Do you ever wonder how you can cultivate what you feel as a weakness and vulnerability in you into courage and ability? Brene Brown points out how we all admire courage and daring in others but when it comes to ourselves, we may be paralyzed by shame, or fear or other self judgements passed on […]
Category: Mind Body Medicine Sioux City
This is how the birth of this new podcast came to be in March. Stories of refuge, healing, homecoming, and connection to inspire you, nurture you and boost you up, the way your grandmother (Tata, Sitty, Bubba, Abuela, Safta, Babushka, Oma) would. I have been thinking about starting a podcast for a little over a […]
Don’t let images deceive you. You may think you see everything in my picture after getting the vaccine but you don’t. Let me take you behind the scenes of my life this past year. As I can only imagine what being behind the scenes of your life has been like for you. What you […]

As the new year starts, and as you think of what intentions you want to set for this new year, how do you approach it? Do you make a list of goals you want to accomplish? Do you use a vision board? Do you find yourself sometimes feeling like you may not have all the […]
I am not, to be totally honest. Nobody is. It is hard to keep it together all the time, for ourselves, and our loved ones during the pandemic. Most of us are feeling exhausted, numb and burned out from dealing with decision fatigue. I recently listened to a podcast by Brené Brown where she interviewed two […]

The Vision. The Dream. The Intention.Once Upon A Time, many many moons ago, people from around the world were in tune with cycles, rhythms, seasons, so much so that a lunar calendar was born. The lunar calendar remains, and so does the moon with its cycles. While the path of the moon continues round and […]

Because there is nobody else like you in the world, your self-care is your unique imprint that only you intimately know and build over time. Anything worth doing takes time to practice and cultivate, and self-care is no different. So take a deep breath, maybe get a warm drink and sit in your cozy lounge […]

I don’t know about you, but with COVID and social distancing, I notice that I have been spending a lot more time outside in nature, and that is how I discovered forest bathing. The practice of forest bathing, also called forest therapy, involves no bathing and is not led by a therapist. It originates in […]
This workshop is coming at a time when all of us are grappling with changes, disappointments, grieving losses, the unknown future of ourselves, families, work , local communities and the entire international community. How do you typically react to difficulties in life- work stress, rejection, physical problems, financial difficulties? Most of us deal with such […]
Do you feel like you need emotional and mental support? How does your body feel with all these emotions? Do you feel that you are not able to be there for others? When you are able to take care of yourself, you can be there for others. Join me online to learn to support yourself […]