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“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?
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?
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
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?
“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?
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?
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?
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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A Pause on Swim Coaching and Personal Training
It was with heavy heart that I sent emails to the relevant folks that I was putting a pause on my swim coaching and personal training, with an undefined restart time. The pandemic had a huge role in this decision, having closed my ability to take clients the pool I trained them in, and also…
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Sauna Mats are Awesome!
About a year ago I was turned onto Far Infrared and Infrared light in detoxing. I was amazed that this little handheld unit could provoke a reaction so high as to fatigue me by mid afternoon. Then, I was introduced to saunas. Looking into the myriad of types available, I didn’t feel like an enclosed…
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Ketogenic Diet Talk at PerformanceGaines
Last month I did a talk on the ketogenic diet at my gym PerformanceGaines. Check it out here:
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A Million Years of Evolution Appearing Right Before My Eyes
This week I’ve got 6 full days learning about Frequency Specific Microcurrent. Having had some pretty amazing results with a nerve entrapment issue, and then some equally amazing results with spinal issues, I had to sign up for their next class which just happened to be in my backyard here in SF! Yesterday was a…
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I passed the Russian Kettlebell Certification (RKC) with Dan John August 17-18, 2019 Torrance, CA
This post is a bit late, having now been nearly 4 weeks after I passed the RKC but it’s one that needs to be done! About 4 months prior, I saw that an RKC was announced on the West Coast in Southern California, and with Dan John. For those of you who might not know…
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Potato Hack: Diet that Involves Eating Only White Potatoes
I learned of the Potato Hack in my health coach course. Apparently it’s been around for a long time: 1849 to be exact! Read more about its origins and its simple nature at Potatohack.com. I also bought the book, The Potato Hack: Weight Loss Simplified by Tim Steele, which helped explain a lot of things.…
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Visceral Fat and Stress
I just encountered an interesting fact about visceral fat, which is that stress is a cause in the formation of visceral fat. How interesting this is, on a variety of levels. What is visceral fat? It’s the fat surrounding your organs, not under your skin. Even if you are skinny, you could have a lot…
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