Integrative and Complementary Therapies
Maryjane Henning What are we talking about when we use the term emotional health? How important is it to be emotionally healthy, what does that look like, and how do we achieve it? Those are just a few of the questions we will look at in the following paragraphs What Is Emotional Health Emotional health is measured … Read more
I use EFT or Tapping frequently with my clients and although they find value from using it many of them don’t continue to do it on their own. The reason they give me is that they just don’t know what to say. I am going to give you some tips on creating you own EFT … Read more
Addiction is prevalent in the world today and touches the lives of so many people. It is devastating to the mental, physical and emotional lives of all those involved. Addiction can ultimately damage the mind, body, spirit, and soul. A helpful and healing recovery program includes looking at all these areas. In a treatment program … Read more
Crystal healing is an alternative healing modality that uses crystals or gemstones. Using Crystals for emotional healing, balancing the body, and even for prosperity has been around for centuries, it is not a new subject. It is however growing in popularity. There are references to the use of crystals as far back as 5000 years … Read more
Most of us have an overactive inner critic. This can make it challenging to give our self credit for what we are doing right, and instead have us focus on all the ways we feel we fall short. Even recognizing our admirable traits and characteristics makes some of us nervous, like our ego is too … Read more
For many of us this is actually a lofty idea, “Always Be True To Myself” implies that I know myself well enough to be true to myself. Before we can be true to our self we need to know what we believe in, the principles for which we stand, what we value, what we really … Read more
Do you struggle with social anxiety and low self-esteem. Some of the strategies I incorprate when working with a client with challenges around social anxiety and self esteem include developing awareness of self talk, being mindful, and incorporating relaxation techniques. One of the best methods that combines all three is utilizing Tapping or Emotional Freedom … Read more
In my search to seek out alternative therapies for healing I ran across a program called Access Consciousness. I would put it in the category of New Age, and I am fine with that, I’m a fan of many of the New Age ideas and processes. To me the concepts from Access are really all … Read more
Do you eat when you are bored, lonely, sad, angry, overwhelmed? Do you eat to avoid things, to procrastinate, or because you need a distraction? Are you stuck in the cycle of emotional eating and the cycle of pain and the self disgust that comes along with it? Most of us eat emotionally from time … Read more
I have always loved journaling as a way to get in touch with thoughts and feelings. It is a much better way to cope with uncomfortable feelings than keeping them bottled up. Writing out our thoughts can be very therapeutic and it can also be a great way to be able to see change. … Read more