a Living Well essay I sit in two worlds. I am a Registered Nurse, trained in evidence and hard outcomes. I am also a Reiki Master. So I am going to teach you Reiki the way I wish someone had taught me. We start with what is real and measurable, then I tell you honestly […]
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a Living Well practice Have you ever walked into a space feeling completely fine and walked out feeling like Mr. Hyde? I walked into a CVS one day feeling completely neutral. On my way through the store I passed a woman pacing the aisles, snapping into her phone, jumpy and impatient. Near the pharmacy, a
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a Living Well practice There is so much in the world right now that feels heavy, frightening, and out of our hands. When the world gets wild, my mind starts to spin. That spinning affects my mood and feelings in an unnecessarily negative way. All of this lives in my inner space, and when left
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a Living Well practice I used to love going to the gym. I felt strong and fit, I loved the rhythm of it, the quiet pride of showing up. Then the gym became something my ex and I did together, and when that relationship ended, my relationship with exercise ended too. I developed a deep
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I have had faith for as long as I can remember. A deep and steady knowing that lived within me before I had language to name it. The religion I was born into never felt like the right container for that knowing. The rules, the rituals, the judgments and expectations, none matched the way my
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