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Maintaining Mental & Physical Well-Being: Elle’s Response to COVID-19

I’m not going to lie, the past two weeks have been nothing short of rough. There’s a heaviness in the air—an eerie feeling in the streets—and pangs of uncertainty for the future and for the losses we are all enduring right now.  As a business owner and therapist, you think first and foremost for the […]

Expert Tips for Practicing Self-Care at Home

Self-care – it’s something we often overlook during the hustle and bustle of our busy lives. However, in order to nurture the health of our mind, body, and soul, we need ways to promote well-being and reduce stress. The thing about practicing self-care is that you intentionally need to make time and space for it. […]

A Journey Toward Self Care

The pace of our modern lives can often feel uncompromising. Time reserved for yourself is either viewed as a luxury or as something stumbled upon by accident, only to be savored in small doses. Society has long demanded that we march to the beat of an eternal drum—through illness, despite heartache, against the waning energy […]

Find Meaning at Your Center

“Find your center.”  We hear these words both on and off our yoga mats. But what does it mean? And how can we apply it to our lives?  First, we can look to the mind. Our mind is just one of many tools we carry within ourselves, but it has a reputation of pushing us […]

Healthfully Selfish: A Yogi’s Perspective

I have taught yoga for 10 years now and have run into the same puzzling phenomenon time and time again. When I tell students during class, “Be selfish right now. Take up as much energetic room in this space as you can.” Their reaction is to look at one another, giggle a little bit, and […]

Health Isn’t All-Or-Nothing

By Mary Radovich Most of us know what we could be doing to be healthier, but feel stuck or don’t know where to start. The problem is, a lot of our ideas of what we “should” be doing are not based in the realities of our lives. Comparing goals to celebrities with nothing but time […]

How to Transcend Being Stuck in Your Career

The good news is that feeling stuck means you’re not in survival mode. When you’re focused only on surviving, you’re not very picky. The bad news is that when money is no longer a primary motivator, it’s not always obvious what the core issue is that is blocking your job satisfaction. The anxiety, frustration, and […]

Protecting Empathy

“You care too much.” “Just move on.” “Why do you put up with that?” If you’ve ever had to explain the severe ups and downs of your relationship to friends and family members, you’ve likely heard these comments before. Women are commonly conceived as nurturing caretakers. They often have to learn how to assert themselves […]

Are You Ready to Boost Your Core Power?

By Kee Chan Pilates movements focus on the core – the powerhouse of the mind and body. Pilates is designed to improve physical strength, flexibility, and posture, using a set of low-impact exercises. How does Pilates boost power in our brain and muscles? The brain is continuously making new neural connections throughout your life. Your […]

How to Find Meaning in Film

By: Deborah Lukovich How does your unconscious reach you? And do you know where to look? C.G. Jung suggested that the first half of life is spent building our egos—in a good way— and finding a place in the world. Sometimes though we become too one-sided, trying to live by the values of society while […]