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Year: 2023

  • “All of Me is Welcome”

    “All of Me is Welcome”

    “All of me is welcome” Close your eyes, and whisper it to yourself. What comes up for you? What does it evoke inside you and in your feelings? I encountered this phrase in my Shamanic Reiki training. It is an invocation that we use in some of our meditations. It’s probably one of the most…

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  • Have You Scanned Your Body Lately?

    Have You Scanned Your Body Lately?

    One of the great elements of somatic coaching is helping people get more in tune with what is happening within their bodies. Why might you want to do that? Simply put, to become more aware of what is happening within, and how the body reacts to certain stimuli from our environment. It’s often information that…

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  • Do We Really Need to Make Everything About Warfare?

    Do We Really Need to Make Everything About Warfare?

    In today’s workplace, and even in our lives, there is so much conflict, so many adversarial relationships, and not enough collaborating, connecting, and even kindness towards one another. The language we use reflects not only our inner nature, but also continues the cycle of whatever we express. Do we want to live in a world…

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  • Habits Don’t Work

    Habits Don’t Work

    Many of my clients come to me asking for help on their habits. But yet they are having a lot of trouble building and sustaining habits. What is going on here? The habit gurus out there would have you think that habits are all you need to transform your life. Just keep at it consistently…

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  • Feeling Lost?

    Feeling Lost?

    “Unable to find one’s way”“Very confused or insecure or in great difficulties”“Denoting something that has been taken away or cannot be recovered”“Time and opportunity not used advantageously; wasted” When I looked up ‘lost’, I found these in the Oxford Language dictionary online. So well stated too – how many of these apply to you right…

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  • Got Tiger Mom?

    Got Tiger Mom?

    Many years ago, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua came out. It coined the phrase “Tiger Mom” and forever attached that term to Asian Americans and their parents who seemed driven to ensure that their kids would excel. Growing up, I was in the middle of a Tiger Mom jungle. It showed…

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  • What Does Your Body Know Anyways?

    What Does Your Body Know Anyways?

    Many people ask me, what is this somatic coaching you practice? Or are intrigued by my tag line of holistic coaching of the body, mind, and spirit and wonder what I mean by coaching of the body. It turns out that the experiences we humans go through in life are often stored in our body.…

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  • Overwhelmed By Too Many Options, Too Many Thoughts?

    Overwhelmed By Too Many Options, Too Many Thoughts?

    Is your mind filled with thoughts? Worried about making the wrong choice? Do you find your mind racing and chasing negative outcomes of an uncertain future? You’re not alone – so many of clients come to me suffering from their minds filled with all sorts of worries and scenarios, and feeling frozen and not able…

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