ReVive Your Thrive

27/09/2024

Sleep is about more than just rest, it's a powerful way to relax into wellbeing for the whole family. 🌔
Start optimizing your sleep in just 1 Week by aligning to your unique "rhythms of rest."

You can find our free minicourse to start your journey to quality sleep in the link in bio.

19/06/2024

Modern life presents particular barriers to embodiment. We're constantly on "go" and it can be hard to "find" our flow. When I'm not connected to my body due to travel or a busy week, my life reflects it: poor sleep, more snippiness, or maybe a mind full of extra chatter. Overwhelm creeps in, and I can feel lost in the chaos "I don't know where to start... what was I just working on or doing? Everyone needs something! Agh! Slow down!". 🌿
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Thankfully, my bounce-back rate is evolving ever faster. Often, the solution to "finding" my flow is removing the mental chatter that's blocking it. When I reconnect with my body, slow into sensation, release stored tension, and find even a split second of stillness, the way forward is always shown. Reorganization happens, new solutions arise, and flow returns. It's incredibly reliable, like a wave. 🌊
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Contraction dissolves into relaxation again and again, evolving into a life of greater ease. This is the gift of embodiment. When we can get past the barriers of stress, overwhelm, and stored trauma, we get a well-regulated nervous system— one that can rise to the occasion of the moment with attention and action, and then relax back into ease. A healthy life experience includes both action and relaxation, expressing adaptability and resilience. 🌸
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An effective way to overcome barriers to embodiment is having a daily practice to do so. Even 5-10 minutes a day can have compounding effects. Prioritizing good sleep, eating well, and addressing stressors can also be key. Like any other healthy lifestyle intervention, maintenance can be a huge step toward health and it ultimately leads to a richer life experience.
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To experience my favorite practice, you can try a free Non-Linear Movement Method class. Link in bio.
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14/06/2024

When I began to understand the language of the body through sensation, a whole new experience of life began to unfold. It started with a deeper exploration of self, which naturally led to greater intimacy with my husband: mentally, emotionally, and physically. Somehow, after just 2 years of marriage, we had found ourselves on autopilot. Embodiment work helped thaw out what felt like a freeze in our relationship, allowing what wanted to be expressed to come up and be engaged with. 💖
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This poured out into a greater ability to be present with my daughters & cherish the moments that pass all too fast. It continues to spill out into a greater ability to feel & understand my most meaningful relationships in a new way—the body constantly giving me feedback, like a pulse.
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Embodiment work began to help me understand my heart's expression as well. It informed new areas of study and a body of work inspired from deep within, the body giving me its subtle feedback. My intuition has strengthened as old body-mind patterns have been released that otherwise prevent me from seeing the options available to me in balancing: career, motherhood, and marriage. Creative solutions to my life arrive at an organic pace, as well as a greater ability to relax into trust in their unfolding. 🌸
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Perhaps most precious to me is that deepening my relationship with my body has gifted me an experience of life that is more rich. I can feel more fully and embrace my life—the joyful bits and the challenging bits (each with their own beauty). At the end of my life, I have a growing knowing that I will have lived my life fully—its unique expression well lived and in full color. 🌈
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Embodiment isn't just a practice, though it can start that way. To me, it's a way to truly live and thrive. 🌟
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11/06/2024

Embodiment is quite a buzzword— and there are many ways it can be used, all correct in their meaning. The way I’ll use it here is: truly feeling and listening to your body's sensations and messages. The body has its own language, and when we learn to interpret it, we can move through the world with greater clarity: Body-Heart-Mind integrated as one.

I’ll never forget my first experience of “coming home” to my body. I went to a chiropractor for neck pain from an old injury. As the practitioner made subtle adjustments, I experienced bursts of emotion—grief, joy, laughter—often with no specific memories. It was the first time I understood that our bodies store unprocessed experiences. After a challenging year that left me feeling numb, I at last began to feel alive and at home in my body again.

This led me to explore embodiment work through reading and various practices. Some of my favorite books are: “The Body Keeps The Score” by Bessel van der Kolk, “Waking The Tiger” by Peter Levine, and “Sweat Your Prayers” by Gabrielle Roth. Teachers like Michaela Boehm and Steve James have also been influential.

In today's fast-paced world, many women feel disconnected, stuck in their heads, or numb to their body's sensations. If you’re curious or new to this work, I highly recommend the books above and engaging in embodiment practices like dance, intuitive movement, exercise, neurofeedback, bodywork, The Non Linear Movement Method, or rituals to cultivate presence.

Want to reconnect to your body and feel more alive? Join me for a FREE Non Linear Movement Method class! Click the link in my bio to start your journey back to your body today. 💖 Also teaching locally in Gilbert/East Valley, AZ.

06/12/2023

We've known the placenta provides key information for fetal brain development, but now we're able to see more deeply into the cellular mechanisms. This could enable earlier diagnosis of neurological disorders like autism spectrum disorder (ADS) and schizophrenia, and potentially treatment to consequences appearing later in the child's life.

The researcher, Cheryl Rosenfeld, has linked drugs (opioids) and chemicals like BPA (still found in plastics and receipts) to the above disorders. A reminder that what mom is exposed to in pregnancy affects not just her, but baby too (and in other ways, we know her future grandchildren).

https://neurosciencenews.com/placenta-neurodevelopment-25317/ #:~:text=Rosenfeld%20found%20that%20microscopic%20extracellular,the%20placenta%20to%20emerging%20neurons.

06/12/2023

We've known the placenta provides key information for fetal brain development, but now we're able to see more deeply into the cellular mechanisms. This could enable earlier diagnosis of neurological disorders like autism spectrum disorder (ADS) and schizophrenia (and potentially treatment) to consequences appearing later in the child's life.

The researcher has linked drugs (opioids) and chemicals like BPA (still found in many plastics and receipts) to the above disorders. A reminder that what mom is exposed to in pregnancy affects not just her, but baby too (and epigenetically- her future grandchildren).

https://neurosciencenews.com/placenta-neurodevelopment-25317/ #:~:text=Rosenfeld%20found%20that%20microscopic%20extracellular,the%20placenta%20to%20emerging%20neurons.

04/12/2023

As winter sets in, focusing on specific strategies to boost your immune system can be important to keeping your family healthy & joyful the whole holiday season. Here are some tailored tips for the colder months:
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Tech Detox for Better Sleep: Reducing screen time, especially before bed, can significantly improve sleep quality. Better sleep is directly linked to improved immune function, so consider unwinding with a book or meditation instead of your phone or TV.
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Meditation: Just 10 minutes per day helps epigenetically regulate hundreds to thousands of genes in your body, favorably. And a recent study showed 220 of those were directly linked to the immune system. There are many types of meditation, so you can experiment with what works for you!
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Spice Up Your Diet: Adding spices like turmeric, ginger, and garlic to your meals isn't just for flavor! These spices have potent anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, which can help bolster your body's defenses.
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Indoor Plants: Having plants in your home is more than aesthetically pleasing; they can improve air quality and increase humidity levels, which is beneficial for respiratory health during dry winter months. We were built to live with plants!
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Intentional Hydration: Instead of just water, try herbal teas with immune-boosting ingredients like echinacea or elderberry. They not only keep you hydrated but also provide essential nutrients and antioxidants.
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Help Your Detox System: The less toxins you’re exposed to, the better job your body can do fighting off seasonal illness. Drink filtered water (our fave is the Berkey), buy organic when you can, use non-toxic cleaning products (link in bio for free recipes), convert to non-toxic cookware, and invest in a good air filter. I know it's a lot! We incorporated these changes slowly over time- starting with our food & water.

13/09/2023

Ever feel like you're being punched in the gut & yet lovingly held? Or that on one level something is completely falling apart & on another it's not only held together, but being weaved into something more intricate and far better?

I'm sitting with this paradox after a hard conversation with hubby last night and reflecting on the value that resilience brings to leading a thriving life. Because health & thriving doesn't mean obstacles being removed, but the resilience to face them.

You see, not being able to ask for help/change or receive it was robbing my vitality & health. I perceived I was carrying the weight of the world alone, and just needed to be more productive, be stronger, pray more, keep my mindset fixed...

And then one day there was a breaking point. And a decision on the most subtle level to make a change. I didn't know what it would look like yet, I wouldn't even say it was an intellectual "okay I'm making this decision to not carry everything alone." It was just barely there.

But when I did, it started with incredibly awkward conversations w/ David, sometimes blowing up into huge arguments, many times letting myself feel completely exposed- holding BOTH "this was so stupid to start bringing things up" AND "I've got to start getting to know my needs, my boundaries, and showing up as a partner." This was not about demanding or getting my way, but exposing the way I saw things, revealing what was important to me, and listening to how he felt too. Little by little "martyr mom" was dismantled & a truly loving partnership built.

And now? A relationship that could withstand the stressor exposed to us last night & have us looking into each others eyes saying "we've got this. I wouldn't choose anyone else to move through this with."

Being vulnerable was hard. Especially when unknown. But not growing in self & partnership is harder.

29/08/2023

To all my AMAZING mamas & mamas-to-be... how's your nutrition?

This article makes me think of the postpartum period that's all too commonly characterized by postpartum depression symptoms.

CDC estimates 1 in 5 moms.

The miracle of pregnancy is incredibly demanding, nutritionally.

A whole human being is incarnating 🥰

When a mom isn't getting adequate nutrients in pregnancy (or pre-conception even) she can be incredibly depleted postpartum.

This affects mental, emotional, and social well-being in the whole family system during a critical imprinting time.

Mama's: start early or consider precision nutrition & supplementation as soon as possible!

My take aways from this article:
1. Health is more than the absence of disease.

2. The human being is complex (think elegant, not complicated), and interconnected.

3. Nutrition has functional relationships & interactions with our multi-dimensional nature, and greater environment.

4. Nutrition affects more than our bodies, but our mental and social health too.

28/08/2023

I feel better now with two young babies than I did in my 20's! And look better too 💪💃! The trifecta of: Sleep Optimization, Stress Reduction, and Personalized Nutrition built for my genetic blueprint... has RADICALLY changed my life & experience of motherhood.

I couldn't say that before. No... 2 years ago I looked in the mirror and didn't recognize who I'd become since becoming "a mom". I remember waking up to the beautiful sounds of my 1st baby calling out to me, but I was so exhausted from what I surrendered was just run-of-the-mill "mom life" that I often couldn't fully appreciate just how precious those early AM moments were. Instead I struggled to get out of bed, to balance a side gig I'd once been so passionate about with stay-at-home mom life. I was consumed by anxiety. Quality sleep was rare, and my love life w/ my husbby was... well let's just say the honeymoon period had an all too brief moment. And while we strived to eat healthy- my body just wasn't responding like it used to. I struggled to get through the day... let alone workout. Again I surrendered to "well this is just mom life."

Well ladies, if you can relate let me tell you: NO. Mom life does not have to be stress, exhaustion, burnout, messy mom buns, lack of mental clarity, the end of productivity, too tight jeans, or "I can't muster to do anything but veg out to Netflix" every night.

There is of course a time post partum when the 4th trimester calls for "taking it easy" as you & the family system adjust to life with your new bundle of joy, but when SLEEP is optimized, STRESS reduced, and NUTRITION personalized... you will be AMAZED at the vitality & energy your body will GIFT you (and how FAST post-baby)... so that you can be even MORE PRESENT with your little's, INTIMATE with your partner, and MENTALLY CLEAR for your work & passions. I'm proof of it and so are many . I am sooo excited to dig into each of these three simple, yet, crucial areas of life that are often overlooked with ACTIONABLE tips you can start taking now to reclaim your body, health, and vitality.

Follow along for all the best science & hacks I've got & am learning

26/08/2023

BUSY OR STRESSFUL WEEK? Get out of your head and drop into your body & heart in tomorrow's live virtual embodiment class! 8:30am Pacific, 11:30am Eastern

LET GO OF:
-Stress & tension
-Trauma patterns locked in the body
-Emotional blocks and
-Fatigue

AND TAP INTO:
-Intuition
-Insights
-Innate body wisdom and
-Vitality

Not quite yoga, not quite a dance class, and always filled with richness... online Non-Linear Movement Method® classes are where mindfulness meets efficiency & fun. Register online or learn more on this Eventbrite:

Release stress & tension, feel more at home in your body, and cultivate vitality in this online movement class from the comfort of your home