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I hope the posts and videos on this blog stimulate you to think differently about your health. I'm sharing from the perspective of my training as a homeopath and my experience practicing meditation and somatic healing for over twenty years.
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Life Transformation Intensive Graduates Share Their Experiences
Graduates of the fall 2019 Life Transformation Intensive share their experiences in the program.
Trauma-based component at the root of most chronic diseases
Trauma that we experienced in childhood or at any point in life can continue to consume part of our vital life energy today.
The Life Transformation Intensive - A Participant's Journal
One of the participants of the Life Transformation Intensive has created weekly excerpts from the journal. I hope some part of her story inspires you to believe in the possibilities for your own healing.
The way out of pain can be found deep within it
It’s possible to move through suppressed pain with authenticity and grace.
Healing begins by the simple act of being willing to listen within.
I like to remind myself and others that healing begins by the simple act of being willing to listen within for the answers.
Being as we are is so hard for most of us, that we have to practice allowing, marking space for what is, and accepting ourselves every day.
Accepting ourselves with all our current limitations, and simply being as we are is challenging for most people.
Trying To Be Strong
Many people with health struggles try and be strong for their kids, for their spouses, or for whoever they perceive needs them.
LTI journey has begun
When people asked me about the opening retreat day for the Life Transformation Intensive, I answered, “It was everything I hoped it would be.
I’m doing everything right
You can do everything right and still have flare-ups and feel terrible.
When don’t know our boundaries until we meet them
People have all kinds of ideas about what they will and won’t do but often those personal rules get broken.
You can still be a work in progress
I love kind soulful friends who encourage me to be compassionate with myself. I’m blessed to have a few such friends my life. One of them reminded me this morning that it’s quite okay to be a work in progress.
Why being sick isn't only a bad ride.
Nobody wishes or chooses to be chronically ill. By any reasonable standard, it’s a rough ride.
What's your relationship with your limits?
Everyone I know with chronic struggles has a history of living beyond they’re personal limits.
Life Transformation Intensive
A 7-week intensive that will teach you the tools you need for radical healing.
Do you know how to heal?
Healing is a skill. It requires a framework to understand the process and a set of tools to navigate along the passage.
How much have you changed in the past 20 years?
I spent the last few hours revisiting my life from twenty years ago in Ithaca, NY and find myself wondering how much I’ve changed in twenty years and how much I’m the same.
How do you tolerate the unknown in your healing?
If you’ve been working to heal a chronic struggle, you know how challenging it can be.
The pain people can handle and the pain they cannot
One of the most common complaints I hear from people in pain is that they can’t tell people how they are actually doing