The Yogi Therapist

       Welcome and welcome back! I've been contemplating writing a post similar to this one on and off for awhile now. Maybe it's because I just got married this weekend, but the time seems right. I once read a quote that went, "everyone wants to change the world but no one wants to change the toilet paper". Honestly, I feel the same way about living life. Everyone wants to be alive for vacations, weddings, buying houses, having babies, and holidays, but we get bogged down by daily life. Life isn't the next vacation or your wedding day. Well, it is. But it's so much more! Let's take a look at what it means to truly live life moment by moment. The Concept      Imagine being asleep for 23.5 hours each day. You're awake for 30 minutes to connect with others, take care of yourself, spend time on your hobbies, notice the world around you, and experience life. Well guess what - when you forget that you have a body, that you're breathing, and that you exi...

  Welcome and welcome back! Life can feel kind of swirly sometimes. With everything going on in the world, on the news, and in our own lives, I think it's about time to have a conversation about what to do when everything just feels hard. So tuck in, get comfortable, and let's figure this out. The Concept To be totally honest with you, the phrase 'get your mind right' kind of irritates me. I hate when I'm upset and feeling emotional and someone says, 'you need to get your mind right'. I mean...They're right, but that's kind of like telling an upset person to 'calm down'. It's accurate, but obviously I'm not the most receptive at that moment. Yes, I know, I need to take more responsibility to make myself available and receptive to helpful bits of wisdom. Sometimes it's hard. So let's talk about when it's hard. Distorted is a word that means that the way you're seeing something isn't true to how it actually is. There...

           Welcome and welcome back! A few weeks ago I published 'Improving Your Relationship through Conflict' and it just didn't feel complete, so I wanted to go back and revisit a few things. I encourage you to check out the original if you haven't, but here's a few things to note: the way you and your partner interact during conflict affects your entire relationship; your personal well-being affects the well-being of your relationship (and vice versa); and the most important things to remember during a conflict are to prioritize loving kindness for yourself and your partner and to stay relaxed. Essentially, it boils down to a spinoff of Winston Churchill's famous saying, 'keep calm and be kind to yourself and others'. That's all true. Now I want to get a little more specific about some important behaviors during conflict and why it matters.  The Concept There is a scale specifically designed to measure the presence of a variety of behaviors that ...