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I feel, sense, experience, emote, and think, therefore I live, or “Don’t Descartes People”

I feel, sense, experience, emote, and think, therefore I live, or “Don’t Descartes People”

by Kayla Walters | Jul 12, 2023 | Mental Health, Wellness and Balance

Descartes’ famous statement “I think therefore I am” is the perfect example of an unhealthy elevation of mind over body. Most doctors, scientists, psychologists, therapists, and medical researchers now accept that the brain, mind, and body do not exist in separate...
Trauma and the Body

Trauma and the Body

by Kayla Walters | Jun 12, 2023 | Wellness and Balance, Book Therapy, Cancer Experience

When I was recovering from cancer treatments I developed panic attacks. The first one I had was in the hospital after my surgery. My heart was racing and I couldn’t catch my breath, but I knew what was happening. I buzzed for a nurse and she gently chatted with me as...
Emotional Healing and Dealing

Emotional Healing and Dealing

by Kayla Walters | Jan 25, 2023 | Mental Health, Cancer Experience, Wellness and Balance

In my work with clients I am aware of the need to see the whole person. Our society encourages us to be very cognitive about our emotions. The body is generally seen as a vessel we try to sculpt or maintain, and we walk about like floating heads completely oblivious...
New Year, Old Way – It’s Okay!

New Year, Old Way – It’s Okay!

by janinecutting | Dec 28, 2022 | Mental Health, Wellness and Balance

Taking down the Christmas tree is generally something I do alone. I’ve always savoured the quiet of a snowy afternoon. I’ll have a cup of tea with an album or a podcast playing in the background. Wrapping the ornaments and placing them back in their boxes,...

Furthering our Menopausal Hormone Therapy Learning

by janinecutting | Jan 7, 2022 | Wellness and Balance

Since I wrote “New Information for Women. Period.” on this blog, I have been contacted by a number of women who are interested in learning more about menopausal hormone therapy. Note: The new term is “menopausal hormone therapy,” not...

“A Year of Weather” is Back, and the Weather Today is Joy with a Chance of Connection….

by janinecutting | Jan 3, 2022 | Wellness and Balance

Remember Cleo, she just turned 4. It was hard to get a picture of her in her party hat! What does “joy” feel like in your body? For me, it is a “bubble in the chest” type of sensation, accompanied by a zinging effervescence running from pelvis...
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