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INTRODUCING! Stephanie Larson, MSW, LICSW MN, LCSW WI
I am so excited to welcome psychotherapist and clinical social worker, Stephanie Larson, MSW, LICSW MN, LCSW WI to Coriander Living Collective! Adding Stephanie increases Coriander Living Collective’s ability to serve therapy clients in Minnesota and Wisconsin!
She has immediate openings for individual new clients ages 14+ to older adults in WI and MN.
What Are You Moving Away from as 2022 Ends and Towards as 2023 Begins?
In life, we are constantly moving towards somethings, and away from other things. It could be people, places, feelings, or thoughts. Being aware of what we move towards and what we move away from demonstrates our preferences, habits, fears, desires, and boundaries. The more awareness you have about how and what you move towards and away from, and why, the better able you are to be an intentional choicemaker. We always have the power of choice.
Happy Thanksgiving and the Gift of Presence!
The greatest gift we can give someone is our presence. Our full attention. To be present. To participate totally in conversation. To listen empathetically. To be curious. To be a silent witness. To hold space for the emotions and thoughts of another. To connect with spirit.
What’s the Antidote for Loneliness?
More people than ever before are endorsing a sense of loneliness. Loneliness is the feeling of being sad and unhappy due to social isolation. For many of us, our modern lifestyles are leading to a sense of disconnection.
Common Sense and Emotional Embodiment
Embodiment is a form of mindfulness. Mindfulness is about cultivating a deep sense of awareness and understanding of ‘Who am I?’ The better you understand your inner emotional landscape, the more authentically you can show up in the world. And with all the challenges facing our world, we need creative solutions brought by authentic people. How can I sense you? If I can’t sense me?
How to Be Steady in an Unsteady World? FIND YOUR CENTER!
According to Open Floor International, signs finding your center might be a growth edge for you might include:
• Feeling clumsy, unstable
• Getting easily overwhelmed, doubts self
• Confused, lacks focus, short attention span
• Feels hollow, lacks meaning or purpose
• Needy and not accountable in relationships
Come play with finding your center at Open Floor Dance 101 & Moving Meditation on Sunday, November 6th, 2022!
Do You Get “SAD” in the Winter? 9 WAYS to WARD OFF Seasonal Affective Disorder
It’s that time of year in the Midwest, when it gets cooler and daylight is limited, and we know winter is coming. Many people notice a drop in mood, less interest in social activities, sleeping more, weight gain, and lower energy during the winter. Some people’s symptoms rise to the level of meeting the clinical criteria for seasonal affective disorder (SAD) which is a depressive disorder. Research supports that the reduction in light exposure affects the neurotransmitter function of the tryptophan-serotonin-melatonin pathways leading to SAD symptoms.
Coriander Living Collective Now Offering Clinical Supervision!
Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN is excited to join the field as a clinical supervisor who can supervise LPC and LPCC applicants in MN. She also is qualified to provide supervision in WI. She respectfully accepts the honor and responsibility of contributing to the health and safety of clinical practice and shepherding in the next generation of therapists.
If you are interested in clinical supervision, please contact Coriander Living Collective to discuss the possibility.
ABUNDANT YOGA COMMUNITY
I am honored to announce that I have been elected to serve as a Board Member-at-Large for the yoga non-profit, Abundant Yoga Community (AYC)! AYC was founded in 2019 by Tracey Mortenson, the owner of Inspiring Actions Yoga to create accessibility for all to yoga. Its mission is “Yoga is for everyone. Yoga changes lives. Community is everything. We help yoga teacher, health workers, school, and yoga studios bring yoga to those in need.”
What Are You Doing with Your One Life?
I was at the Adler Academy of Minnesota’s Annual Conference last week on grief and we wrote a Haiku during the training which we then shared in a small group. It made me remember how powerful poetry can be.
What are you doing with your one life? Is it working? Or maybe not so much?! Coriander Living Collective is here to support you in creating a life well lived.
BEYOND TALK THERAPY: You Don’t Have to Talk About “It” to Heal “It!” + Welcome to Open Floor 101!
Coriander Living Collective offers three types of intervention that are able to access the lower brainstem, middle emotional brain, and body to metabolize stress and trauma responses: 1) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), 2) Brainspotting, and 3) Open Floor resource based-mindful movement classes and workshops.
This Fall, I have two OPEN FLOOR DANCE/MOVING MEDITATION Series scheduled. These are beginner courses for those new to mindful movement and dance. Look, come move, heal, and claim wholeness!
Brainspotting + Learn Self-Spotting
BRAINSPOTTING is a promising therapy for most types of symptoms such as sleep disturbance, low mood, anxiety, irritability, negative beliefs, interpersonal issues, trauma and stress responses, and chronic pain. Come learn about BRAINSPOTTING and how to SELF-SPOT for regulation.
Our ANS + Benefits of Spending Time in Nature
One way to intervene and support our Autonomic Nervous System is through spending time in nature. Time in nature reduces stress, improves well-being, and moves us into a ventral vagal state where we can connect with others. Come engage with nature at Two Bees and a Bud Flower Farm on Saturday, 9/17/22 from 11-1pm. We would love to see you out!
Happy 2nd Anniversary Coriander Living Collective!
It is with a grateful and happy heart that I announce Coriander Living Collective’s 2nd Anniversary! This business that I’ve built with the support of many, and the trust of even more people, has afforded me a meaningful vocation, and the freedom and lifestyle flexibility that my soul craved for so many years!
Trauma and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
EMDR is an information processing therapeutic approach that allows the whole person to reprocess disturbing experiences shifting them into adaptative outcomes. EMDR treats most types of symptoms such as anxiety, grief, and PTSD. If you are seeking treatment beyond talk therapy, results, and true healing EMDR may be for you. Please contact, Certified EMDR Therapist, Cori Hildebrandt for a free consultation.
Practice the PAUSE, Take in Nature, and Support Your Nervous System!
Many of us spend our days rushing from one task to the next, not aware of what’s happening in our bodies. We function on autopilot. That is taxing on our nervous systems. Here’s a technique that can be done in literally a few seconds: THE PAUSE!
BIBLIOTHERAPY: Love Worth Making: How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship by Stephen Snyder, M.D.
As humans, we are sexual beings. Our sexual development, sexual health, sexual expression, and sexual satisfaction contribute to our overall well-being. And yet often, for different reasons, many struggle around sexuality.
Dr. Stephen Snyder is a sex therapist in Manhattan. His book, Love Worth Making: How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship includes three parts: Your Sexual Self, Women and Men, and Sex for Life. Dr. Snyder writes with a no-nonsense, direct approach that offers practical actions to better sex in a long-lasting relationship.
Our 4 Relational Hungers
As human beings, we are relational beings. Relationships are intertwined with our survival. Relationships meet our needs for belonging, security, and significance. We’re in relationship not just with people, but with ourselves, nature, spirit, ancestry, creativity, and ideas.
The mindful movement and conscious dance practice of Open Floor International identifies Four Relational Hungers.
• SOLITUDE: left alone, self, turn inward
• CONNECTION: excited/nourished by partner, intimacy
• BELONGING: part of group, union, welcomed
• SPIRIT: part of flow, be held by something beyond
FOOD! How to Be Less Overwhelmed by Feeding Yourself and Others!
Like most things, being intentional creates change and benefit. If you are serious about feeling better. Get serious about caring for your basic needs and providing your body the nutrition it needs! Need support? Coriander Living is here for you. Let’s talk food!
The 4 Dimensions of Embodiment
The mindful movement and conscious dance practice of Open Floor International is an embodiment practice. Embodiment is about inhabiting our full selves. Being at home in our bodies. Our ability to connect with what it means to be human and to be moving through life.
Open Floor teaches and identifies 4 Dimensions of Embodiment: physical, emotional, mind, and soul.