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Calm Connections Healing & Education, 460 Doyle Ave, Kelowna, BC (2026)

05/13/2026

Thankyou to everyone who helped me make the Final round my heart is full!

I am very last minute in sharing but if you have any time to vote and help me make the top 3, I would very much appreciate it.

Sharing this work with Children and Adults is more than just a job to me. It brings me so much joy and fulfillment and I get to meet the best people along the way!

I hope this little image continues to help spread the word a little further so more people can discover the importance of the mind-body connection and how our Emotional Health is truly the root of EVERYTHING!

❤️To vote....**Facebook won't let us share the link but you can type in (no spaces)
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Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou🫶

05/11/2026

I rolled out of nightclubs into pregnancy...I was still a kid in so many ways!

Now having kids the same age that I became a Mom, I deeply understand how much we grew along side each other.

Yet each Daughter still got a different version of me....

The first time Mom who barely knew how to cook for herself, who had no idea about sleep schedules and learned as she went..

The hypervigilent Mom who was constantly checking for breath and over protected the once sick baby with routine over load.

The grieving Mom who was learning what it felt like to loose one of her favorite people whilst trying to hide it and be happy Mom.

I was always building my emotional tool kit and learning along the way, but I didn't truly embody many of these teachings until my youngest was into double digits.

By this time there was already repair work to do and I didn't really understand how we could so this other than talk therapy.

But then the Kids often resisted

So I had no choice but to look closer in the mirror. Giving my own inner little girl and those young Mom parts of me more love and compassion began to change things

Then more space began to open up. I could start to separate my triggers from theirs.

I began to imagine my kids could read my mind. It made me more conscious of my thoughts and projected worry and judgements.

Instead of thinking.....'their not capable'

I began to send out the very opposite. choosing to see them thriving and trusting themselves....even when physically that was not always happening.

Bridging the gap from their generation to mine is still a continual learning and I am deeply grateful for the patience and openness to continue to grow together in this one wild, wonderful life.

Happy Mothers Day to all the nurturers out there who have Children or not.

Thankyou for making the World a brighter place. I know this day is not always an easy one💗

05/05/2026

We hear so much about Mental Health but very little on Emotional Health, yet Emotions are the root of EVERYTHING and they are felt in the BODY!

This is why mentally we can set every intention to do the things we know help us, but until the body is on board with the mind we tend to get stuck in a loop in those old unhealthy patterns.

I am sure many of you can relate to your chest tightening, airways constricting as you feel like you can not breath as a panic attack comes over you?

Or you can't eat as you feel nauseous as anxiety lands in your stomach?

This is the power of the emotional charge on the physical body that then often triggers us to not feel safe in our own bodies and the avoidance loop, conscious or subconscious continues as the nervous system is activated over and over again.

This is where mind-body connection work through EFT Tapping and Somatic therapy can be life changing, especially through a trauma informed lens.

I have had clients who have done regular talk therapy for many, many years and within 3 to 6 sessions (some less) of integrating EFT have identified the stuck pattern and unraveled the root and felt safe to actually be in their bodies. Not only addressing the current issue but almost always noticing positive changes in many other areas.

The more we feel safe in our bodies, the more we can help our bodies be in a state of Rest and Digest, rather than the restrictive fight, flight, freeze or fawn response.

I will be teaching a Work shop for Adults & Children on Sat 9th May @ HolistikHealth Victoria, Vancouver island and I have other workshops popping up over the next few months if you're interested in learning more.

04/29/2026

Nobody really talks about how NOT tripping over a pile of shoes in the hallway, or running a half-full dishwasher, can crack your heart open in ways you didn’t expect.

As the hours of driving reduce, grocery lists shorten, sports and dance schedules shift from a part-time job to - Space to FEEL a whole mix of emotions from grief, excitement, loneliness, freedom, then the identity question .....

"Who am I, beyond the role of "Mom"?

This identity shift is real.
Even if you’ve done parts of it before, this stage comes with its own kind of grief. Because grief comes in many packages🫶

Before we come back to us and can hear our own updated needs, fear, uncertainty, and that looping mind that comes with change often takes over...

>Did I do enough?
>How often should I check in?
>Did I repair that old wound in time?
>What if they get sick?
>How do I know they’re home safe?
>Do I text nonsene just to make sure they’re alive?
>Will we still have family vacations?
>What if we grow apart?

What if, what if….

If this resonates, try gently stepping out of your head & into your body.

Get quiet. Place a hand on your heart & ask:

Where is this feeling coming from?

There is always opportunity for healing, growth, & repair with our children (even adult kids) & within ourselves if we’re willing to listen.

This isn’t my first rodeo. Technically, it’s round four of kids leaving, returning, and leaving again as they find their wings. Yet still, I learn....

This time, I uncovered a subconsious fear rooted in a serious accident my child had 17 years ago! I had carried that moment in my body all this time, holding onto this old belief that I should have protected her, internally blaming myself for a freak accident that logically I know was never true and yet it was showing up today as panic about protecting her as an adult.

I continue to be amazed how much wisdom the body & subconscious mind holds & how quickly with the right tools we can reach the root so the unhealthy patterns can end.

If this speaks to you & your curious about EFT & Somatic work reach out💗

04/21/2026

'I AM FINE!'.....Can we please STOP comparing our pain to others and thinking that our feelings are not valid because others have been through worse.🫶

Even 90 seconds of pausing and sitting with that uncomfortable feeling and giving it a voice, starts to create a positive change in our physical bodies.

The emotional 'charge' starts to lessen and safety starts to resume when we feel heard and its the same when we listen to our own internal dialog.

We use way more energy trying to avoid feeling our emotions and minimalizing them than we do actually pausing to feel them.

There are no 'bad' feelings....Even though the Positive affirmation world may have you feeling that way.

True internal freedom is getting comfortable to feel it ALL!!

Rage, Joy, Shame, Peace, Jealousy, Gratitude, Anger, Love, Frustration, Acceptance, Sadness, Happiness, Guilt and everything in between!

Feeling your feelings won't kill you, but constantly tryint to avoid them just might.❤️

04/14/2026

Yesterday I got to teach an Emotional tool building workshop in a Yurt at the coolest Forest School. We Think Outside.🌱

We hear so much about Mental Health and yet there is very little education out there around Emotions, yet Emotions are truly the root of EVERYTHING!

Our younger generations truly understand this work and always amaze me how open and wise they are.

This group was extra special as we had a broad age range and still they were all fully engaged and present for the full workshop!

Engaged, Mindful Teachers = Engaged, Mindful very present Children.🌱💕

I highly recommend checking out this school if you are in the Kelowna area and looking for a true outdoor experience for your Children.

04/11/2026

This was the best surprise! Thankyou for taking the time to nominate me it truly made my heart smile to be entered again this year.💓

I LOVE my work with a passion and feel extremely grateful to have built a full time practice almost all from referals. I have not invested much time marketing myself, so these little extra nominations really do mean so much to me!

This year has been very full with more private workshops within school communities, some funding for Children and more overseas clients finding me. I feel extremely blessed to witness so many people come back to themselves💛

I hope this little image continues to help spread the word a little further so more people can discover the importance of the mind-body connection and how our Emotional Health is truly the root of EVERYTHING!

If you would like to help me make the next round I would truly appreciate it🙏

Voting is now open until April 13th at 3pm PST to get into the next round

❤️To vote....**Facebook won't let us share the link but you can type in (no spaces)
bestof.kelownanow . com

*Click the Green Tab 'Nominate Now'.

*Scroll down, and you will see the
'Health & Wellness' section.

*I am nominated under the
💗Therapist section....Calm Connections-Maria Field

** Important to save your votes at the very end.

❤️Vote for ALL your local Businesses, it really does help to put them on the map, and we feel the love.

04/06/2026

Nature's Cycles ...The Spring melt 🌱

If you could magically let one habit, one belief that is keeping you stuck melt away, what would it be??

I always find the more I unplug and connect with nature's natural rhythms I can hear my inner GPS more clearly.

I can recognise and accept the outdated patterns and beliefs with more ease, thank them for the lessons and move along without the fight.

I can notice what are old survival mechanisms and which are new updated beliefs forming.

I can connect with a depth of gratitude that fills my heart to overflow, when sometimes it gets lost in the noise of the day to day.

🌻What are you letting melt away as we step into Nature's New Year?

Speaking it out loud, writing it down, sharing it with a trusted supported soul can be all it takes to step into forward motion and get the energy moving...

If you need a little extra help EFT Tapping is my number one go-to. Tapping in Nature can add even more depth when I need to 'hear' a little clearer.

So within, so without🌱

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04/04/2026

If anyone here has ever lost a pet & felt misunderstood by others I am so very sorry!

In our culture we are so quick to compare our pain.

'Oh well they have been through way harder experiences than us'

'They lost a Parent, not just a Pet'

'just buy another'

These are just a few things I hear often from others as they are processing grief, along with self judgment that they are over reacting

As a deep feeling empath I truly thought I understood the loss of our furry family members until I had my own experience just over a year ago.

Our little pup taught our family so much earth side & even more since he was abruptly taken from our yard by a Coyote.

In that moment I learned to hear my instincts even louder. I knew he was gone, yet there was no physical proof.

My gut knew in that first 30 mins even as we continued to search. My soul knew he had done his job here with our family & made his way back to the land by way of nature which also gave me some comfort even in the gruesomeness of it.

But the lessons that followed where hard & deeply uncomfortable at times..

Holding space for my family as we all felt our own waves of different emotions..

My husband first got angry, then felt guilty blaming himself for the broken fence panel & then a river of grief!

My girls reliving the moments when our puppy felt like their only friend after some serious bullying & in hard times of isolation. He was always just there listening with no judgements allowing them to be their free spirited selfs💗

For myself ..

The vivid flash backs of all the times this little guy had stayed by my side in some of my darkest moments.

The companionship when we moved Countries & didn't know a single soul.

The mornings he would drag me out of bed as he begged me to walk him, also pulling me from the dark back into the sunshine.

Then the regret, that I didn't always slow down enough to give him that extra love he so wanted at times.

The list goes on...

What helped our family was to talk & feel these big very valid emotions without bypassing them, without making them smaller, without telling each other 'stop'. We also planted a tree in his honor.

Grief is just deep love❤️

02/12/2026

Today was heavy & shocking here in our Province of British Columbia, Canada after a School shooting. 💔

This is all a lot to process, as Parents and nurturing, highly sensitive humans it hurts.

Unfortunately as much as many of us try to protect our Children from devastating news the word travels by mouth, social media, news on the radio and TV.

With more Children feeling scared & confused about the World with the endless stream of news atrocities recently it is vital that we listen to them & open space for these difficult conversations and their emotions..

If you don't have words and your feeling deep grief yourself its OK to sit & cry with your Kids.
It's OK to say ' I don't understand this either'.

We don't scare them by showing our hearts, we confuse them by hiding it because they feel!

This is a time when more than ever our Children....even the older ones need us to feel!

I think most of us agree the traditional Mental Health approach is not working. So many of us want change but that starts with us!!

Learning how to FEEL, comeing back to EMPATHY, COMPASSION and real human CONNECTION and this does start in the home and in Community.

I know that may seem alien if you were not raised to see or feel emotion but this generation is different I promise!

My heart is with 💔

02/07/2026

This brought me to tears! So many huge hearts who have experienced deep trauma & the unimaginable, choose work caring for others....but if your an empath without boundaries & an emotional practice it can be an exhausting place to live.

In my opinion Practitioners & Leaders with lived experience bring a depth of empathy that is unmatched which helps those they are helping to feel safe, seen & understood at a much deeper level than just classroom teaching alone.

The challenge is these huge hearts often give so much to everyone around them that they deplete themselves & then take on the pain of others...this is often a subconscious survival pattern that has been learned from young.

I know because this was a huge part of how I landed in this work. I was this person until I burnt out. Logically I knew all the systems to help me but until I updated that survival system at a subconscious mind & body level ( which is what my version of EFT does) I was constantly depleted.

Taking care of my emotional & energetic body first has changed everything & now my work not only energizes me it leaves me with energy for me & my loved ones just like Crystal & the ladies at U Grow Girl experienced here.

I love nothing more than to share this work with other Practitioners, Teachers & Leaders in the healing &helping world.

We can not poor from an empty cup!

It does not help us, those we want to serve or teach our Children healthy habbits.

It has been a true honor to be apart of the Time to Heal retreats that throw their hearts & souls into.

If you have experienced Sexual abuse & are struggling with the non stop news right now please reach out. You are seen, held & understood here!

More retreats are in the works & I too have many resources.

Together we heal💞

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