Loon Rising

10/23/2025

✨ Midlife Is Not a Drop in Altitude — It’s an Invitation to Rise

My mission is to empower women in midlife to strengthen their emotional resilience — enhancing mental, physical, and spiritual health along the way.

Whether you’re navigating chronic stress, career changes, health challenges, hormonal shifts, or simply the weight of midlife transitions…
💫 Emotional resilience is the grounding skillset that helps you rise through it all.

What is Emotional Resilience?
It’s the ability to rise gracefully despite the headwinds — to lift yourself up with strength and clarity so you can live with greater balance, peace, and well-being.

To support that journey, I’ve created several pathways to meet you right where you are.

Each session includes The Serene Shift Method for Emotional Resilience, unique to Loon Rising:

🕊 NEW Lift Session (30 mins) – Focused mini-session to create clear action steps and accountability when you know where your health needs the most attention.

🌿 NEW 3-Day Reset (3 x 15 mins) – Short, real-time support to help you regulate emotions and regain balance during stress or setbacks.

🌼 Foundations Session (60 mins) – Build clarity on what to focus on first, with a personalized plan for action and accountability.

🦅 Soar Package (6 x 60 mins) – A transformative journey offering deep guidance, accountability, and long-term emotional and physical renewal.

If your heart is calling for steadiness, clarity, or a renewed sense of well-being — I’d love to help you rise. 💛

👉 Learn more or book your session.

10/21/2025

As the founder of Loon Rising, LLC, I’m fulfilling a lifelong dream—to support others in their health and wellness journeys with compassion, connection, and purpose.

I work 1:1 with clients and also lead seminars and workshops as a Duke-Certified Health & Well-Being Coach, specializing in helping women in midlife tap into their emotional resilience—especially those navigating chronic stress or illness.

💬 When I hear a client say:
✨ “I feel more positive.”
✨ “I chose determination over fear.”
✨ “I bounce back faster now.”
It reminds me why I do this work—and why every twist and turn of my own journey has been worth it.

🌀 My path wasn’t linear.
Born with an autoimmune disease, I’ve also lived with other chronic illnesses most of my adult life—and am a proud Lyme warrior and author.

I also spent 27 years in the dietary supplement and health sciences industry, while raising a family (humans and cat rescues 🐾).

10/17/2025

✨Emotional Resilience at the Disco✨

What do disco balls, Game of Thrones, murder podcasts, Jennifer Garner movies, and saber-tooth tigers have to do with emotional resilience?
Well… you had to be there 😉

Last night in cozy Center Harbor, NH, I had the joy of guiding a powerful group of women through my talk "Emotional Regulation in Real-Time" at the inspiring Bohemian Home boutique.

Together, this newly formed sisterhood explored The Serene Shift Method—a brain-based, heart-centered approach I developed at Loon Rising, LLC. It includes:

🧘‍♀️ 4-4-8 Breathing
🎚️ The E-Motion Reset Scale
🎯 Shift & Savor Micro-Goals

(A method inspired by UGA’s award-winning Path2Green training by Dr. Cathy Snapp & Geralyn Russell)

We dove into the science:
🧠 Negativity bias
🧠 Positive neuroplasticity
🧠 HRV coherence/incoherence

…and saw real-time results--calm, clarity, and peace—in just minutes.

💡 Most powerful of all?
The realization that emotional regulation is a skill—and every woman in that room walked away knowing she has the tools, the strength, and the sisterhood to reclaim it.

10/14/2025

As founder of Loon Rising, LLC, I'm officially launching this week and fulfilling a life-long dream to serve others 1:1 in meeting their health and wellness goals 🙂 !

I'm a recently certified Health & Well-Being Coach through Duke University and have also been trained in faith-based emotional resilience through the University of Georgia, Athens.

My mission is to empower women in midlife to build emotional resilience, grounded in Christian faith, so that they can achieve well-being in the midst of the challenges and transitions they are facing.

These challenges may include chronic illness, peri-menopause & menopause, burnout, cancer recovery or caregiver stress.

✨ What Makes Loon Rising Different?
✔️ The Serene Shift Method (rooted in emotional resilience)
✔️ Duke’s Wheel of Health Coaching
✔️ Personalized scripture, affirmations & spiritual tools
✔️ Real-life experience with healing and transformation

🧘‍♀️ Coaching options include:
• Free Discovery Call
• 60-min Single Session (Faith-Based or Traditional)
• 6-Session Coaching Package (Faith-Based or Traditional)

This isn’t about chasing perfect health—it’s about rising into your power, peace, and purpose for serene well-being.

Ready to begin for yourself? Or want to share this with a woman in your life who can benefit? I'm offering a welcome gift of 15% off any package for the next two weeks. Message me or visit https://www.loon-rising.com/ to begin your journey 💙

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10/10/2025

🌀 Your PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT is a key part of your Wheel of Health — right up there with sleep, nutrition, movement, mental well-being, purpose, mindfulness, and community!

It includes:
🏡 Your home environment
🌆 Your neighborhood
🏢 Your workplace culture
❤️ And most importantly — whether you feel SAFE and SATISFIED in those spaces

It’s fascinating how often clients respond “My physical environment!” when asked,
👉 “What’s holding you back?”
And more specifically — “Clutter!” when I ask,
👉 “How so?” ❣️

So many ah-ha 💡 and uh-oh 😬 moments arise when we see how external clutter (like those bookshelves, mud rooms, and home offices!) mirrors our internal mental clutter.

🍁 Like the trees shedding leaves, this season invites us to let go — of stuff, stress, and space-takers — and make room for a new chapter.
And with the holidays coming, many of us are also preparing to add festive touches to our homes.

✨ So, as we head into the long weekend…
How will YOU support this part of your well-being?
💬 Share below 👇🏼

P.S. Good luck if that involves RAKING the clutter of dead (yet lovely) leaves in your yard! 🤞🏼🍂

10/06/2025

I'm beyond excited to be a featured presenter at Bohemian Home in Center Harbor, NH — a space that’s as creative, welcoming, and inspiring as they come!

Funny enough, I first stopped in for a little escape and retail therapy (and yes, the vintage clothes and jewelry are amazing!) — but what I found was even better--a heartfelt conversation with owner Kristine that sparked something bigger. 💬💫

Now, we're teaming up to bring real talk and real emotional resilience strategies to our local community. As a Duke-Certified Health Coach, I'm so honored to be part of this collaboration and can’t wait to connect with all of you in such a meaningful way.

Stay tuned for details — and if you haven’t visited Bohemian Home yet, go treat yourself. You just might leave with more than you expected. 💛

Join us on Thursday October 16 at 5:30PM for a presentation with Joy Devins focusing on women’s health and well-being. Hosted by Bohemian Home 23 Main St. Center Harbor, NH.

09/23/2025

🍂 Transformation can be beautiful
But also painful. And scary. And trying.

Just like fall in New England—hauntingly beautiful… and sometimes just haunting, right? 😅

As I wandered through Franconia Notch in New Hampshire, I couldn’t help but think about how perimenopausal joints can feel as red (inflamed!) and orange (caution!) as the trees around me 🍁🙃

But then the sun broke through the canopy, and with it, a powerful reframe:
✨ Yes, your joints might feel “red” and “orange” today—but your next steps can still lead to a space where your natural brilliance shines through.

So… what will your next steps be?

As a health coach, I partner with clients to design sustainable, personalized health + accountability plans that move them toward their goals—one aligned step at a time.

I “leave” you with this stunning scene from the (not-so-white) White Mountains 🧡☺️

09/22/2025

🔍 What Loons Taught Me About Coaching (& Resilience)

If you’ve ever watched a loon dive, you know it’s not just a MOMENT — it’s a PROCESS.

Graceful. Intentional. Deep.

It takes strength, stillness, trust (and yes, powerful legs).

I’ve come to realize that health coaching and resilience look a lot like that.
(Less so the need for powerful legs… but maybe.🙂🦵🏼)

This weekend, while observing loons on Squam Lake, NH — filming site of On Golden Pond 🪙 (which features a beautiful supporting cast of loons) — a few things occurred to me:

1. Coaching Is a Deep Dive 🪞

So much of modern wellness floats on the surface — quick fixes, hacks, symptom management.

But beneath that are the things that truly need to be addressed to support long-term health:

✳️ Patterns we repeat without realizing
✳️ Beliefs or values we’ve outgrown
✳️ Emotions we’ve pushed aside
✳️ Habits that no longer serve us

Like the loon, my clients are invited to dive in — into their own vision for health and the strengths they already have to get there.
(Maybe even strong legs. Let’s not count that out.)

Because that’s where real change begins.

2. There is Strength in Stillness ☮️

Loons slow their heart rate to dive deeper and stay submerged longer.

In coaching, we do something similar:

⌚ We slow down (with breathwork)
🤫 We get quiet (with reflective questions)
👂🏼 We listen (for insights and motivations to propel you forward)

Breathwork, space to think and dream, and those aha moments that move you into action — these are building blocks of resilience.
They rewire your brain and body for long-term change.

3. Returning to the Surface Brings Renewal 🌤️

And loons always resurface.
They come back with what they need to thrive.

That’s the essence of coaching:

➡️ We dive in with intention
➡️ We gather strength, clarity, and nourishment
➡️ And we rise — more aligned, grounded, and resilient

Whether you're:

💫 Rebuilding your energy
🌿 Rethinking your habits
🌀 Moving through a season of change

Resilience isn’t something you chase.
It’s something you find within — just beneath that beautiful surface of yours — and strengthen, one intentional dive at a time.

09/19/2025

I know it’s Friday, and you’ve all been rewiring and hardwiring your brains this week with mindful moments and micro-goals that I’ve been leading you through (ahem 🧡).

But spare one of those spiffy little neurons and GUESS what I’m grateful for this morning, from the picture I just snapped below (NOT a stock or AI generated photo).

It’s quite a perplexing puzzle 🧩 for sure 😱

While you are at it, share what YOUR puzzle would look like this morning if it reflected what you are grateful for this week 👇

P.S. I mean, look at the hardwork of my community—adding pieces to this puzzle everyday!

FreeBirdCoffeeAtIdentityCoffeeCo (there, you don’t have to guess)

09/17/2025

🌿 MINDFUL MOMENT + MICRO-GOAL = MINI TRANSFORMATION 🌿

Give yourself just 2 minutes and watch the rest of your day shift — like a dragonfly molting in the morning sun 🐉☀️ (yes, even before your coffee... which is saying something, coming from me 🫘).

🧘‍♀️ MINDFUL MOMENT
1️⃣ Name how you feel right now. Notice where that emotion lives in your body.
2️⃣ If it’s not serving you, gently reach for a better-feeling emotion (even something small like “contentment” or “satisfaction”).
→ Not sure how? Visualize something that brings up that feeling, and notice it in your body.
3️⃣ Hold that good-feeling emotion in your mind for 10-12 seconds. Let it sink in 🧠✨

🎉 Boom — you just rewired your brain for resilience, like shedding an emotional exoskeleton that no longer fits 💫

🎯 MICRO-GOAL TIME!
Fill in the blanks:

“Today, I will [do something small] at least [once/twice] and feel [emotion].”

💡 Keep it super simple — no more than 2-5% out of your way.

Some real-life examples from me:

💬 “Today, I will cook for myself at least once and feel accomplished (looking at you, lonely box of quinoa 👀).”

💬 “Today, I will schedule something fun at least twice and feel giddy (Downton Abbey matinee + rug shopping = peak joy 🛍️).”

✨ Try it every morning.
It’s like brushing your emotional teeth 🪥🧠

🙏 Grateful to the University of Georgia, Office of Personalized Health & Well-Being, for the science behind these neuroplasticity tools!

👇 Drop your micro-goal in the comments — I’d love to see what you’re working toward today!

09/16/2025

🌿 Can Polyphenols Boost Emotional Resilience?

This morning, I found myself walking a dewy trail through woods dotted with brooks, bogs, and the vibrant reds and blues of highbush cranberries and blueberries. It struck me how often nature quietly gives us exactly what we need — if we’re paying attention.

Those berries aren’t just beautiful. They’re also rich in polyphenols, powerful plant compounds that science is increasingly linking to emotional resilience.

(Quick note for the plant geeks like me: Highbush cranberries aren’t true cranberries — they’re tart berries often used in jellies, not as snackable as the sweet wild blueberries growing nearby!)

What the Research Says:

Recent studies suggest polyphenols may help us weather emotional storms by:

🧠 Supporting brain plasticity via BDNF, a protein tied to mood and adaptability

🔥 Reducing inflammation and oxidative stress — both of which are heightened under pressure

🌱 Strengthening the gut–brain connection, which plays a major role in mood regulation

🧩 Protecting focus and memory during times of fatigue or emotional strain

Of course, resilience is never just about one thing. Sleep, movement, mindset, and human connection are essential. But what we eat is part of the equation too — and vibrant, polyphenol-rich foods might be one more way we can support ourselves when life gets overwhelming.

This morning’s walk left me inspired — and grateful — for the way food and nature can nourish not just the body, but also the spirit.

👉 Your turn: What’s your favorite polyphenol-rich food?
🍫 Dark chocolate? 🍵 Green tea? 🫐 Blueberries?

Let me know in the comments — and tag someone who needs a little resilience boost today.

09/15/2025

💡 Midlife women deserve care that’s backed by today’s science—not outdated myths or narratives. Menopause is a complex balancing act, and you don’t have to navigate it alone. ⚖️💕

On a recent road trip through scenic Maine 🌲 (hello, I-95 self-reflection lane 🛣️), I tuned into an incredible episode of the Everyday Wellness Podcast with Dr. Kelly Casperson and Cynthia Thurlow (Ep. 500), and think every woman 40+ needs to hear this.

Here’s what really stuck with me:

🔹 “UTI purgatory” is real. Vaginal estrogen can help restore healthy microflora and reduce the risk of serious infections like sepsis. Yes, it’s that powerful.

🔹 Hormone therapy isn’t the villain it was made out to be. When used appropriately, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone can dramatically improve mood, sleep, bone & heart health. One family member told me it helped her feel "balanced" and like herself again. 💛

🫸🏼 BTW, the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative headlines? They created fear around hormone therapy without giving the full picture. The medical field is still undoing the damage from that.

🔹 SSRIs (often prescribed for mood in midlife) can increase fracture risk. Something to be aware of—especially for those concerned about bone health.

🔹 Brain fog? Identity shifts? “Awakenings?” Midlife changes can feel disorienting but also empowering. It's a time to reassess what truly matters—and that’s exactly where I love to support women as a health coach.

👉 Bottom line: Science has evolved. Today’s research supports better, more personalized care for menopause and beyond. Women deserve to know their options and feel empowered—not confused or dismissed.

🎧 If you're navigating midlife (or supporting someone who is), you might want to give this episode a listen. It’s packed with info that could change how you think about your health journey.

✨ You are not alone, and you don’t have to settle for suffering in silence or being caught off balance.