I’ve been so excited about neuroscience lately! I’m learning about things like neuroplasticity which is our ability to change our habits no matter how old we are. I’m learning that we all have negative bias which means we’re hard-wired to dwell on our negative experiences instead of the positive ones (it’s a problem-solving mechanism for us humans). And then there’sContinue reading “Take a Peek Inside Your Mind”
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Movement Awareness
A simple way to connect to your body is to move it in any easy way and really feel what’s happening. Develop mindful awareness of sensations like joint range of motion, breath rhythm and a sense of circulation. If you raise one arm, how high does it go without pain? Take that arm into aContinue reading “Movement Awareness”
The Gift of a Quiet Mind
I’ve been writing about gifts to give yourself as a way of approaching different aspects of healing and developing awareness. This month I’m diving deeper into this idea of giving yourself the gift of a quiet mind. Have you tried to meditate and find that your mind just insists on chattering away? Maybe you’re tryingContinue reading “The Gift of a Quiet Mind”
How’s Your Heart?
Back in December I wrote about gifts to give yourself and the first one was a peaceful heart. What were your thoughts on that? Did you pause and wonder what I was talking about? I’m using the word ‘heart’ for convenience, but I don’t mean the organ that pumps your blood. I mean your emotionsContinue reading “How’s Your Heart?”
5 Best Things to Give Yourself
Here are the 5 best things to give yourself this holiday season! (And they don’t cost a penny) A Peaceful Heart Sounds kind of silly doesn’t it, giving yourself a peaceful heart? What is that anyway? With so much agitation in the world–whether its politics, wildfires, or your own personal storms–it’s so important to takeContinue reading “5 Best Things to Give Yourself”
Did You Reflect?
Here we are at the transition – summer into fall. How was your summer? Did you get some time away? Did you have time to reflect – time to step back and think about your life and work, your projects, relationships, or your health? Jennifer Porter, of the Harvard Business Review says, “Reflection gives theContinue reading “Did You Reflect?”
ChallengeCancer.com interviews Michelle
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Loving Kindness for Donald Trump
For this Valentine’s Day I intend to spend the day, to the best of my ability, in Loving Kindness. Loving Kindness is a practice of developing compassion and friendliness toward yourself and others. It’s a mindfulness practice that comes out of the Buddhist tradition and it helps us to cultivate an open heart, to seeContinue reading “Loving Kindness for Donald Trump”
Renunciation
This week I had my first colonoscopy. Wow, what an experience! As some of you may know, the hardest part is preparing which involves some fasting and then an uncomfortable period of evacuating. The interesting piece for me is the fasting, the renunciation. No grains, no nuts, no seeds, no corn; the process starts aboutContinue reading “Renunciation”
Dream Yoga
I’ve been interested lately in Dream yoga. This was sparked by an article by Andrew Holecek and his research on the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep. The basic premise is that in sleep you are most spiritually awake – a vast array of experiences are available to you; you are not encumbered by the earth’s physicalContinue reading “Dream Yoga”