Body Vitality, Safety, & Self-Image
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Movement Can Be Pleasure, Not Punishment
Movement loses much of its vitality when it becomes repayment for eating, proof of discipline, or a sentence imposed on a body we distrust. Even a gym full of good equipment can feel emotionally disconnected when the body expects judgment and force. Pleasurable movement is not necessarily easy movement. It can include effort, challenge, sweat,…
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Tapping For Digestion
I have Celiac Disease. I’ve been avoiding foods that trigger the symptoms, but it’s challenging. Is there some tapping I can do to help improve how my body processes food? –Wendy When we have a lot of stress because of past traumas or current overload, our bodies have less energy to digest and to process…
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Body Image Study Group — Part II
Our relationship with the body keeps changing because life keeps changing. Aging, illness, pleasure, visibility, food, movement, family, work, grief, and the need for rest all bring new questions into the conversation. This continuation collects later conversations from the ongoing Body Image Study Group led by Cathy Vartuli and Rick Wilkes. Cathy and Rick alternated…
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Aging Without Rehearsing Decline
Aging is real, but the story we attach to every ache, change, or hesitation can make the body feel old before the evidence does. A sentence such as “I am too old for that” can quietly become an instruction to stop experimenting. We can respect changing capacity without treating decline as a foregone conclusion. The…
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Why Do People Keep Walking All Over Me?
My life feels like crap and bad things keep happening to me. I keep hoping if I make everyone else happy, they’ll have time for me, but it doesn’t work. Why do people keep walking all over me?
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Your Body Is a Board of Advisors: Listening Without Letting the Inner Driver Take Over
Different parts of the body can offer competing information: the back asks for rest, the legs want movement, the mind demands a schedule, and another part wants the sofa. What looks irrational about body guidance often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With…
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Everything Will Be PERFECT If I Just Lose Weight!
Listen Download MP3 We often ask people what they feel needs to change so they can feel free… About 50% of them include weight loss , being slender or thin, in their answer. But unless you change the emotions, you can lose all the weight you want and still be just as stuck and unhappy…