I have spent a considerable part of my life trying to pull both feet out of my mouth.

As time went on, perhaps it became only one foot. These days, I like to think it might be half a foot.

Progress. Though I’m keeping the shoehorn handy.

A rattlesnake showed up on my patio one afternoon and was gone within minutes. My little dog Molly has been on alert for weeks. Watching her taught me something I see on my table all the time: the body keeps its own timeline.

Some beliefs protected us once. A gentle look at noticing and releasing the ones that no longer add to the life you'd prefer.

Since I first became a Holistic Practitioner, I have been fascinated with fascia. That's quite a while now, I'll admit. 🙂 \

There I was, scrolling through something — as one does at an ungodly hour when sleep is apparently optional — and I came across this little prompt:

“Tell me something good that happened to you today. No matter how small it may seem.”

Why Does It Hurt Somewhere Else? Understanding Referred Pain in the Body

There’s a moment that happens often in my treatment room. Someone lies down on the table for a therapeutic bodywork session, takes a breath, and their whole body seems to drop an inch into the cushions. They’ll often say something like, “I didn’t realize how tense I was until just now…”

I once had a dear friend who called me every single day. Every morning it was “Have a beautiful day” and every evening “Tell me something good about your day.”

What I didn’t expect was what that did to the hours in between…

Walking into a room these days can feel like entering a battlefield where everyone has already chosen their side and is quietly waiting to find out which one you’re on. The dinner table has become a declaration. The wrong comment, or no comment at all, can apparently say everything about you.

Sit with me for a moment. I want to tell you something.

I had to run out of a restaurant once. Not because of an emergency. Not because anything was wrong. Because I couldn’t bear to be in my own head for one more second.

Here’s what happened….

Monks walk peacefully

For many years I have been working with the armpit - understanding the impact fascia release has on many areas of the body and knowing that working with the armpit as being the source of pain.

Today, this came to me in an email with such synchronicity.  I want to share this with you as an educational piece of information…

I woke up this morning to a white fluffy dog tapping me to massage her neck. She even placed herself in a way that it would be easy to do. She was so relaxed, and I could feel her sense of safety with me, allowing me to move her around any which way. I wondered in that moment…

A few days ago, I decided to go out to my garden. Hadn't been there in a while. Well, it had been raining and there were leaves everywhere. Not only leaves but huge mushrooms living under the leaves, poisonous to Molly. Talk about a grounding moment!