After watching an IONS event, I realized that what I experienced in 1992 was a SCE (Shared Crossing Experience), formerly referred to as a SDE (Shared Death Experience). I remember
In this episode, Jessika chats with Jillian Prause, owner of River’s Edge Recovery Collective, encompassing coaching, community support, peer support and community outreach. Her challenge to you is to go
The title pretty much says it all, but if you don’t have acrylic paint, etc, you can DRAW WHAT YOU LOVE. It’s pretty cool, because it forces you to look
Here’s an excerpt from Escaping Ever-Stressed Mode, highlighting some of my favorite science-backed tips that really helped me (circa 2019). What Will You Try? If you have to pick just
Thanks to a recent Trauma-Informed training I took with Cheryl Walters, MS, Psychologist, I learned that mandala art regulates the nervous system because when you create mandalas you are using
Artistic Exploration: Building off of exploration #1, grab whatever artistic items and tools you have. For example, I used: Steps: Is Your Am-ness Shining Through or Being Blocked? I grabbed
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus Artistic exploration: Doodle what is arising in your “am-ness” (there are lots of
In this episode, Jes speaks with Naturopath Sarah Chopra about her specialties, including the different states our bodies can be in, depending on if our nervous system thinks we’re safe
In this episode we hear from therapist Justin Martin, of Parts of Me Therapy, who uses the powerful and evidence-backed Internal Family Systems Model as he works with individuals and