Author Archives: Lindsey

“The body cries the tears the eyes refuse to shed.” -Dr. Don Thompson D.C., CFMP, DACBN My Functional Medicine Doctor in Nashville said this in January of 2019, and I only become more convinced of it as time passes. In my last post I discussed how the body communicates with us via physical symptoms, butContinue reading “The body cries the tears”

What is your body doing for you that you’re not doing for yourself? Could it be trying to get your attention in the only way it knows how? Perhaps pain and inflammation are requiring that you set firmer boundaries or get more rest? Maybe you’re exhausted because your relationships are one-sided and you feel yourContinue reading “Our symptoms, our teachers”

“What?” “Can you hold the joy?” Most of us have gotten a little too good at being with the hard things. We’ve grown accustomed to having the weight of the world on our shoulders, and we’re just so damn good at enduring. . ..but how comfortable are we with joy? Is that not our naturalContinue reading “Can you hold the joy?”

When you’re feeling a BIG emotion such as terror, rage, or hopelessness, can you step back and view it as being released from your body? .. .aka on it’s way OUT. “Byeeeee!” This can be a very powerful reframe, as it can assist us in staying present with the intensity instead of becoming consumed byContinue reading “INTENSE emotions as a portal to our inner child”

“I died that day.” “What?” “I died.” Trauma can feel like a death. Probably because in many ways, it is. At a minimum, an aspect of self is lost. It may just be temporarily inaccessible, but the feeling is the same. Collateral losses may include: The version of you that was present on the scene.Continue reading “Trauma as a death”

3am download 5 days ago: “The entities are either unintegrated trauma, disowned shadow material, or an inner child thats waiting to be welcomed into the light.” The more we heal, the less we perceive ghosts, demons, “negative vibes,” and malicious people in our outside world. ..funny how that works. The battles we’re fighting on theContinue reading “The external world as a mirror”

When other people talk, it’s simply information. It’s showing us where they’re operating from in that moment. It is merely a snapshot in time- similar to a blood sugar reading, or the weather in Arkansas. It may be completely different in 3 hours, or even 3 minutes. When we’re triggered by what someone else saysContinue reading “People talking”

I think one of the cruelest things we can can do is shame and judge someone for their attempts to heal- or even just make it through the day. Just because someone utilizes substances we may not agree with, or other modalities that seem “out there” or unfamiliar, it doesn’t mean they are not worthyContinue reading “Judgement of the “other””

How many times have we squeezed ourselves into belief systems, programs, relationships, etc, out of a perceived sense of safety? What initially feels safe often becomes constricting. Also anyone who has a need to rule over, or control another being usually hasn’t done their own shadow work- and therefore may have very little to offerContinue reading “Boxing ourselves in”

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