Blogs
Our community leaders actively contribute to the Wild About Wellness Community on a numerous topics focused on holistic health and wellness. A few of the community blogs are posted here for you to enjoy. Join the Wild About Wellness Community membership to have access to numerous topics with valuable and practical information, insights and stories through articles, videos, recorded interviews and events focused on empowerment, healing and transformation. Together we have created a safe space to explore, learn and grow.
Mastering the Feedback Loop: How Constructive Criticism Can Elevate Product Development
In the world of product development, feedback is more than just a tool—it’s a vital element that drives growth and improvement. However, learning to accept and utilize feedback effectively can be a challenge. It requires a mindset shift from seeing criticism as a negative experience to viewing it as a crucial step towards refining your work.
From Gut to Brain: Exploring the Impact of Nutrition and Mental Wellness
Welcome to our Holistic Health and Wellness Community! As a Neuro-linguistic Practitioner and coach with a background in health science, I invite you to a discussion on The Gut-Brain Connection and Nutritional Wellness. In our next community meeting, we’ll explore the powerful relationship between gut health and mental well-being and discuss dietary interventions that can enhance both.
Understanding Grief Specific to the Pandemic
Like any grieving experience the pandemic is personal, it will be different for each of us. Over the past four years you may have found an internal battle that includes loneliness, empowerment, confusion, clarity, frustration, terror, and alienation. For many there can be discomfort, perhaps a disengagement, a waiting for things to return to normal, or even feelings life can no longer continue. We may find ourselves pulling away from everything we know resulting in even further feelings of isolation. We are left alone in our experience and in the cumulative emotions, without the tools to process what shows up. This is grief!
Why I Say ‘No to Fireworks’ on Canada Day
Today we celebrate Canada Day, and while many enjoy the vibrant fireworks displays that light up the sky, I choose not to attend these events. This decision is rooted in my commitment as a trauma-informed coach and my deep compassion for those affected by the loud explosions and bright flashes.
Understanding Ourselves
The polyvagal theory, coming out of the work of Stephen Porges discusses the key role the vagus nerve plays in regulating our emotional state. Depending on external factors, our brain via the vagus nerve orchestrates a response to either fight, freeze or feel calm and socially engaged. This sense of connection is possible when we feel a sense of safety.
Mindfulness and Polyvagal Theory in Daily Life
By combining mindfulness practices with an understanding of Polyvagal Theory, you can create a holistic approach to managing your stress and enhancing your well-being.
Embracing Neurodivergence in a Holistic Community
Neurodivergence refers to the unique ways some individuals experience and interact with the world differently from their typically functioning peers. This concept aligns with holistic health and wellness by acknowledging that there is no single “correct” way to think, learn, or behave. Neurodivergent individuals perceive and respond to their surroundings in ways that may diverge from societal norms, offering valuable insights and perspectives that can enhance our collective understanding and well-being.
Community Support
The power of community. Community building has always been an essential part of my nature. I foster a sense of belonging wherever I work, where I worship and in the groups to which I belong. In community we can lean on each other drawing support and strength in difficult times.
Empowering Connections: Enhancing Holistic Wellness
In a world where the pace never seems to slow down, the significance of a supportive community becomes even more crucial, especially when addressing holistic health and mental well-being.
If I Had to Choose One Moment to Live in My Heart
My passion is teaching the skill and art of listening to our bodies. To create time to stop whatever you’re doing, tune in and attend to what your body is saying is of utmost importance. Connecting to self in a loving, compassionate way is a precursor to creating a sense of wellbeing.
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