The HeartBalm Weekly Review
ICYMI here's a snapshot of all podcasts, meditations, posts, and other HeartGems from the past week
Hello sweet one,
Take a moment to review every HeartBalm morsel and meditation offered over the past week that you may have missed. Click on any of the graphic links below to go straight to the post and enjoy.
The HeartBalm’y Goods:
Syncing with Nature’s Pulse for Your Health & Well-Being: The Power of Forest Bathing
We live in a hurried world where chaos and fear often take center stage, and yet there is an inherent longing within us to reconnect with something solid, authentic, balanced, and good. And, in fact, and gratefully this can be found just outside our door – in the soothing and grounding embrace offered by nature. In the fray of constant upheavals of this world, our nervous system bears the brunt of nonstop challenges, scary moments, and uncertain times. I find myself consistently reminded to slow down, come back to the moment, and recalibrate.
Endurism & Escapism: CPTSD Survival Strategies & Nervous System Adaptations
Living with complex trauma (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / CPTSD) is a marathon of trauma, not a one-time sprint. It reshapes our very being and is where survival instincts are forged during the harrowing storms of long-term trauma. Once we begin to understand how we have coped, and how deeply entrenched our survival patterns live within our being, our subconscious mind, and automated nervous system responses we can begin to see them at play. Understanding allows us to be a witness to ourselves as we relate to others, our environment, and how we have narrowed our aperture to life to simply survive. We do this automatically and miss out on how to expand our viewpoint and open up to life in a way that would allow us to thrive and begin to heal.
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