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A moment for darkness

The solstice is next week, marking the longest night of the year. Making it to this milestone has been a celebration in almost every...

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Our inner savings account

The holidays are here! And whether we love them or hate them, or some combination of the two, the holidays always guarantee a lot of...

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Glimmers are the new gratitude

We all have a lot to be thankful for, but gratitude can sometimes feel unapproachable. It’s often preached as a band-aid antidote for a...

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Our sixth sense

We all have an innate sixth sense of what’s happening inside us – like knowing when we’re about to get sick. There’s a constant stream of...

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You can't outthink your triggers

Last week I talked about the importance of choosing attention and how I direct my attention *towards* my panic while I’m in the throes of...

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Our attention matters

These last few years have taught me to not trust anything – a job, a boyfriend, my health, the day ahead of me. I’ve implicitly learned...

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What is trauma anyway?

I I’ve talked a lot about trauma. It’s a big word that most of us would shy away from claiming as our own. We typically associate the...

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A quick trick to reduce stress

There’s a reciprocal relationship between emotional states and breathing. If we’re not breathing well, we get stressed. And if we’re...

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Au contraire mind over matter

We all want to be that cool, calm, collected person. Unflappable in high stakes environments. Like Tom Brady looking left while bombing...

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What happens in Vagus stays in Vagus

The vagus nerve is an important, but rarely discussed, part of our periphery nervous system that controls and monitors all our vital...

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My Passion Is Now My Business

Neuroscience-based, executive performance coaching I recently spent a year in and out of the hospital, having seven surgeries to heal...