Goal setting and the art of resilience Goals are something that I get really excited about. I think from a young age I learned how to set them and achieve them and from that practice it has become second-nature. I get many compliments very often about how ambitious I am and how when I dream something up I make it …
TAA010 Breaking Free from Codependency: The journey of independent emotional health
The definition of “codependency” is excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner, typically a partner who requires support due to an illness or addiction. Here’s the thing… When we are codependent on someone or something outside of ourselves, we make ourselves out to be incomplete. Just think of the word “dependent” = I can’t survive without you. Usually when …
TAA009 Detox your body and mind for better energy, clarity, and health
3 parts of detox: Preparation During After Preparation: Make sure you have a few days to chill, even if you don’t feel tired, it’s essential. Stock up on veggies, fruits and supplements. Supplements I recommend: B Vitamins, Milk Thistle, Vitamin C, and a good cleanse formula with turmeric, dandelion root, fennel, just to name a few. During: Expect that around …
TAA008 Boundaries for healthy relationships, preserving love, and honoring ourselves
PROPER BOUNDARIES COME FROM A PLACE OF LOVE. If you are angry, frustrated, and mad, you’ll want to work through those emotions before you do any boundary work. Write down all your feelings and work through them until you can get to a space of calm, peace and love. Remember the reason you are upset is not because this person …
TAA007 How to Create Self Love and Unconditional Self Love
Self-love has been a topic that has been coming up a lot in my coaching practice. A lot of the time when we trace down the route of why we don’t keep promises to ourselves, of why we constantly overwhelm ourselves, of why we don’t know how to say no. It comes down to lack of self-love. I personally did …
TAA006 Food Addiction
What is the problem? I’m going to start with addiction in general and then more specifically address Food Addiction. Addiction is a chronic disconnection from ourselves. An addict cannot stand being in the present moment and/or does not know how to just be. So as addicts we don’t know how to release ourselves from the grips of our minds. Parts …
TAA005 The Process of Change Part 2
Change is difficult and the brain doesn’t like change. It’s uncomfortable so in this episode I discuss ways to make things a little more comfortable to make our path of change more sustainable. Everyone has a different threshold for what they can tolerate as far as negative emotions. So we want to look at what we are craving and how …
TAA004 The Process of Change Part 1
Wanting to evolve and change is natural. Life is fluid. If we don’t start to change typically it will start to manifest in our lives in different ways. For example, anxiety, depression, apathy, and so forth. Yoga Sutra 1.14 This practice becomes well-grounded when continued with reverent devotion and without interruption over a long period of time. So we need …
TAA003 Mindfulness Part 2
Mindfulness Part 2 It’s amazing how quickly we disconnect from ourselves in happy times as well as in times when we really need to be there for ourselves. Be there for myself. What an interesting concept I mean, I’m here like sitting here, doesn’t that mean I’m present? Well, yes and no. We can be be sitting even in front …
TAA002 Mindfulness Part 1
Mindfulness Part 1 “Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.” I love this quote and for me it makes the racing horses that are my mind kind of cease. I release all the little things I get caught up in that I think are important in that very …