Living Well Therapy Services

10/27/2022

Open House - Thursday, October 27, 2022, from 5 PM - 7 PM CLOUD 9 FLOAT SPA 65 Commons Way Kalispell, Montana

06/28/2022

What's love got to do with it?

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06/11/2022

Learning to listen to your body can be the path to healing from chronic pain.

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If you have a history of trauma or chronic pain, you may need to relearn the art of listening to your body in a safe and slow manner. Chronic pain relief...

05/25/2022

05/25/2022

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The Vagus Nerve and eye movements work together to facilitate health and trauma recovery. A video guides practice for self-care with mindful

05/19/2022

WOULD THE REAL ME PLEASE STAND UP?

Can you think of times where you showed up as your best self, and then other times where you wish you could have a do-over? Or maybe times when you wish you could find your best voice, and other times when your worst voice would not be quiet? Do you expend mental energy trying to forget, wishing for a re-do, or criticizing yourself? Perhaps you’ve become concerned over these two (or more) versions of you, and wondering which one is the real you?

One comforting thought here may be that you are not alone. You may be surprised by how many people around you experience the same confusion. However, just because we have experiences in common with others, and can rest assured that we are "normal," does not mean that we are in a place of serenity.

The bottom line is when you get to the point where you’re done trying to sort it out on your own, there are therapists trained to help you. No matter what your scenarios, no matter what your narrative, no matter how embarrassing you may feel it is, it is not too much. You are not too much. Together, we can explore your challenges and, in the process, help you get to know the real you.

05/19/2022

I FEEL LIKE I'M NOT GETTING ANYTHING DONE

“I feel like I’m not getting anything done when I’m doing mindfulness.” This was a recent comment from a client who had tried mindfulness, and I have to say it cracked me up. No, it doesn’t look like you’re getting anything done, which, in a weird way, is the point. the Earth is continuing to orbit the sun, turning on its axis, and you are doing nothing! Maybe you begin to rationalize why you don’t have time for mindfulness exercises, why you need to keep busy and get things done. And then comes the inner critic: How can you just sit there like that? What makes you think you have time to practice mindfulness when everyone else is BUSY?

This is not the easiest time to remember your therapist saying “Trust the process and stick with it. It will click eventually, at which point you should be able to think more clearly, find more peace in your days, and notice events where you surprise yourself by showing up so full of grace, purpose, and wisdom.”

Change is hard!! However, sometimes it can help to ask yourself, "Do I want to continue on the trajectory on which I am headed?"

Ideally, mindfulness become a way of life, but involves breaking old habits and forming new ones, as with nutrition and exercise. In the case of mindfulness, we’re trying to “get in underneath” processes which have become automatic, including the habitual thought that we must stay busy at all times.

Mindfulness trains your brain to slow things down and to be more present in the moment. This is the opposite of our go-go-go training, which says do, get things done, do some more! One of these paths leads to burnout, and one leads to better relationships.

So... do you exist to be a machine, or a human being?

Trust the process. At the very least, hard-working you deserves about ten minutes each morning to drink a cup of coffee or tea… mindfully.