KaterinaBaratta

10/03/2024

Big news friends! 👉If you want to keep getting natural health and mind-body wellness content, follow me at my new business .studio.

✨It’s been a long journey but it’s finally happening, and I couldn’t be more excited!✨

I hope to see you there, both online and in person (for those of you in the Portland, OR area).

Support from you means the world to a small business like mine, so thanks in advance for your support.

👉Please like, share, and tell your friends.

I can’t wait to see where this takes us!
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12/27/2023

The most powerful thing you can do for yourself and the world in the new year?

Cultivate inner peace.

How?

Sign up for my 14-day embodied mindfulness course, The Practice, by January 3 to get 20% off, and help yourself meet 2024 with an open heart.

Here's the link: https://katerina-baratta.ck.page/products/the-practice?promo=PEACE

I can't wait to see where it takes you!

12/18/2023

The task in winter is to adjust our diet and lifestyle to both counteract the elements outside, as well as build up our inner reserves.

This article will show you how:
https://katerinabaratta.com/5-winter-wellness-tips/

The task in winter is to adjust diet and lifestyle to both counteract the elements outside as well as build up our inner reserves. Here are 5 winter wellness tips.

11/17/2023

Digestion is the root of all health. Check out this week's article to learn why, how to improve it:

Healthy digestion is essential for both mind and body health. This article explains why, and gives you 5 strategies to support your gut.

10/25/2023

Do you deal with chronic pain? I had the great honor of being invited as a panelist on the the Overcome Chronic Pain Interview Series 2.0 lead by my friend, Catherine Courtice.

She's brought together 20+ the world’ top medical experts for this complimentary series on how to learn to manage your chronic pain, and I'm delighted be one of them!

You can get access to all of it by registering here: https://interviews.overcomechronicpain.net/Katerina-Baratta​

I can't wait to hear what you think!

10/10/2023

Struggling with mental health or other chronic health issues? Ultra-processed food might be to blame.

My latest article is up, and it will answer the following questions for you:
• What is ultra-processed food?
• What’s the difference between processed and ultra-processed food?
• Why is ultra-processed food so dangerous?
• Could fat, sugar, salt, and the lack of other nutrients be the real issue?
• How does ultra-processed food affect mental health?
• What can you eat to support mental health?
• What we do and don’t know
• Next steps

Please like and share, because everyone in the modern world needs to know this. Thanks!

There is a clear link between ultra-processed food consumption and mental health. What is ultra-processed food, and how can you avoid it?

10/10/2023

Struggling with mental health or other chronic health issues? Ultra-processed food might be to blame.

My latest article is up, and it will answer the following questions for you:
• What is ultra-processed food?
• What’s the difference between processed and ultra-processed food?
• Why is ultra-processed food so dangerous?
• Could fat, sugar, salt, and the lack of other nutrients be the real issue?
• How does ultra-processed food affect mental health?
• What can you eat to support mental health?
• What we do and don’t know
• Next steps

Please like and share, because everyone in the modern world needs to know this. Thanks!

https://katerinabaratta.com/ultra-processed-food-mental-health/

09/20/2023

Want to feel better? 👉Then learn to heal the root causes of stress and anxiety, holistically.

✨Healing Through Anxiety (HTA) is open for enrollment, now until September 4. ✨

This dynamic 12-week program combines the wisdom of holistic healing traditions—like Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, and ancient Greek medicine—with modern scientific research in psychology, neurology, physiology, and nutrition to help you regulate your nervous system and tap into more ease, joy, and inner peace.

Members learn how to work with their anxiety (instead of fighting against it) to help them embody their highest self.

And they are raving!

✨“Your practices are invaluable. Before I got in touch with you, I was uneducated about the effects of anxiety and how to manage it. Now I have a lot of tools to use any time of day – or night if needs be – to accept it and let it pass through me. Exactly the opposite of what I thought had to be done to ease the symptoms.

Your methods work.

I finally feel calmer, and would like to continuing your practices for my life.”

✨“Let me just say- WOW! What I’m loving so far about this course is it’s teaching me how to get in touch with myself to find the answers.

This is exactly what I have been missing!”

🤔Not sure if this is for you? Here are some telltale signs to look out for:

✔️You feel overwhelmed
✔️You always feel like something needs to be fixed
✔️You have intrusive thoughts
✔️You are emotionally reactive, or emotionally numb
✔️You feel like you’re operating on autopilot, and can’t show up for life the way you want to

‼️Even just one of these is enough to tell you that there’s some work to do.

🔗And because the mind and body are linked, you may have some of these physical symptoms, too:

😴Trouble sleeping
🥱Low energy/exhaustion
😶‍🌫️Brain fog, lack of focus
🥺Your digestion is off
😫Chronic pain, and other health issues

If any of these are showing up for you, Healing Through Anxiety can help.

Visit https://HealingThroughAnxiety.com or click the link in my bio for more info.

I can’t wait to see where this takes you!

08/22/2023

The best way to relieve stress and anxiety?

Allow yourself to feel what you're feeling in your body, without interpretation.

As your mind comes in and tries to tell you that something feels painful or bad, or tries to distract you with thoughts about the past or future, just keep bringing your attention back to the sensations in your body.

If your body wants to move, shake, twist, stretch, kick, or you spontaneously feel like making a noise or find yourself wanting to cry, let yourself.

If you're in a place where you can't do that, find a quiet private moment later when you can.

Your body already knows what it needs to do in order to heal, sometimes you just need to get out of the way and let it.

✨ Want to learn more?✨

👉 Click the link in my bio and sign up for my free weekly newsletter.

Every Wednesday I send out holistic mental health and wellness strategy, insight, and inspiration.

I can't wait to see where it takes you!

08/20/2023

The mind only knows what it has experienced, but your experience is extremely limited in the grand scheme of things.

There are always other perspectives available to you that are equally true, you just have to learn how to calm your nervous system so you can be open enough to see them.

✨ Want to learn how?✨

Click the link in my bio to download your (free) copy of the Bliss Kit and learn 4 life-changing strategies to help you heal the root causes of stress and anxiety.

I can't wait to see where it takes you!

08/19/2023

Emotions are like a river of energy that flows through your body.

When you push against the flow by avoiding your emotions, it's like you're building a dam inside of yourself and the pressure gets stronger.

In order to heal anxiety, you have to learn to feel safe feeling what you're feeling.

It can take time, and it's helpful to have a compassionate guide by your side to reassure you on this journey.

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My online course, Healing Through Anxiety, provides an extensive toolbox of strategies to help you heal your nervous system so you can cultivate more ease, joy, and inner peace in your life.

And we meet regularly online in a small-group environment so you feel safe enough to let your guard down and explore new possibilities.

Doors are currently closed, but you can be the first to find out when they open again if you join my mailing list.

While you wait, you'll also receive my weekly newsletter with (free) holistic mental health and wellness strategy, insight, and inspiration to help you heal the root causes of stress and anxiety.

✨ Click the link in my bio to sign up now.✨

I can't wait to see where it takes you!

08/18/2023

Thoughts are helpful, but don't let them dictate your life!

✨ Want to learn how to break free?✨

👉 You can start by downloading your (free) Bliss Kit.

The Bliss Kit will teach you 4 life-changing strategies to cultivate more ease, joy, and inner peace, (including how to take your thoughts less seriously.)

I can't wait to see where it takes you!

08/17/2023

When you feel anxious, the tendency is to become hyper-focused on the thoughts in your mind.

The issue is that the thoughts in your mind are trying to find a way to help you escape from the stress you feel in your body, but by fighting against the stress you only end up making it stronger.

If you want to feel less anxious, you have to learn to feel safe even when a stress response is active in your body.

And one of the best ways to do that is to practice feeling into the sensations in your body, even and especially when they're uncomfortable.

By shifting your focus from your mind to your body, you still feel the stress, but you don't make it worse by trying to "fix" or escape it, and that's how it's allowed to transform.

It's like you're allowing the river to flow instead of building a dam, or trying to single-handedly divert it (an impossible task!)

✨ Want more?✨

👉 Click the link in my bio and sign up for my free weekly newsletter.

Every Wednesday I send out holistic mental health and wellness strategy, insight, and inspiration, to help you heal the root causes of stress and anxiety.

I can't wait to see where it takes you!

08/16/2023

Can you guess the foundational prerequisite to healing your nervous system?

Awareness.

Trauma and stress patterns prevent you from being fully present in the moment that you’re in, but so long as you begin to be aware of how that process is happening in you, you are already starting to heal.

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Want to learn more about healing your own nervous system?

👉Then click the link in my bio and download your (free) copy of the Bliss Kit.

The Bliss Kit will teach you 4 life-changing strategies to help you cultivate more ease, joy, and inner peace.

I can’t wait to see where it takes you!

08/04/2023

What's the next step in your healing journey?

Perhaps you'll find it in my weekly newsletter.

Every Wednesday I send out holistic mental health and wellness insights, strategy, and inspiration to more than 800+ subscribers.

Click the link in my bio to join, and let's find out where it takes you!

08/03/2023

"Think positive!" You hear them say, and as if on cue, all your mind can think of are all of the potentially catastrophic events that can happen in the next 5 minutes.

Try as you might, thoughts are not controllable. They are conditioned reactions from the past whose job is to promote the survival of your body.

You can start to become aware of your thoughts and intentionally replace negative thoughts with positive ones, but that won't make negative thinking go away entirely.

A better strategy is to question your thoughts' validity.

Some thoughts are helpful, even when they're "negative." Most are just limited suggestions based on past experience.

To free yourself, you have to learn to take your thoughts less seriously.

How?

Self-inquiry is a great place to start.

I teach this and 3 other life-changing strategies (for free) in the Bliss Kit.

Download your free copy by clicking the link in my bio.

I can't wait to see where it takes you!

08/02/2023

Most of our suffering is avoidable.

We get into the habit of judging the world and our lives, creating preferences and aversions, imagining that we know what is best for us, and throwing a hissy fit if we don't get what we want.

You feel this resistance in your body.

Anytime you feel stress or tightness, you're closing yourself off.

But in order to experience life fully, in order to love the moment that you're in, this resistance has to soften.

And the best way to soften resistance is to recognize it, allow it, and welcome it into your experience too.

Because when you love even the experience of resistance, you align yourself with the love that you seek.

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Want more holistic mental health and wellness insight, strategy, and inspiration?

👉 Then click the link in my bio and sign up for the newsletter.

I can't wait to see where it takes you!

07/31/2023

Are you struggling with nervous system dysregulation?

Do you feel like you overreact a lot, or just can't seem to relax (unless you zone out in front of the TV or scroll on your phone for hours)?

This week's article on the blog is all about the nervous system, the causes, signs and symptoms of dysregulation, and strategies to start healing.

Please like and share if you find it helpful or interesting!

I can't wait to see where it takes you.

Learn the signs of nervous system dysregulation, the causes, and effective strategies to start healing the nervous system.