Is It Possible to Have Wellness without Toxic Wellness Culture?
Check out my guest blog post with Elisha Madsen, board-certified music therapist and owner of Feel Creative Wellness, LLC.
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Toxic wellness culture and medicalized healthcare leave a huge gap for people navigating life with chronic health issues. What does true wellness look like? We need a new definition and understanding that embraces our humanity.
My guiding lights for an aligned life and for running heart-centered business that supports other humans in flourishing. Here’s what you can expect from me — and what I’ve decided to chuck out the window! What values are most important to you?
What do parenting and chronic illness have in common? Well, you’re basically flying by the seat of your pants, figuring it out as you go, and trying to take it one day (or hour) at a time! Three women tell their stories from this wild ride and share encouragements for your own journey.
What are the unique possibilities, challenges, and joys of entrepreneurship when living with complex or chronic health conditions? Two special guests — Julie Anne and Elisha — share their respective paths from traditional work to running their own businesses!
In my interview with Destiny Winters on The Chronic Illness Therapist Podcast, we talk about connecting compassionately with your body; energy conservation strategies for real life; internalized and healthcare system-based ableism; and much more.
Self-compassion is an inner commitment to caring for yourself as you would a friend, especially in times of challenge, stress, and overwhelm. Experiencing a loving, connected presence is key to navigating life with chronic health conditions.
In this guest blog appearance, I share with music therapist Elisha Madsen about being a wellness practitioner who serves people living with health conditions. We discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion concerns within wellness culture.
Most of us believe that doing it all is achievable and somehow connected to our worth - the Myth of Infinite Capacity. Some bodies and brains reveal the limits of being human more quickly or obviously than others, but they are real for us all.
Energy conservation is about autonomy and being able to make choices. Redistributing and reclaiming resources so you can do the things that matter most to you. Or so you can at least survive this really tough hour, day, or week.
Why did I pursue yoga teacher training? I believe all human beings deserve to experience freedom in body, mind, and spirit. Freedom to breathe. To explore. To play. To choose challenge or to choose ease.
Lindsay Voorhees, OTR/L
I am a licensed occupational therapist, wellness coach, and certified Kripalu yoga teacher. I help people with chronic health issues partner with their right-now bodies and find a sustainable, kinder way of being.
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In this interview with artist Alex Hamm, she shares about her journey from accounting professional to full-time artist, including the impact of a debilitating illness. We discuss how living with complex health issues (and being human) is itself a creative process.