Gastroparesis is a disorder that slows or stops the movement of food from your stomach to your small intestines. Discover healing strategies.

Over 200 physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and social self-care ideas you can add to your everyday life for your healing journey

Caring for our second selves, or the 39 trillion microbial cells that make up our microbiome, is as important as caring for ourselves. Here's how to support these tiny organisms that play an integral role in our health, well-being, and longevity.

August self-care challenge! This end-of-summer self-care challenge is great if you need a bit of silliness and relaxation in your life!

At the time of writing, the debate rages on about the proposals for children to return to school. Plans are made and unmade. We veer between information overload and a distinct lack of communication. Emotions are running hot on all sides. While we rightly think about the potential stressors that children have faced during the pandemic, it’s also been a difficult time for the adults in their lives. Self-care should be high on the agenda; after all, how can we hope to contain and co-regulate with

Understanding the 11 emotional energy centers of the body can help you realize how your emotions and repressed feelings affect your mind and body.

It is important to set boundaries with narcissists, such as setting limitations on behaviors and words. But emotional boundaries that block the incoming feelings of guilt and shame are also important. Victims of narcissistic abuse are often empaths and too easily take on the emotions of guilt and shame as a result of their childhood emotional abuse by parents or siblings who are narcissists.

Whether you’re looking to learn the basics or want to train to become a Certified Gottman Therapist, the tools below have been designed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman to enhance your understanding and practice of the Gottman Method.

In this article, you will learn the importance of the vagus nerve, how to test your vagal tone and simple strategies to improve vagal tone.

Seeing someone crying can trigger empathy, compassion, and a desire for comfort in most of us. But when a narcissist sees you cry, the reaction might not be what you'd typically expect. Mental professionals often label narcissists as self-centered, lacking empathy, and having a grandiose view of themselves. So, how does a person with narcissistic

Emotional Freedom Technique, an alternate treatment to anxiety, stress and physical pain based on the blend of Acupuncture and Mind-Body Medicine.

For those of you who find relaxation a hard place to be, and work way beyond 40 hours a week at your job, along with caretaking your children, or house duties, or fighting with your spouse, or listening to friends or family member’s problems, or whatever else that might keep you ON... today we are reviewing the nervous

Stop Self Sabotaging Yourself! Lesson 3 of 4 of ‘Spiritpreneur Success Strategy’

Here's an infographic tool that provides 5 compassion-based steps a person can take to overcome feelings of stuckness and deep-rooted shame.

Summary and visual of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs on self-actualization: motivations, behaviors, identity, work, money, and more

Healing shame and self-criticism with self-compassion, mindfulness meditation. Codependency and shame stem from blame, secrets, and dysfunctional childhood family.

Over the next few days, in this exclusive serialisation of his new book, PAUL McKENNA will be guiding you through a simple set of powerful exercises, designed to alter your destiny.

Building better relationships with family, friends, and yourself requires genuine effort and mindful actions. Prioritize open communication, active listening, and empathy. Invest time and energy, create shared experiences, and practice self-care.

The Emotional Guidance Scale is the perfect solution to when you want to proactively get yourself out of an emotional downward spiral.

A dad cut his daughter's hair off after she got highlights for her birthday, so her mom sprang into action

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1. Taxes - what are they, how do I do them My first year as an independent (i.e, my parents not claiming me on their taxes), I was left to do them myself. TurboTax? H&R Block? Paying for someone else to do them for me? What even are taxes and how do I do them? Taxes are a mandatory contribution collected by the government; everyone has to pay them every year. Thankfully, there are numerous resources online that can tell you how to do them. Just make sure you keep track of which forms you need to log. Additionally, unless you absolutely desperately need help with them, you don’t need to pay to have them complete. You can find free websites to complete them online (IRS, FreetaxUSA, etc). 2. How to change a tire While we're at it, let's add in how to change the oil in a car. For most, we spend a good amount of time in vehicles. Knowing how to change a tire should be a skill that all drivers have. Have you ever got a flat tire and been saved by AAA? I know I've been thankful enough to have roadside service, but I wish I could save time and money by changing my own tires. Imagine not having service to call for someone to help. What do you do then? Or if you break down on the side of the road in the middle of the night or in a low-traffic area. You’ll want to have these essential skills! 3. Basic sewing skills I can't count the number of times that I lost a button on a t-shirt or found that *one* piece at the thrift store that almost fits perfectly. Being able to adjust your clothing to fit your body can make clothing more comfortable, and saves money on alterations. Now I'm not saying learn how to completely alter all your outfits, but figuring out how to patch a hole, add a button, or hem some pants a little bit shorter, is so helpful. 4. Budgeting How do I know how many hours I need to work to afford rent? And not just rent, all my bills (phone, car insurance, health insurance, Wi-Fi, other apartment bills), plus gas and food every month. Getting a job only provides the support of income, but how do you know how much you really get to spend out of that? Budgeting can be a good way to understand where your money's going, and provide a basis for when you want to start saving. Juggling multiple bills and possible loan/school/car payments can be scary when you don't have a game plan. Have you heard of the - The 50-20-30 rule? It states that you should divide your paycheck like this: “50% for the essentials (Rent and other housing costs, groceries, gas, etc.), 20% for savings , 30% for everything else.” Do you think that is actually doable in today's state of wages and living? I know a lot of others, including myself, are spending about half on rent alone. 50% is only including rent, none of the other housing costs, groceries, or gas. Which means the 20% for savings typically also includes “essentials.” 5. Cooking basics Once you move out, it’s on you to do the grocery shopping, cook dinner and then eat. But what should you make and how do you know if your grocery list covered everything for the appropriate amount of meals? Cooking basics should definitely include oven/stove safety, and safe food handling (how to safely cool down hot meals so they don’t go bad, how to know when food DOES go bad, etc). Additionally, cooking basics should cover: how to properly chop vegetables, getting comfortable using spices, how to cook a variety of eggs, oven/stove safety, and how to check if your food is fully cooked. 6. The Stock Market Well, according to the Corporate Finance Institute, the stock market refers “to public markets that exist for issuing, buying, and selling stocks that trade on a stock exchange or over-the-counter.” This can be ever confusing, but I recommend reading a few articles to get informed before diving into exchanges or investments. 7. Retirement Plans Let’s face it; our newer generation might not be retiring anytime soon, but that does not mean we can’t plan for it! Regardless of your job, there are ways to set aside part of your monthly income to be put into a retirement plan. If you are asking yourself: When should I start? The answer is now! Even though you’re a half a dozen decades away from retiring, that is the perfect time to start. Review what plans might be available to you; does your work match your input to a 401k? These are important aspects that might help get you a cushion for when retirement time actually comes. 8. Making Appointments (drs, dentist, etc) Did anyone not realize how many appointments come up in our daily life? I was so used to being told ‘dentist on Wednesday’ or ‘you have an eye appointment next week’ by my mom for years. Once I was off her insurance and on my own, it was time to make sure I stay on top of those. Thankfully, you only need to get your eyes checked once a year, which is usually the same for your primary care physician (unless you have other extenuating health concerns that require more frequent visits). 9. Socialization I had no idea how difficult it would be to make friends as an adult. When we are younger, we tend to rely on our parents to take us out and about, help set up playdates, encourage us to make friends at school etc. Once you hit high school, you probably have been doing some of this socialization on your own. But once you’re really an adult, and no longer have those social situations (classes, sports, extra circulars) to help continue to bring people around you, it gets that much harder to make friends. Thankfully there are ways to do so (Bumble, MeetUp, book clubs, other social events like concerts, etc). 10. GardeningOkay, this might not be on EVERYONE’s list, but it certainly is on my. When I moved into my first ‘real’ apartment, I finally had space to grow my own fruits and vegetables! But where do I start? Well, I learned that certain plants are winter ONLY, and should not be planted in the summer. Corn is harder to grow than you might think. And you will get bugs. They are a natural part of the process. Learning to self sustain through gardening is a lifelong skill that can be taken with you anywhere you go. Written by: Emily Schwerdtfeger Written by: @emily_schwerdt

This vagus nerve and polyvagal therapy cheat sheet provides definitions of the vagus nerve, clarity on what vagal tone is, as well as polyvagal therapy techniques, and guidance on polyvagal check-ins

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