Healing With Grace - Trauma healing through mind, body, spirit, and faith

"Faith in action is manifesting the Divine. In other words, what I co-creating with God in the spirit is what I am now "re-creating" with God in the flesh. It's a powerful belief. To believe that you once co-created with God your greatest desires and wants in your life. Then, to come here and to believe that you are "re-creating" with God those desires in the flesh, in...

***NAME CHANGE EVERYONE*** I know it's such a small change but "words matter"!! I am passionate about healing, about wholeness, about being one with Christ not just in the next life but RIGHT NOW!! As I've been pondering upon what it means for me AND for you that I'm now a certified trauma-informed coach utilizing somatic and embodiment tools and practices, I had to really si...

I was so surprised at the amount of dread that was washing over me as I was about to finish up my Trauma-informed Embodiment certification. I tried and tried to do mindset work but nothing was making this feeling go away. So I did the next best thing. I got honest with myself, my pen, and my journal - I started to write.....with no self-editing...sitting with all the shame. But what came up for me...

I had no idea what it would take mentally, physicallyl, emotionally, and spiritually to become a Trauma-informed Embodiment Coach but it has been so worth the journey to get HERE! More than anything, I am so grateful to God for leading and guiding me with such grace and faith in my ability to embrace this new calling to help my sisters (that's YOU!) to come "home" to themselves - tha...

I cannot tell you how many times I've heard so many people berate, belittle, and curse their inner child. It has never sat well with me but I didn't ever understand why until I started getting certified and trained as a Trauma-informed coach PLUS get consistent coaching for myself from another Trauma-informed coach. I came to realize that there are so many parts of me with so many voices t...

We all want patience and faith...but do we realize what it takes to get there? There is a direct correlation between patience and faith with affliction and tribulation. So if that's true, why do we resist the hard times and then create more suffering than what is needed? It doesn't mean we get to practice "toxic positivity' but at some point, is it possible to come to a place of a...

When I came to learn about my friend’s experience of rehoming his border collie and my kitties and their cat tower. But in all seriousness, if God can grant micro-miracles to a border collie and to two wee kitties, just consider what He is doing for you.

Family - This can be a loaded topic....especially during this time of year, Christmas. And yet, family can be the catalyst for our greatest growth and personal achievement. I want this for you. I want you to achieve all you most desire from your greatest trial and tribulation, your greatest disappointment and regrets. It's possible. You were created for growth and development, hence, the famil...

King of kings and Lord of lords. Christ was born of Mary to bring us light and life. What are your favorite scriptures that describe and testify of the living reality of our Savior, Jesus Christ?

Matt 5:15-17 Luke 11:34 2 Cor 4:6 President Monson's talk: Charity Never Faileth with video The "Light of Christ" is real. It's not just theology. It's not just symbolic. It's not just a word. That "Light" that is meant to shine in the darkness is your calling. You are meant to shine that light of truth, goodness, love, hope, peace. Why? So that others may be gi...

To listen to the 2023 Worldwide Christmas Devotional by the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, click HERE Encouragement - we all need it and it is such a simpe act of goodness. Sometimes when we're in the "thick of it" and in the "trenches", we have such a hard time looking beyond our own pain and suffering. And yet, Christ, in His is momen...

Learning and growing has always been such an integral part of my Being. For that reason, I didn't recognize that it was a spiritual gift. It makes sense now that God has a desire for me to expand and nurture this gift and He has done so by putting challenges in my way for me to grapple with and seek and search for answers. I share with you one practice that is helping me to really be present w...

It's hard to come to grips with what we don't have power and control over...but it's at these times when our reliance on God intervening on our behalf is what we most desire and need. He can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. I love how He and our Savior, Jesus Christ models this for us. It's emulated throughout the scriptures and throughout our lives if we will slow down a...

Coincidence (noun): a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. The occurrence of events that happen at the same time by accident but seem to have some connection. Now I have to say that I agree with most of the definition except foe the "by accident" part. When it comes to God, there's no such thing as accidental happenings. I have such lo...

Motherhood. It's been over 18 years since my first wee one came into this world. I thought I was ready and clearly, I was not. Nor did I know how hard and selfless I would need to be to fulfill this role. During this Christmas as we focus our thoughts on baby Jesus and who and what He would grow up as, I ask you to think upon His mother, Mary. I realized that she has had more influence upon Je...

Seriously.....who LOVES to apologize to their kid? (crickets....LOL!) That's what came up for me from God. Modeling apology and remorse can be so dang hard when it comes to our kiddos. I find that that having their respect is super important to me but not at the expense of my pride. God has given me so many opportunities to be "wrong" and to do it "wrong" - not so that He c...

Day 3 - Understanding How often do you and I make "assumptions" based on little to no information about another "someone"? (I'm totally raising my hand here). We all do. It's such a human thing to do but we're trying not to be human, right? We want to stretch ourselves towards the Divine that is within us and that is calling to us to be "higher and holier"...

Day 2 - Forgiveness Sometimes it's so much harder to forgive yourself than it is to forgive others. Seriously, why is that? I know that in episode 65, with Bishop Webb, he talks about the importance of forgiving ourselves for what we did and didn't know in our past. To download the challenge, click on the link below: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF2xrZ8jaY/view

Day 1 - Grace So many times has God shown me grace through my separation. And I had such a hard time believing that I deserved it. How is that even possible? And you're right, it's the Atonement of Jesus Christ that makes it possible but when you're face with your faults and weaknesses, it can be hard to believe that you deserve such a gift. It takes bravery to face our faults and face...

Here is the link to the 12 days of Christmas challenge: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF2xrZ8jaY/view

The Forgiveness Series with Cami Birdno, a Trauma Informed Embodiment Coach. In this episode, we talk about: Background of how you got here. What was the catalyst of starting your healing journey - your "why". What does forgiveness mean to you?  How would you define it? Does this principle even matter?  Is there a place for this in the healing process of trauma? How has it shown up in yo...

We had an amazing conversation about the following: From a clinical and counseling perspective, what is forgiveness and how would you define it? How does a need for this practice (and the client not recognizing it) show up mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually? What are the "hang-ups" and resistance to putting this principle into practice?..and what does that look like? - sh...

A candid conversation with Bishop Ryan Webb - a former seminary teacher, institute instructor, and now working in the Raleigh North Carolina Temple. We discuss what the schriptures say about forgiveness and what that even mean in everyday life. What is forgiveness?  Is it simply saying “Im sorry” or, “you’re forgiven”? - how does Christ teach forgiveness in the scriptures. - how does He emulate th...

This podcast will cover these questions: How did you come to be a "Forgiveness Expert"? How does social science define "forgiveness"? Why does forgiveness matter?   What keeps us from gifting forgiveness?  Trauma & forgiveness Divorce & forgiveness  Case Study: I have tried forgiving my ex for our past many years together and the hurt he caused me and the kids, but he k...

I've always said that we are all "light and shadow" but I never realized the context of this as it related to trauma. Wow! We all have both sides of ourselves, but the shadow side, the unconscious, is in the driver's seat. How much of it is in the driver's seat? 96%! So how do we bring this to our awareness, our consciousness? The simple answer? Shame. But that doesn't me...