The holiday season is a time of joy and togetherness, but it can also bring physical challenges. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that nearly 21% of U.S. adults—approximately 51.6 million people—experience chronic pain,...
While short-term pain is an effective indicator of injury or illness, your brain continuously adjusts your body when pain is present for long periods. Hence, chronic pain (characterized as pain that lasts for three months or longer) can be challenging for your...
How many of your clients want to keep up with their grandchildren but can’t because of mobility issues? The pain that these clients feel is not only physical but also emotional and spiritual. Part of the joy of grandparenting is playing with the little ones, and when...
Madeleine L’Engle, author of acclaimed children’s book A Wrinkle in Time, once wrote, “When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up, we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability… To be alive is to be...
Awareness is a state of being that requires practice every day. True awareness takes in everything—the most insignificant interaction with someone you don’t know and the most important choice that you have to make in a given day are equally understood when you...
Do you have the stress relief techniques you need to reduce and recover from the impact of busyness and stress? Moshe Feldenkrais once said, “Know what you are doing so that you can do what you want.” When it comes to stress, that means knowing what your body is doing...
