Do you have a boss, friend, partner or parent who is super controlling? Do they try to micro manage each situation, predict outcomes and control what you do?

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Value Hour

Value Hour

I’ve always known that creating healthy, sustainable habits was of the utmost importance. It’s the process I most engage in with my coaching clients…

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The critical nature of habits

The critical nature of habits

I’ve always known that creating healthy, sustainable habits was of the utmost importance. It’s the process I most engage in with my coaching clients…

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Do you do too much?

Do you do too much?

There is a common saying that twenty percent of our actions yield eighty percent of our results but unfortunately it’s hard to figure out which twenty.

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Finding Confidence

Finding Confidence

Finding Confidence is a tricky thing… too much and we seem fake or rude or self-involved. Too little and we seem weak, childish, and awkward.

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Stress Lives in the Body

Stress Lives in the Body

Anyone who has ever worked as a personal trainer, yoga teacher, or even a waiter or waitress at a restaurant, knows that stress lives in the body.

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Healing Trauma with Nature

Healing Trauma with Nature

Healing trauma is complicated and often requires a multilayered approach which includes multiple practices centered around dispersing trapped energy and …

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How to apologize

How to apologize

One of the things we have to start learning as yoga teachers, trauma informed yoga teachers, and humans is that we don’t know everything.

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Quieting Your Inner Critic

Quieting Your Inner Critic

Your inner critic does not have to win. I can say that with confidence because mine was the worst. My insecurities got in my way big time. They stopped me…

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Feeling Good

Feeling Good

Lots of folks when they start getting into yoga, meditation, and mindfulness are looking to ease stress AND many are also considering how they may improve…

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