As a child I remember watching my grandfather sitting on his reclining chair doing… nothing. Tv wasn’t on nor was he reading. His eyes were closed but he wasn’t sleeping. I remember being confused whenever I asked him what he was doing and he would simply respond,...
Just go for a run…. Research tells us exercise is a great stress reliever because it can help blow off steam and release endorphins, but when we are feeling overwhelmed the last thing we want to do is add another thing to our to-do list. The challenge with...
Got monkey brain? The state of overwhelm lives in your mind created by a constant cycle of thoughts that take over leaving you feeling hijacked. I call this monkey brain. Why monkey brain? Because when I’m experiencing the never ending thought cycle of overwhelm it...
Self-care isn’t selfish… but it can seem that way. Lately self-care has turned into this buzz word. Everyone is talking about it, but have you noticed there isn’t a discussion on what it means? You can google self-care and receive 4.4 billion...
How often do you feel overwhelmed? Being overwhelmed is something we don’t like to admit. We should be able to handle it. Someone else has it way worse. It’s not THAT bad… The list of reasons we tell ourselves to try to push the overwhelm away can go on forever, and...
Welcome to the new Happy + Healthy Place! When I decided to go to massage school it was because I wanted to be a different kind of therapist. Way back then, in 2004 I knew I wanted to approach the body, and specifically pain, in a different way, treating the whole...