Finding Gratitude with Chronic Pain
Finding Gratitude with Chronic Pain … Keep ReadingFinding Gratitude with Chronic Pain
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Getting Quieter
A little less social media, a little less internet connection…and a lot more of the present moment. … Keep ReadingGetting Quieter
The Journey
The black gooey potion I swallowed to go on a Shamanic Journey – and the truth that was revealed … Keep ReadingThe Journey
Starting Over
Today I bought a new surfboard. A surfboard for starting over. Ironically it is almost identical to my very first surfboard seven years ago almost to the day. … Keep ReadingStarting Over
Re-Injured and Wanting to Give up
Who am I if I can’t go back to who I was? Who am I without my body? … Keep ReadingRe-Injured and Wanting to Give up
Energy Healing: Day 1
So that’s day one. I don’t know what to make of it. But I’ll take it! … Keep ReadingEnergy Healing: Day 1
Energy Healing with Herbs
I’m about to go take my first dose of everything. I can’t wait to see what happens. I’ll be sharing any and all results as they take place. Thanks for joining my journey!
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The Root Cause of My Injury is the Same as My Eating Disorder
My messed up relationship with my body created both an eating disorder and a back injury. They are one in the same. I used control and self inflicted pain, “mind over matter” in order to accomplish a goal: Control my body.
… Keep ReadingThe Root Cause of My Injury is the Same as My Eating Disorder
In Conversation with my Body: The Feedback Loop
I really don’t know how much is too much. So I constantly have to check in. I’m starting to understand my body in a whole new way. … Keep ReadingIn Conversation with my Body: The Feedback Loop
Injury
I’ve injured every disk in my lumber spine. When the doctor told me absolutely no more surfing or yoga…well, that was almost too much to bear. … Keep ReadingInjury
Ending my Love Affair with Calories and Cardio
A nasty diet culture thought instantly popped into my head, “Those things have like 300 calories, that would pretty much cancel out my workout.”
Cancel out my workout… WHOA! What a sec, my workout had nothing to do with calories. My workout was because I WANTED to workout … Keep ReadingEnding my Love Affair with Calories and Cardio
11 Mistakes that Killed my Relationships: and what I’m doing about it
There is no happily ever after. There is no end game. There is this moment. There is the instant-by-instant fluid movement of me, him and this third entity “The Relationship”. Hold loosely, risk boldly.
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How small do you want me to be?
To those men out there who feel the need to insult me, my surfing, and the places I enjoy surfing, I’m sorry.
I’m sorry that our society has taught you that you always need to be superior to women especially in acts of bravery and physicality. You were lied to. Seeing a woman capable of expressing her internal strength reminds you that you’ve been running from your own power. And that is terrifying to you.
And now you men are as scared as we women are mad. You are scared that you might have to be everything you were created to be. You are terrified that if women no longer buy the lie of smallness then you will be surpassed. You will have to open your eyes, get off the couch, shut off the TV, stop complaining and actually wake up.
We are rising up. We are angry. We will not be silenced. And we will keep pulling into closeout barrels even if it makes you uncomfortable. … Keep ReadingHow small do you want me to be?
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