How Diet and Nutrition Can Impact Your Health and Well-Being

Losing weight isn’t the only benefit of changing your diet. Your mental, physical, and intellectual health can improve from dietary changes as well. Let’s take a look at some of the ways diet is linked to your overall health and well-being. Emotional and Mental Health Eating a well-balanced, nutritious meals provides your body with the fuel it needs for you to live a healthy and happy life. Without enough energy from food, you won’t be able to complete daily tasks and enjoy yourself. Furthermore, eating together as a family can strengthen bonds,… Read More

6 Steps to Let Go of the Past Now

You have the power to create the life you desire. You can choose right now to let go of the past and move into freedom and joy. Holding onto the past creates a world of limitation and pain. Constantly thinking about the past, whether it is remembering the good or the bad, brings fear that we can’t escape the story. It feels like being buried in the sand and having the air crushed from your lungs, you feel as though you have to dig forever to unbury yourself from the memories. You… Read More

Energy, Reiki, and Mental Illness

Reiki has been shown to primarily help with the reduction of stress, anxiety, depression, and relief of chronic pain. If you are interested in finding more research on Reiki and it’s effectiveness you can visit The Center for Reiki Research. In writing this article, I wanted to take a look at how Energy Healing can help mental illness, namely illnesses with an element of psychosis.  I came across a variety of writings from energy healers, psychologists, and shamans. Each one of them held the belief that what western medicine calls psychosis is… Read More

Reiki Aftercare

Your healing begins before your first Reiki session and continues in the days, weeks, and months following. To get the most out of your Reiki session and allow the process to fully integrate, follow these steps: 1. Drink plenty of water. Experts recommend drinking at least half your body weight in ounces of water each day. In addition to its amazing health benefits, drinking enough water can help to ease the detoxification process that can occur after a Reiki session. 2. It is important to take time to rest after your Reiki session. The main goal… Read More

8 Steps for Discovering Your Passions and Purpose In Order to Find Yourself

Have you ever found yourself questioning your purpose in life? Wondering why you are here and what you are meant to do. As humans we need a reason for being, our life journey is all about discovering our purpose and learning how to fulfill it. A person’s purpose is ever evolving, we can find our purpose in many different areas in our life. Some people find meaning in being a parent, by the work that they do, or by contributing to a charity in some way. My life, has certainly always been… Read More

3 Steps to Let Go of What is Holding You Back

I have found myself pretty quiet over the last few months. It has been a great time of transition this year. I find myself and many others going through endings and new beginnings. This has really been the energy of the cosmos this year, learning to reset and go with the flow. While we are brought closer and closer to our higher purpose. Many of us not knowing where we are being led and following seemingly blindly. The months of June and July especially brought about the endings of many cycles. We were forced… Read More

7 Warning Signs It Is Time to Seek Professional Help for Your Depression

Depression can have a devastating effect on people’s lives and has serious consequences, so it is important to know its symptoms. Addressing them head on with the help of a mental health professional can stop depression from taking over. Here are seven symptoms of depression to look out for so you can decide if you or a loved one need help. 1. Loss of concentration, interest in hobbies, or motivation Depression has the ability to suck the pleasure out of previously joyous activities. Better Health notes that libido is often one of… Read More

Stop Doubt in Its Tracks!

Self-doubt gets in the way BIG time of us reaching our goals! For us to truly have what we want we have to believe in it, we have to believe in ourselves and believe that it can be true for us! The purpose of doubt is to show us contrast, to shine light on what our fears and beliefs are that have held us back. You wouldn’t doubt it if you didn’t want it! All manifestation starts with a thought, then we speak about it and write about it, we call it… Read More

Three Tips to Get Crystal Clear and Focused!

✨ Identify your goals and values: What is your number one goal currently? What do you value most in your life and is your life aligned with that? How can you prioritize accomplishing this goal? What are three things you can do today to accomplish that goal? ✨ Set boundaries: Let go of your need to please others and doing everything for everyone else. It’s okay to say no. Incorporate doing something for yourself every single day, even if its something small. ✨ Let go of the need to be perfect, making… Read More

Stop being a victim and step into your power!

I’m calling you out! It’s time to stop being a victim and step into your power! Part of my healing journey was shifting from being a victim to stepping into my power. By stepping into my power I mean allowing myself to be fully myself. That means accepting every part of who I am, the good and the bad. That meant choosing something better for myself and realizing that I had the power to choose my thought and my beliefs. When I made a conscious choice to be me, quirky, spiritual, a… Read More