Question: “I have heard of the importance of letting my feelings be there but wonder at what point am I giving feelings such as depression and anxiety too much attention. I am afraid I will get stuck in negativity.” Dear Reader, This is actually a pretty common exploration that happens in therapy. The theories I …
Question: I am a woman in my 30s recently diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. I experienced some challenges in college and my personal and professional life, because “I wasn’t like other women.” I don’t think of myself as the “typical person that has autism spectrum disorder and feel normal.” My therapist encouraged me to …
Ancient medicine, with its timeless attunement with nature, provides a complete complement to modern medicine’s approach that has developed immediate, branches-to-roots, symptom-oriented, and scientifically advanced medical solutions. Certainly, many of these modern solutions are undeniably important and necessary in particular circumstances, especially those of urgency and emergency. However, in order to balance this approach, we …
Attuning with the Seasons: Spring and the Wood Element Read More »
If you’re serious about a goal, you want to do everything you can to accomplish it. However, sometimes giving it all you have every day can backfire. If you feel like all your hard work has shown little to no results lately, there are a few reasons why. You may be overtraining and undertraining at …
When someone asks me what I do for a living now, I get to give the best response ever, the one I always dreamed of: I get to tell people that I get paid to have fun, to follow my bliss, that my job is to play. Finding and feeling joy is what Living Lumin …
Question: “Can you tell me more about anxiety and panic, particularly how to disrupt anxiety symptoms as they are intensifying?” Dear Reader, Anxiety can be experienced in a variety of unique ways, and each person may have a different way in which they “see” their anxiety symptoms present. This will not be a catch-all of …
Question: My 14-year-old daughter always wants to wear long sleeve shirts and cover her wrists. The other day, I saw scars on her wrists and inner thighs. She talks about how other girls in school cut themselves when they are upset, and I think she is cutting too but doesn’t want us to find out. …
Self-Harm Behavior in Adolescents: My teen cuts on her wrists. Now what? Read More »
This information is kindly brought to you by an interview with Kathy Jensen, Clinical Herbalist and Licensed Massage Therapist at Mind & Body Connection in Sioux City. In the rolling hills and plains of the Midwest, we have both the profound benefit and challenge of experiencing each one of the earthly seasons (sometimes, all in …
The best things in life usually happen outside. For me, like many, nature is one of the greatest inspirations and guides—in yoga and life. Ask, and you shall receive, seek, and you shall find. Like Thoreau, I go to the outdoors to live deliberately, find peace, experience joy, and rekindle wonder. To feel what it’s …
The Moon, the Bloom, and Other Signs from the Universe Read More »
When it comes to death and grief, I’ve experienced my fair share of both. I’m sure I’m not the only person that’s heard of the phrase “check on your strong friend”. Even though I heard of it after losing a very important person in my life, it’s a phrase that will always stick with me. …