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Nervous System Health
More than ever before, we now understand just how significant the mind-body connection really is. If you don't understand the impact that the body and nervous system have on your mental health, then you are just spinning your wheels when you go see the doctor or therapist. If your mental health awareness doesn't entail a concrete understanding of nervous system regulation, then it is incomplete. Anxiety, depression, physical illness, and other issues are now known to be symptoms of nervous system dys-regulation, as a result of past traumas, attachment wounds, and other adverse experiences. This Module is an introduction to the Nervous System, and the direct impact it has on your emotional well being and mental health. In other words, it may very well change your life.
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Finding Your Sweet Spot - How and Why Meditation Works
Finding your sweet spot means knowing how to stay grounded and centered, even when you are in the midst of conflict or difficulty. Learning basic meditation and simple mindfulness practices are vital tools that will help you respond to yourself and others with wisdom and skill, instead of react impulsively or aggressively. You can learn how to notice thoughts and feelings instead of being swept away by them. This is the first step to mastering your mind and emotions.
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Anxiety - Reframing What It Is and Learning How To Manage It
It's not your fault! This module will address something we are all familiar with: Anxiety - it's such a pain in the ass! For many people, a life without anxiety would mean they could finally start living!
This class is informed by renowned psychologist Dan Siegel, who is well known for his easy-to-understand descriptions of what anxiety actually is (and is not), and how it's the nervous system's way of protecting you. Instead of trying to get rid of anxiety, this module will teach you how to befriend it, and relate to it in completely new ways. The strength and power of anxiety can be taken away when we learn new tools to handle it.
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Understanding Attachment Wounds (Trauma)
What's your Attachment Wound? And yes, you have one.
As infants, toddlers, children, adolescents, and adults, we all have a core need to connect with another human and feel safe in their presence. In fact, this need to be understood, and accepted by another is the driving force fueling our choices and impacting our relationships. We don't just want to love and be loved. We need it! Yet, there are so many different ways we didn't have that need met, and just as many ways that attachment injury from long ago surfaces in our adult relationships.
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Are You Anxiously Attached?
Understanding Your People-Pleasing Patterns.
It's known that the anxious attachment style begins in early childhood, stemming from inconsistent attunement from the parent. Attunement basically means the parent's demeanor toward the child is: curious about who the child is, mirrors back to the infant what the infant is feeling, and does their best to understand the kid and make sure he/she consistently feels accepted.
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Do you know the difference between pain and suffering? You may have heard 'pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.' In this class, you will not only learn what this means, but you will discover tools that will help you alleviate your self-generated suffering. This module will guide you through a brief version of John Kabat-Zinn's world renowned program, MBSR, which is known for helping people who struggle with physical pain and unhelpful thoughts. MBSR might totally change your life.
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Using RAIN to handle difficult feelings.
Tara Brach wrote the book Radical Acceptance, which has been life-changing for many people around the world. This module takes bits and pieces of Tara's wisdom, including how to use the acronym RAIN to handle and process difficult feelings and emotions, like fear. This class is ideal for people who struggle with frustration tolerance (easily annoyed), and anger management (quick to become upset). It's also ideal for anyone who deals with fear (all of us)! When you become a master at dealing with your most challenging feelings, you have forever changed your life for the better.
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Loneliness
Pema Chodron is the inspiration for this class. She has a unique and wonderful take on loneliness that is truly a game-changer. Instead of being so averse to feeling lonely and wishing it would go away and stay away, you have another choice. Often, we make a lot of decisions that we later come to regret. We may do so for one reason - we don't want to be alone, and we make choice that we think will get rid of that lonely feeling, even if those choices aren't in our best interests. In this module, you will learn a completely new way to relate to loneliness. Imagine, never needing to avoid loneliness again, and knowing how to relate to it in ways that serve your growth and evolution.
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Carry Your Pain with Nobility.
This module is inspired by Phillip Moffitt's book Dancing With Life on how we can carry our suffering with nobility. The Buddha talked about the simple truth that nobody gets to escape pain: relationships end, we lose loved ones, we don't get what we want, and we do get what we don't want. Life entails pain. When we can experience our pain, knowing that it's a normal part of the human experience, without needing to fix it or be critical of it (or ourselves), we are learning how to be human, and how to better manage our difficulties (and difficult emotions). This class will help you gain insights into how you deal with pain. Is it ok to be sad/angry? Is it ok to be confused or afraid? You will learn how to relate to difficult moments with compassion, rather than with aversion.
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Relationship Check-Up!
A module based on the legendary John Gottman, who is a relationship guru and infamous couples counselor and researcher on what makes relationships work. We will look at Gottman's 4 Horsemen, which are the 4 types of conflict that can end a relationship fast if they don't get fixed. You will learn how to manage conflict more effectively. You will gain tools to engage with your partner in a more understanding and compassionate mode that makes them feel heard and respected. A healthy relationship is one that cultivates an atmosphere of understanding, compassion, and respect. This module will get you on the right track to understanding your relationship better, knowing what needs fixed, and how to fix it. You will thank me later!
