Brain-Body Resilience

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is inspired by some current events in my life. So many times we create stress by resisting what is, what has already happened that we don't like. We create ideas about the way something should be and have expectations based in this idea, then when we don’t experience the outcome that we had planned we resist and spend our energy fighting against this thin...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking about the ability to change your mind and be flexible in this life that is full of constant change. The ability to change your mind and integrate new information to form different perspectives and opinions allows us to release the rigid standards and expectations that keep us overwhelmed and stressed out. Since our stress response is a biologically adaptiv...

Send us Fan Mail This my friends is part 11 of this 10 part mini series because 10 just wasn’t enough to cover everything we needed to just to touch on the fundamentals of the work I do with BBR. If you’ve missed any of those they’re full of fun science about how you work and how to navigate using the tools you have in you… we’re moving on today to look a the habits we create, how that affects eve...

Send us Fan Mail Today's Episode is part 10 in this mini series that was supposed to be 10 parts... but we're not done yet... so here we go. Today we're talking about mindset, I've touched a bit on this in earlier parts of this mini series but it is important enough to give a full episode to so here we go. I used to think the people who talked about mindset just didn't und...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking about expectations in part 9 of this mini series. Expectations of ourselves, of others, of situations, and perceived expectations from others. There are a lot of layers in human complexity that contribute to unmet expectations being a major contributor to stress and anxiety. Our perception of the world and how we navigate life are influenced by our expecta...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is part 8 in this mini series about the tools we have to manage stress and we're talking about nutrition. Food is information for your body to rebuild and repair and manage the stress of life, what we eat is giving specific instructions to our systems on how to work. Along with being the building blocks that make us food is also something we have a relati...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode builds on the first 6 parts of this mini series where we have covered all things stress along with the brain, body, and breath as tools, now we're looking at resilience. The definition of resilience is for something to return to it's original state. When I think about the original state of human beings we are naturally confident and curious and persi...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're taking what we've already discussed in the first 5 parts of this mini series and putting it all together in the container that holds us together, that's right... your body. Your body is the key to managing your stress, it's what holds your stress and processes your stress... it is one of the most powerful tools you have. Your body is constantly in c...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking  breath again, you can refer back to episode 48 for more on this amazing tool and piece of the puzzle between brain/body and health. The way we breathe is directly connected to our health and overall wellness. The breath is an immediate connection to the autonomic nervous system and access to switch our state of being which affects how we feel, how we thin...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we're talking your brain and stress, it all starts in the brain. The brain has 2 very important jobs that come before all else: #1 survival and #2 efficiency. Because of this your brain makes habits and patterns out of everything including how you move, how you think, how you breathe, how you react, and decisions you make. Unless we're paying atte...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking about stress mindset and how to build resilience to our stressors. It might surprise you to know that just the way you think about stress can change the physiological affect it has. We've been told over and over again that stress is harmful, this isn't wrong but it's not the whole story. We need stress, there is no such thing as a stress fre...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is part two in a 10 part series. Today we're getting into the stress response. What is it... What it does... and how that affects you! I'm getting a little nerdy in this one telling you all about the HPA axis, nerochemicals, hormones, and your nervous system so get in there and give it a listen. Let's get science-y! You can find more about Brain-Body Re...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is the first in this 10 part mini series. We're talking all about stress... from definitions to busting a few myths. We dive into a few relevant types of stress and which ones we need to pay attention to. Not all stress is created equal and not all stress affects us in the same way.  One of the foundations of what I practice in Brain-Body resilience that...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is a quick introduction to an upcoming 10 part mini series. There are a few main buckets I work from with the Brain-Body Resilience method and I reference these tools that we create in these areas often. I want to give an in-depth look at what these tools are and how we can begin to cultivate and use them in a more beneficial way. In the coming weeks we'l...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is all about why I'm obsessed with breathing. It's what keeps us alive to start with, so there's that.  I realized it’s been a while since I’ve talked about the tools we use…  Breathwork is my anchor, it’s my go to with myself and when I work with clients. It’s the most direct line of communication we have to our autonomic nervous system and dir...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode we're talking about how to use the BBR tools to create some space. Using your brain, body, and your breath to connect the two you can cultivate the tools you need to clear out a little bit of the overwhelm and stress to look into deeper layers. Until we can clear a little bit of space and calm the existing anxiety and chaos that is consuming our attention...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode I'm sharing my last couple of weeks with you and how I've witnessed my growth and my old patterns creeping up. There's been a lot of travel, visiting family and friends and it's been totally outside of my usual routine. I hadn't been using my tools of breathwork, journaling, meditating and creating space to buffer the stress and I can...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode we're talking about changing your brain. Yes, it's possible and you're actually doing it all the time. I heard someone on social media say that you can't change your brain and aside from that they have fantastic content, very insightful and useful but it reminded me that I'm here to share these bits of knowledge that aren't as com...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is based on  this post I shared  on Instagram and wanted to expand a bit here where I have more space and time to talk about all the things... What  do you identify yourself with? What shapes our identities? Is an identity something that changes? These are questions we explore here today. Our actions shape our habits and those shape how we see ourselves and ho...

Send us Fan Mail Hello there, Today's episode we're talking the mind/body connection or the brain/body connection. There are debates about using brain and mind interchangeably and I see validity in those arguments but for the purpose of today's episode I think it's going to be ok if we use both terms. So, we're talking about how your internal environment is created by your...

Send us Fan Mail It doesn't have to be complicated... but that's how we like it. We have a tendency to overlook the basic, fundamentals for more complicated approaches to solve our problems. Bigger is not  better, more is not  better, more complicated is not better... what works is better. The more complicated something is the more moving pieces you're dealing with and that leaves t...

Send us Fan Mail I had a moment of stress that reminded me of how far I've come and that this journey to self-development and learning to create the person and life that feels good. I had a bit of stress pop up for me and I saw an immediate reaction that I haven't seen in a long time. I walk you through how I turned this moment into an opportunity to celebrate my growth and use the tools...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome. Today I'm addressing a question that I heard  that really stuck with me and I think it's worth a little investigation. This question is, "Why do you have more passion for your past than your future?" Bam. That question hit me hard when I heard it and I've been thinking about it for a couple weeks and it keeps popping into my head as I wo...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode I'm sharing something that's a bit vulnerable for me. I occasionally have seizures, I never know when they will show up, how long they will stay or what to expect. This past weekend I had a seizure that was scary and I share that experience with you and what I gained from it. When you don't know what to do, do what you know how, control the cont...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is inspired by this Mark Twain quote "Independence is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes" I did this post on Instagram about it and wanted to expand my thoughts here were I have more space to roam. "loyalty to one's best self" stood out to me, so I spend a litt...