The Rise & Shine Blog

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From Surviving to Thriving: How You Can Shift Out of Fight or Flight From Surviving to Thriving: How You Can Shift Out of Fight or Flight Overcoming Childhood Trauma Often Starts with Escaping the Fight or Flight Response George and Betty’s doors were buttoned up tightly… Read More
How to Go From Day-Job to Dream-Job How to Go From Day-Job to Dream-Job You may not know this about me, but I used to be a lawyer. Well, I still am a lawyer,… Read More
The Body Image Checkup: How to Love Yourself More The Body Image Checkup: How to Love Yourself More For those of you who have been reading along over the past few months, you know that when I was… Read More
And We’ll Have Fun, Fun, Fun ‘Til… And We’ll Have Fun, Fun, Fun ‘Til… Lately my husband David and I have just been co-existing. We’re walking around the house like co-workers. Like roommates. Like… Read More
Finding Your Inner Warrior Finding Your Inner Warrior You may not know this about me, but I used to be a lawyer. Well, I’m still a lawyer, but… Read More
Letting Go of Shame Letting Go of Shame Were you raised in a “shame on you” household? I sure was. Maybe it was the era. Maybe it was… Read More
Don’t Desperately Seek Anything Don’t Desperately Seek Anything What do you want more than anything right now? Go ahead. Name it, I’ll wait.  Great. Now when you identify… Read More
Develop Your Self-Esteem Not Your Confidence Develop Your Self-Esteem Not Your Confidence I hate skiing! I tried it years ago and I fell––a lot. I mean a lot. Heck, I even fell… Read More
The Power and Beauty of Grief The Power and Beauty of Grief When’s the last time you grieved? If it’s been a while, you’re probably overdue. Grief is an essential emotion for… Read More
Keeping Your Spirits Bright This Holiday Season Keeping Your Spirits Bright This Holiday Season In the days of Covid it’s easy to lose your holiday spirit. Even though a vaccine is on the horizon,… Read More
5 Ways to Go from Overwhelmed to Joyful 5 Ways to Go from Overwhelmed to Joyful Are you overwhelmed? Have you lost your va va voom? Are everyday tasks bringing you down flat? It’s easy to… Read More
Everything You Need Is Already Inside of You Everything You Need Is Already Inside of You So often in life when we encounter an obstacle or are confronted with a tough decision, we look outside ourselves… Read More
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