Art Therapy Opens Doors
As a certified art therapist, I of course have to open the discussion of Art Therapy. I love Art Therapy as it engages the mind and body in ways that are distinct from verbal articulation alone, it opens the door to interpret how they are feeling in a different way. This form of therapy invites […]
Taking Responsibility for Your Own Health
There is a need for you to take responsibility for their own health. This means to take active measures to keep and improve your health, accept help, such as an exercise coach, or taking meditation classes and not offloading all your health responsibility onto your doctor or other professionals. This means being active in managing […]
Trust in the Ability to Heal
Let’s face it, it is easier to heal from an injury when you have a solid bill of health before the event. So, keeping with a healthy regime to start is a good practice. The human body possesses an enormous, astonishing, and persistent capacity to heal itself. Self-healing is important because it allows us to […]
Rest
The importance of rest, if we practice taking time in our day for rest there are many positive benefits. It prevents stress, prevents injury, boosts creativity, enhances mood, better mental health, more energy, improves your sleep, increases productivity, assist with body recovery, relief of chronic pain, stronger cardiovascular system, muscle repair, increases immune health etc. […]
Temperance
The term temperance is defined as moderation or voluntary self-restraint. It is typically described in terms of what a person voluntarily refrains from doing. This includes restraint from revenge by practicing mercy and forgiveness, restraint from arrogance by practicing humility and modesty, restraint from excesses such as extravagant luxury or splurging, restraint from overindulgence in […]
Exercise
Exercise: is good for both the body and mind. There are so many physical benefits such as reducing risk of high blood pressure, heart function, diabetes control, building healthy strong bones improve circulation, muscle and joints, digesting foods, reduces stress and increases those happy hormones. Want to increase your energy levels, exercise can help with […]
Sunshine
The benefits of sunshine are endless so here are just a few thoughts. Sunshine is where we obtain vitamin D. This is critical because it helps the body absorb calcium. It also helps the body keep the right amount of of calcium and phosphorous in the blood. Without calcium your bones would become thin, brittle […]
Water
Water: Every single cell is made up of water including 75% of the water in our bodies. Water is critical for the life and function of the cells, tissue and organs in the body. This includes, thought process, movement, nerve function, blood circulation, temperature, dissolves minerals and nutrients, making them more accessible to the body, […]
Air
The air we breathe plays an essential role in our health. Long term exposure to polluted air can compromise the health and functioning of the cells and organs of our body, this can lead to increased susceptibility to infections and various forms of disease. In the last blog we discussed air and clean air day […]
Trust in the Universe
There is always going to be uncertainty in life. The one certain thing is that there will be uncertainty, I guarantee it but, we have to trust in the universe and what it sends us. Some of us are more tolerant of uncertainty in life, we all have at least one person we know that […]
What Is In My Control
What is in my control is a good question to ask yourself. Often, we labour over things we have no control over. We lose sleep and stress ourselves out with things that are not in our control. I will often work with this in session and is a great conversation to have with yourself and […]
Embracing Fear
In Blog #67 we went through how fear comes from the response of the amygdala and for the benefit of our survival. Fear is instinctual. In this Blog I want to touch on the topic of how we could embrace fear. In Blog 67 we touched on that fight, flight, freeze is instinctual. Generally speaking […]