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Embodied Life, Sechelt, BC (2025)

09/06/2025

New Blog Post: Exhausted & Over It 😮‍💨 Understanding Burnout & How Counselling Can Help

https://www.embodiedlifewellness.ca/blog/exhausted-and-over-it-understanding-burnout

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08/15/2025

Even when it’s hard.
Even when it’s messy.
Even when it hurts.

It’s in the quiet remembering of who we are underneath the layers of conditioning and outdated beliefs…

In all of our imperfect glory. 🥀

05/28/2025

Self-trust & self-reliance = self-confidence. 🙌🏼

✨ Trust in self is essential in creating the life (and relationships) we long for. ✨

Follow along for more 💗

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05/27/2025

When I say the world needs us to rise, what I mean is rise into our most connected and authentic selves.

So many of us stay small, quiet and tame out of fear.

We’ve been taught to fear taking up space or ‘rocking the boat’.

Constantly conforming ourselves to appease others is not only exhausting, it’s quite literally making us sick.

We are full spectrum beings with a vast depth and ability to feel.

The darkness exists within us all and everything that’s less pleasant about life is what makes it so damn beautiful.

& it’s not until you start to allow yourself to feel that you truly realize that.

There is a whole world out there (and within) waiting for us to connect with it.

& I promise you it’s more beautiful than you could have ever imagined.

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05/23/2025

🧡 There is another way 🧡

05/22/2025

✨ OCD & Self-Care // When Self-Care Becomes a Compulsion ✨

The illusion of control can feel like safety- but it often keeps us stuck.

OCD is a survival strategy for when the nervous system and body don’t feel safe.

The mind latches onto something to be a certain way, which makes us feel like we have control. Control can help us feel like we are safe.

The shadow to this: control is an illusion. When something unexpected happens, that illusion shatters, and the body goes back to feeling unsafe.

So the mind latches on harder to a sense of control… Which leads to obsessiveness and compulsivity.

Leading to this vicious cycle of:

Lack of safety = latching onto control = illusion shatters = more fear = more control.. etc.

You get the picture.

I’ve had the tendency to latch onto specific self-care routines… Which have helped my mind think it was keeping me healthy… When really that rigidity of routine actually kept my mind overriding my body, leading to my body feeling even more unsafe… Because sometimes I’d push my body to do something it didn’t have the capacity for, as to not break my routine.

This has led to a lack of trust between my mind and body… My body not trusting that my mind will listen when it says no.

My practice has been to honour my mind’s desire for routine, while also honouring my body’s capacity.

Sometimes this looks like my mind spiralling around not going for the walk, doing the yoga, etc. And so my work is to soothe my mind by reminding my body we are safe via words of affirmation & nervous system practices.

Some narrative reframes I am finding helpful:

~ Ritual > Routine
~ Rhythm > Rigidity
~ Moving from compulsory self-discipline to devotional self-attunement
~ Making my practices more intentional & attuned to my needs VS another thing to check off my to-do list

Like, comment or share with me (or someone else) if you can relate or found this helpful! 🙏🏼

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05/12/2025

🌎 Did you know that Earth omits frequencies that are biologically healing to our cells? 🌎

So much so that many years ago NASA created something called a ‘PEMF mat’ designed to help astronaut’s bodies adjust to being back on Earth. 🚀

Being away from the Earth’s magnetic field can weaken the body— affecting bones, muscles, and cells. PEMF mats gently send electromagnetic pulses through the body, mimicking Earth’s natural frequencies. This helps reactivate and support cellular processes, improve circulation, and speed up healing. (These mats are now considered medical devices.) 🌟

Unfortunately, our modern world (rubber soled shoes & concrete) prevent us from absorbing these magnificent frequencies. 🌇

We used to spend a lot more time on (and with) the Earth, and as we’ve evolved- we spend a lot less time. 🌾

One of the most powerful regulating practices I do is create the time and space to sit, lay or walk barefoot on the Earth. 🙇🏻‍♀️

In addition to what I mentioned above, this is shown to:

- Reduce inflammation
- Improve sleep & pain
- Boost your energy
- Improve circulation & immune function
- Reduce stress & anxiety
- Improve mood & enhance mental clarity
&
- Regulate our nervous system!

Another simple yet powerful regulating practice to add to your tool belt! 🌱

05/09/2025

Perfectionism can be dangerous-

It can rob us of our life force and keep us limited to what we think we’re meant to be.

For so long I’ve held myself back-

It’s been 12 years on this journey of self-development.. 12 years of knowing how deeply I long to share the knowledge & wisdom I’ve gained with others.

From the very beginning those voices inside kept me quiet:

“Who are you to _________?”
“No one will take you seriously.”
“You can’t be seen, people will judge you.”
“People will criticize you, say mean things about you, they’ll laugh at you.”
“Stay quiet, stay small- it’s much safer here, hiding away.”

Putting these thoughts into words stirs up emotion, knowing I will share them with you all.

Here comes the shame…

“There must be something wrong with me to feel this way.”

Like no one else in the world ever has?

Another part of me knows that is the farthest thing from the truth.

I’ve been studying psychology for a long time and working with clients one on one for 5 years now..

And what I’ve learned is that:

No one is perfect.
Everyone feels shame.

Perfectionism and shame are survival strategies because at some point they did keep us safe.

Somewhere along the way we learned that if we just think, feel, and behave a certain way, people will love and accept us.

And if we don’t… people will reject us, and even hurt us.

Connection and belonging are biologically essential human needs for proper development of the brain, nervous system, and our sense of identity.

Without it, our likelihood of survival (and ability to thrive) reduces substantially.

So, we learn to:

Stifle our voice
Stay quiet
Repress emotion
Stay ‘strong’
And be what everyone else wants us to be

Personally, I’m done doing that- its costed me way too much.

And I am deeply passionate about helping others break free ⛓️‍💥 from this limiting way of living life.

I want TRUE freedom to be ALL that I am- and my guess is that deep down you do too.

There’s important work that needs to be done here—on this planet, at this time. 🌎

It’s time to rise. 🦋

Into our fullest expression, into who we TRULY are. 🌟

I invite you to come along for the ride. 🦄

Who’s with me? 🙋🏻‍♀️

05/07/2025

🌿 What is Parts Work? 🌿

Have you ever said:

“A part of me wants this… but part of me is scared”?

That’s parts work in action.

It’s a gentle, powerful way of understanding the different “parts” of you—your inner voices, emotions, reactions, or patterns—as unique aspects of your whole self.

Instead of trying to “get rid of” a part of you (like the inner critic, the avoider, or the people-pleaser), we get curious:

• What is this part trying to protect?
• When did it first show up?
• What does it really need?

Parts work helps you build a relationship with yourself based on compassion, clarity, and curiosity (to make a few)—so your whole self can move forward in alignment. 🌱

01/17/2024

Hello everyone,

It’s been a nice long while since I’ve posted last- so I want to let you all know what I’ve been up to and give you a little update.

On March 2nd Embodied Life turns 2! It’s hard to believe so much time has passed since I started my private practice.

I decided to name my business Embodied Life, because I believe some of the deepest healing comes from the embodiment of our truest nature- as human beings, and as unique individuals. The healing power of being authentically ourselves is unlike anything else. It’s essential to our well-being.

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A lot of the work I do with clients is (but not limited to):

- Discovering who they are & what’s important to them
- Discovering their core beliefs and what’s holding them back
- Discovering their values (and aligning their life with them)
- Discovering what they want and need (and how to get it)
- How to build/ have healthy lasting relationships
- Emotional regulation & tools to healthily cope with stress

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When I’m not working with clients, I am happily serving students at and customers at .apothecary ~ I feel very grateful for all my work to be aligned with my values.

A big shout out to the people I work with- clients, colleagues, bosses, customers, students. I have so much love in my heart for you all.

In warmth & well-being,
Victoria

🌹

08/27/2023

“If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.” - unknown / a quote I saw on a sweater in the thrift store 🦋

When we feel stuck, it is indeed a wonderful opportunity to zoom out and take a look at what’s not working anymore.

It can be hard to gain this greater perspective in this state of constriction. It can take a lot of strength.

It can also be extremely empowering to acknowledge that what once served us now does not. And having the courage to act upon that acknowledgment.

What’s weighing you down could be a person, place or thing. It could also be a mindset, an attachment to an idea, a goal, an unrealistic expectation, etc.

So I ask you (and myself) in this moment:

What is weighing you down?
Can you see the bigger picture?
What emotions need to be felt?
What needs need to be met?
What action needs to be taken?
What do you need to let go of?

Now- what can you do to shake this all off and celebrate yourself for the amazing work you’re doing?! 🥳

Much love-
V

08/19/2023

“Your personal reality creates your personality, and your personality is made up of how you think, how you act and how you feel. Change any one of those things and you’ll change your life.” - Dr. Joe Dispenza

And the reality is- we get to choose.

A few weeks ago I was processing conflict with my partner, and found myself righteously claiming a behaviour of mine as my “personality”.

I remember pausing in that moment and thinking to myself “that doesn’t make sense”.

Because I knew deep down that who I am now is based off of the experiences I’ve had.. That I am forever changing and evolving, and so long as I hold on to this self righteous rigidity of “this is who I am”, I’m limiting my potential for expansion and growth.

This seems so simple and obvious as I reflect on this… but the reality is- in those moments a part of ourselves desperately holds ever so tightly onto our perception of who we are.

When we admit our faults, or open ourselves up to possibility of a different perspective, we are “risking significance”.

So to validate the challenge of this work- it takes mass amounts of awareness, courage, openness and willingness to work through our resistance to connection- in face of this challenge- vs closing, fighting, or running away.

But when we can do this, when we can open ourselves up to new possibility, we create the potential to change exponentially.

🌱

Embodied Life

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