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Boost Your Mental Health with Experiential Diversity!
Feeling stuck? Bored? Lonely? Like you’re the star in the movie Groundhog Day? A simple way to boost your mental mood is to try something new!
Hope Can Change the World: Here’s How!
At times, the state of our world can feel hopeless: war, natural disasters, and pandemics. We as people can feel hopeless. Hope is not an emotion, but a cognitive process.
“The power to access the belief that things can get better, no matter the challenges, can quite literally change the world.” HERE ARE 7 WAYS TO PRACTICE HOPE.
The Meaning Is in the Search
“I know that you will one day be able to answer, “Who am I who sits here? What is it that I want?” Never stop asking, never stop searching, until you know the answers; the honor and the meaning is in the search.”
Why “Let’s Begin to Heal” in Relation to the Pandemic Won’t Work and 9 Practices That Will Help!
I keep hearing in relation to the pandemic, and especially in educational settings, let’s begin to heal, or let’s start the healing process. It strikes me as odd given that in the therapy world, it’s known that we are not able to heal trauma if we are still in it. And unfortunately, for us and our children, we are still in the pandemic. The uncertainty and loss of control continue as we do not know what is ahead?
Times have been tough. We all need each other more than ever. Our children are counting on us, watching us, learning how to navigate hard times. Here are 9 things to practice during this extended stressful time.
OUR LIFESTYLES ARE KILLING US + CREATING UNWELL CHILDREN
How come we continue to do so many things that are not good for us and our children? Our lifestyles are killing us and making our children unwell.
For some of us, that’s a literal statement. Mental and physical illnesses are on the rise in this country. High levels of stress, busyness, materialist and autonomous values, a lack of interpersonal connection, climate change, a toxic food system, high electronics use, and disconnection from nature. We are amid a spiritual and cultural crisis.
Coriander Living Collective encourages life satisfaction through connection to self, others, and the world by embracing one’s humanity and lifestyle with insight, intention, and action through psychotherapy & counseling, workshops & retreats, and collective growth practices. Join us!
Determined to “Win” Power Struggles with Your Kids?
As a parent, if you find yourself feeling ANGRY or CHALLENGED by your kid’s behavior and you think to yourself, “The battle is on! You’re not going to win little one!” DISENGAGE! DISENGAGE! DISENGAGE!
Your child is indicating to you that they need opportunities to exercise choice and display power in constructive ways, they need to feel CAPABLE AND SELF-RELIANT.
Uncovering and Using Your Guiding Values
If you are interested in uncovering your core values and how they can guide your life Coriander Living Collective is here to support you! We are also connected with several life coaches, and we would be happy to make you a referral!
Do You Do This When You Feel ANNOYED by Your KIDS?
As a parent, if you find yourself ANNOYED by your children’s behaviors it is often an indication that they need CONNECTION and attention.
Bibliotherapy: BIG MAGIC: Creative Living Without Fear
Do you have the courage to move beyond fear and create a meaningful life? How does one allow fear and creativity to co-exist? Is creativity gifted from the divine? Creativity can help us navigate life and overcome our struggles.
Bibliotherapy: Untamed by Glennon Doyle
I often say, “Everything there is to know, it can be found in a book.” Glennon Doyle’s, Untamed offered golden nuggets of wisdom that were delivered like punches to the gut! If you’re a woman or a mother, this book is for you. Doyle encourages us and calls us to action: “Here’s to the Untamed: May we know them. May we raise them. May we love them. May we read them. May we elect them. May we be them.”
Craving Support and Connection? 3 Ways to Get Those Needs Met ASAP!
As human beings, we’re social beings. If it wasn’t for being interdependent, we would not survive infancy. We need other people to thrive. Due to different technological advances, cultural shifts, and the pandemic, many people are finding themselves disconnected, lonely, and craving support.
Coriander Living Collective has 3 OFFERINGS TO HELP GET YOUR SUPPORT AND CONNECTION NEEDS MET.
The Benefits of Novelty and My Get Out and Try- St. Croix Valley Podcast Debut!
A few weeks back, I was invited to join a conversation with Katie Axel, founder of Get Out and Try- St. Croix Valley, on her podcast. We talked about Coriander Living Collective, psychotherapy, EMDR, and the benefits of novelty seeking for humans.
Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema Chödrön
What we put out into the world is a direct reflection of how we feel about ourselves. I have no doubt that the quickest way to heal our world, is for each of us to work on healing ourselves.
In Welcoming the Unwelcome Pema Chödrön shares practical ways to use Buddhist philosophy to greet polarization, failure, ego, and discomfort. She encourages radical acceptance, being in the here-and-now, compassion, and honoring the humanity in each of us as a way to build healthy culture.
Bibliotherapy: It’s Not Your Money: How to Live Fully from Divine Abundance by Tosha Silver
“The power of constant incoming grace, the joy of receiving, the arrival of synchronicity after synchronicity, like crashing waves onto the sacred shore of your life- now that is true abundance.” Let that settle into your bones.
Lifestyle Series PART 1: Healing and Pain Come from Lifestyle
Not many people show up to therapy stating, “I sleep, eat, breath, and live well plus I’m socially connected, I love my job, and I feel significant and secure.” Instead, I hear things like “I’m lonely, I hate my job, I can’t sleep, I worry, I feel lost, or I’m in crisis.” All these things are about lifestyle. And with intention, insight, and action we can choose a different style of living.