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Winter is one of my favorite times. I don’t mind the cold, I love the snow, and really like the dark mornings. I like the way the darker days help me feel cozy. They help me remember that a time for rest and restoration is important. I forget that. I enjoy being with people, creating projects, and working on things. If I am not careful I spend all my energy in the external world. To be healthy we must balance the internal and external. Some of us are too internal, some too external. We need the balance of both. Read More ... at StacyRd.Com 

Domestic violence impacts  20 US citizens every minute.   It can be physical, emotional, or verbal abuse. 

The difficulty with DV is the relational nature of the perpetrator to victim. There is often a cycle of abuse and connection that make it difficult to end the relationship, even when both parties know it is not healthy for them. 

Often both have witnessed or experienced DV in past relationships and have not learned another way to express frustration, hurt, anger, fear, and love. 

Emotional regulation skills help us understand what we are feeling and work with them without hurting others through projection, shame, and blame to feel better. 

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If you are one of the 34.2 million Americans of people who deal with diabetes every day, you know limiting sugars is a must. 

Sugars are found in many of our processed foods, all carbohydrates turn to sugar in our system, and fruits and vegetables contain them in various amounts. Diabetes or not, limiting our sugar intake is a good thing. 

Here’s a recipe you can use for a main dish or a side that contains 0 added sugars, has high protein and fat to slow down digestion and help you feel full and satisfied longer. 

Eat Well, Feel Well

In social psychology we have a thing called othering. It is when one group says “those people are wrong”. 

It is a way that groups create cohesion and connection through a shared value system or beliefs. They point the finger outside the group and label the “others” as wrong or bad to reinforce why their values and beliefs are better. 

We are seeing a lot of this in our culture today. 

The more we are with people who think and act like us, the more we polarize. The more our group polarizes the more we other. 

In reality, we are much more alike than we are different. We share more values than we disagree on, and we are more connected than we think. 

Today notice when you are othering - and see if you can find commonalities in the other person. Even as simple as they are human, too will get you started.

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Are you someone who catastrophizes situations? Your go to is it’s going to be horrible … or amazing? Do you all or nothing your expectations? This is going to set you up for strife. 

If we are stuck in all or nothing thinking we miss opportunities to work with the in between. We often get stuck in the past or worry about the future. Instead remember that things are rarely all or nothing. Usually there are variations and levels to anything. If you find yourself going down the rabbit hole of it’s going to horrible/amazing - remind yourself that it may be both. Find the in between it might be often it is ___. Or sometimes it is _____. Or it could be _____. Or most of the time things are _____. But not always.  Read more about thinking more positively here. 

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. It is full of spectacular color, flavor, smells, and reaping the harvest of hard work. 

 Today notice the beauty that surrounds you and it’s symbol of life cycles. Drink in the celebration of hard work, cultivated maturity, and letting go. 

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You’ve heard it before you are what you eat. 

The food you ingest matters. 

It offers the building blocks for your body to create the neurotransmitters, hormones, and structures needed to remain focused, content, and enjoying this life you are living. 

When we feed ourselves poorly our gut microbiome does not have the fuel it needs to set us up for positive mental health. We get overgrowth of the “weed” bugs who are opportunistic and take over rather than balance out or needs. 

Today notice how you feel right before and right after you eat. Let us know what you find. 

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Have you taken that fall hike you have been dreaming about? I love getting out in the fall to hike. 

The colors are stunning, the weather perfect, and reminder that winter is coming motivates me to get those last projects done! 

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For many of us uncertainty is difficult to deal with. It doesn’t feel safe. 

We work hard to shift ourselves away from it and make decisions just to get out of the unknown. However, this can cause us to make decisions too quickly, not in our best interest, or without all the facts. 

Today see if you can sit with feelings of uncertainty without needing or trying to change them. Just let them be and watch what happens next. 

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Depression is difficult to deal with. The emotions of it are heavy, the thoughts negative, and the resulting lack of motivation challenging to our sense of being. 

Yoga is a great way to meet the lethargy of depression in our nervous systems and help shift our energetic state to something more productive. 

Check out this video I did outlining how yoga can help with depression with Sarah Klein at Whole Health Lab. https://buff.ly/2J1IThx 

Or try these exercises out to help yourself move your mood. Just 12 min of yoga a day for 8 weeks has been shown to be as effective as an SSRI for depression. Today “take your medicine” and get on your mat. https://buff.ly/3kqjADE

Some experiences are worse than others, some easier to deal with. 

For many we pretend we aren’t dealing with trauma and thus keep our survival brain operating instead of our socially engaged learning brain. This hurts us all and gets worse with time. 

Trauma impacts your physical health, relationships, and ability to be successful. Is it time you faced your fears and healed your trauma?

I work with a lot of women who are shamed for their sexuality. 

When women can own their sexuality and the feminine is honored our whole society is more healthy. 

We need the balance of both masculine and feminine in our culture. Today in honor of breast cancer awareness month - Love your Boobs! 

Not because they are sexy but because they represent the powerful nature of female sexuality and all that comes with the sacred feminine. 

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One of the many lessons of fall is that it teaches us to let go. That all things have a season and that things end. 

As hard as the lesson is, look around and watch mother nature teach us how to let go. 

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Anger is one of my favorite emotions to work with. It’s fiery, catalytic, and transformative. 

So many fear this emotion, but it is the one that helps us see our boundaries, values, and set about living them in truth. Anger gets a bad rap — not for its power — but for what people do with it. 

Today own your anger without projecting it onto others. Savor its message just for yourself.   

 Read more about: what to do with my emotions https://buff.ly/3i9FlGK

We start in just a few days. Get your journals out, your mats unrolled, and get ready! The Integration of Yoga and Pscyhology. Wisdom Informs, Science Explains Fall Cohort is about to begin! 

This program is a continuing education class for yoga teachers and a course to help somatic psychologists and psychotherapists utilize movement techniques with their clients and patients. And of course it's for those yoga geeks out there who want to take their practice to the next level. 

 It's for you if you ever wondered how yoga works, why it works for so many things but feel the need to understand the concrete parts of the practice based on peer reviewed research. 

 Join Us! 

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Want to help yourself focus? 

If you can stand up. Do it right now and allow yourself to read, write, or think while on your feet. Literally. Sway, bounce, rock and see if this helps your mind focus on the task in front of you. 

The movement doesn’t have to be big, even small movements help us focus using the body as a container for our busy minds. 

Did you try this out? Tell us how it worked for you.