A health and wellness coach explores strategies for holistic well-being during times of great change. Discover effective techniques for managing stress and building resilience when life is in flux. Reconsider the value of movement, journaling, and community connection as grounding practices. Get access to a comprehensive stress management guide by becoming a free subscriber to the newsletter!

Guided imagery is a mind-body technique used to reduce stress, improve sleep, immune system function, athletic/work/personal performance, access subconscious guidance and intuition, improve mood, manage pain, and assist with long-term behavior change. Learn more about how it works and how you can try it out for yourself!

We’ve all been there. Our routine is finally on rails. Whether it’s easy or still challenging, we’re doing the things that we committed to doing for our own well-being on a regular basis, without skipping or skimping. We feel good about it. And then… life happens. Sometimes it’s planned, sometimes it’s an unexpected interruption, and we are kicked out of our routines for a period of time. Whether it’s something we know about ahead of time or a last minute trip or emergency, we can make a flexible plan for how we’ll handle the disruption to our routines and how we’ll get back on track when the normal cadence of life resumes.

Embarking on a process of change and growth you confront the old patterns that keep you stuck. That feeling of "stuckness" is the tension between who you were and who you are becoming. Old patterns were useful once or they wouldn't have emerged in the first place. But they may not be serving you now. To change these patterns requires revisiting and re-writing the stories that helped build them.

On the experience of resistance to self-care and new habits. The how, the why, and the “what the hell do I do about it?” A simple 4 step process to make friends with resistance and keep your commitment to improving your well-being.

Do you feel that some key area of your life is out of balance and you’re not happy with the current state of affairs? Maybe you’ve been thinking about making a change for a while, but you haven’t started yet. Or maybe you are in the middle of a behavior change process and you’re nervous about how to keep it going. Here’s what you need to know about your stage of change…