Entries by Linda

5 Intention-setting Ideas for Self-Care Through This Holiday Season

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“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ― Buddha With one of the most contentious presidential elections in recent memory still resonating throughout the world and the ‘season of giving’ fast approaching, I don’t believe I am alone in my felt experience of unease and restlessness. Therefore, I spent some time in reflection around the questions […]

5 Intention-setting Ideas to Support Our Basic Human Need for Connection

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“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” ― William James There is more and more research today supporting what I think most of us already knew – whether consciously or subconsciously – that humans are wired for connection. What I have witnessed and experienced is when we find […]

Can yoga help transform your relationship with food?

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I found myself thinking a lot recently about the journey that brought me to my current relationship.  No, not with my significant other, but with food!  I have to admit, in the past, I turned to food for comfort and as a reward.  When people meet me today and I talk about what and how […]

Can talking to animals help heal our hearts?

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My family and friends laugh when I have a conversation with my two dogs.  They tell me that they think it’s funny that I speak for them, putting words in their mouths, in response to what I ask them or tell them.  Yes, it may seem funny to others, but I have always known that […]

Yoga helps improve mental health at any age!

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For my 40th birthday, I ventured to a spa in the Catskills of NY with a dear friend of mine for a long weekend to relax and celebrate this milestone in my life. Little did I know at the time how much this trip would change my life! I decided to keep an open mind […]

How did “talk therapy” work for me?

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My journey to a life experienced with more awareness, insight, acceptance, compassion, gratitude, and ultimately forgiveness for myself and others did not just happen and I certainly wasn’t raised in an environment that supported such practices or values. My first encounter with therapy was when I was about 10 years old, when my single-mother-of-three-children took […]