Autoimmune diseases refer to problems with the immune system, which usually fights off viruses, bacteria, and infection. The problem causes your immune cells to attack your body by mistake. These diseases can affect almost any part of the body. (NIH) The immune system gets confused. It attacks the one it is supposed to protect. When …
yes, it\’s okayif you\’ve hit your limitif you have little or no bandwidthyesit\’s okay that is where I am right now.note: this is not a post for pityI am not seeking attentionI feel like a wrung-out ragand I want to say it out loudfor meand alsofor anyone who should find thiswho has also hit their …
Really, really hard times we are living in. A political situation that is beyond politics. It\’s….about morals. About humanity. There is so much anger and aggression and conflict. It\’s getting deadly now-literally. A worldwide pandemic that has brought the planet to its knees. The few things we are beginning to know less than a year …
I laid on the table today, face down, while he worked out my fascia (which he called \”all twisted up\”–oh, is THAT why my back hurts??). It was just us in his office. He had to let his administrative person go, because the business is suffering in COVID-19. He took my temperature himself when I …
This week I posted on my Facebook page three metaphors to try to explain to people what it can be like to be Highly Sensitive, an Empath, and/or live with a trauma history. here is the post. First of all: This is a sharing of my own experience and what works for me. It may …
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A dear friend texted me tonight. She had an experience that, well, unsettled her. And on top of feeling unsettled, she couldn\’t put her finger on why it did. Which was more…unsettling. And it wasn\’t anything earth-shattering, or really bad. Which made it more confusing, to her. She said things like: I don\’t know if …
I want to write a blog post. I started one earlier today. But I was writing it for….well, you (whoever may be reading this). Not *from* me. I have had an eventful, meaningful last two weeks: I went to Jen Pastiloff\’s retreat at Kriplau, which as always cracked me open in ways I didn\’t realize …
Recently, I was presenting at a conference. It was a conference of mostly folks who worked with ex-offenders coming from incarceration.the presentation was on vicarious (or secondary) trauma, and its relationship to self-care—and the importance of the latter to offset the former. I had a Power Point, I told some stories from my work, yadda, …
[Hey! Pssst! you reading this! Are you feeling overwhelmed or run down? did you know about my self-care group?PUTTING OURSELVES FIRST: CREATING SELF CARE An 4-week online offering starting April 2For class info, and to register, click here] I was fortunate enough to be able to attend Jen Pastiloff\’s workshop ON BEING HUMAN this weekend, …
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Do you feel the need for more self-care in your life?Do you make promises to care for yourself, only to find yourself, well, not doing that?ME TOO.Are you Highly Sensitive?Are you an Empath? SO AM I. This class is for everyone….but if you find yourself feeling run down, yearning for more balance, and you are …
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