Heartburn and Your Mood
Heartburn and your mood is PART 2 of my PODCAST SERIES on Mental Health and Your Gut If you think Heartburn is a minor symptom- think again. Acid reflux and mood disorders share a very close link. Unlike what we were made to believe, reflux is actually caused by insufficient levels of stomach acid. Causes […]
Mental Health and Your Gut- Part 1 Got Constipation?
Mental Health and Your Gut is a series designed to show you how our gut is connected to anxiety and depression and provide solutions to improve your mental well-being by optimizing your capacity to digest food and absorb nutrients. Part 1 is about how constipation can lead to recirculation of toxins and imbalance of your […]
Where is Our Psychological First Aid?- PODCAST
Where Is Our Psychological First Aid? I first learned of this term at the National Wellness Conference. Tramaine EL-Amin was a keynote speaker. She is the Assistant Vice-President of Strategic Initiatives National Council for Behavioral Health. Her talk was titled ” Mental Wellbeing: Always Important, Now Essential”‘ I was really drawn to the term “Mental […]
What Is Your Resilience Story? – The Secret Power of Stress PODCAST EPISODE 2
What is your resilience story? We all have challenges that shape our character and help us grow. The past few months have tested our resilience. I believe we are hardwired to not only recover from adversity, but also grow and transform. In this Podcast I talk about sharing your Resilience Story. I have completed Joel […]
Resilience and Thriving – The Secret Power of Stress PODCAST EPISODE 1
A tool in transforming stress into strength is our understanding of different levels of pain and happiness. Each of us tends to have a “set point”. What Is A Set Point? In reference to happiness, we all have a “set point” for the expected amount of joy, happiness or pain and anguish and we tend […]
Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
Can you feel the love tonight? The words of this song came to my mind as I was thinking about the term “social distancing”. I have never liked this term as I know the science of how social connections support wellness and how love and gratitude literally balance our nervous system. People and families already […]
Perhaps there is something more – PART 2
Perhaps there is something more. I heard the analogy of the caterpillar becoming the butterfly twice today so I knew it was a message I had to hear! There is no doubt that we are in a time a transformation and just like the caterpillar, it is uncomfortable as we are preparing for a new […]
Perhaps There is Something More……. PART 1
Perhaps there is something more for us in store that is a better version than the “BC” (Before Corona Virus) version. I don’t know about you, but I am determined to come out of this a better version of myself. I do know this will be the only way I can make sense of this […]
Navigating Difficult Emotions on My Birthday
Having a birthday during the pandemic triggered a lot of emotion for me. This was NOT what I was expecting on my birthday….. but none of what we are experiencing was expected! Somehow the “occasion” of celebrating a birthday unleashed emotions I had been storing. How are you doing with navigating your mental and emotional […]