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Are you listening to the Dis'ease' in your body to prevent Disease?

Apr 15, 2022 10:17 AM Central
7 day yoga challenge, anti-inflammatory diet, grief, gut, love yourself, self care
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Growing up I watched my parents ignore their bodies and internalized more than I realized. I decided that, as an adult, when I feel something is not feeling comfortable in my body, I will do something to support a change.

Making changes in your life takes TIME!

Jan 13, 2022 10:32 AM Central
grief, mindfulness, mindset shift, setting goals and pursuing those goals
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I was that kid who once I knew what I wanted I was quick to make a decision and it was dear near impossible to get me to change my mind. Hell, I'm still like this... but I've had some growing up to do.

After all, now I have a husband and kids that I need to factor in to most decisions.

The other thing that I usually did as a child was figure out how to make that decision a reality on my own.

I was the oldest of 5 kids. My parents had twins when I was 8. Things had to change really fast. I adapted really quickly. I had to in order to keep the peace and survive in my family.

Often times, I was making decisions to take care of others around me rather than my own needs, desires, and emotions.

Fast forward to adulthood.

Grief is just love with no place to go (Jamie Anderson)

Dec 22, 2021 01:18 PM Central
emotion coaching, family mindset, grief, guilt, trauma healing
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Grief doesn't just mean a loss of life. Grief is the loss of something once loved.

Why Gratitude is the Best Attitude Even Through Difficult Emotions

Nov 24, 2021 11:06 AM Central
family mindset, Gratitude, grief
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Grief really is a journey and feeling all of the emotions is the only way to keep on moving forward.

So, I stopped and felt the emotions for a minute sending those tender feelings some kindness. And, I felt loved. I felt enough in that moment. Grateful for the love that I can still feel from my mom.

Dear Mom, you would be so proud of me!

Jul 29, 2021 06:34 PM Central
Gratitude, grief, love yourself, motherless daughters, mothersday, stress and anxiety
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Dear Mom,

I wish you could see all that I'm doing for you and because of you. You'd be so proud! From an early age, I wanted you to take care of yourself, to not get so stressed out, to value your own well-being.

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Meet Tanya Milano Snell

Becoming a wife and mother was so exciting for me. I had so much love to give and I strived to always find solutions to life's bumps in the road. From cloth diapering to buying as much organic or local food as we could I was trying to keep us as healthy as possible. I found products that I liked at online stores and corporations, big box stores, local shops, and local farms.....you name it, I was using it all and it was complicated. I also stressed the importance of self care so my husband and I can be there for our kids and for our community, but there just never seemed much time for this.

So, then came a series of traumatic events in our life. First, the death of my mother in law after a long illness followed 2 years later with the death of both of my parents from cancer. Having 2 young kids (one of which was diagnosed with asthma) and navigating this time in our lives was nothing short of a miracle. We have so many friends and family to thank for this! We were maintaining self care (honestly, my yoga practice was crucial) and healthy living as best we could given our circumstances or at least that's what I thought.

In the summer of 2018, my husband was hospitalized with severe gastrointestinal problems. After a week in the hospital, we received a diagnosis of Crohns disease. On the day of his release from the hospital, I was a mess. My body and mind had HAD enough. I didn't know how we were going to manage all of these changes. I cried all day!! I felt like I couldn't be strong for the one person that was strong through all of our battles so far. In the next few months, we had new food to buy, new supplements, new medical bills, and the list goes on. I was having daily headaches, irregular bowel movements, and increased anxiety. Bills and shopping were so hard to keep up with. It was time to make some decisions for the whole family.

I realized that staying in the teaching field was unsustainable to my well-being and detrimental to my family's well-being. I chose to really listen to my intuition, strengthen the practices that help me listen, and follow the path that I was being led to follow. Leading and living from the heart was the only option. My love for what yoga does for my mind, body, and soul was the missing piece to my puzzle on how to make all my passions and dreams a reality.

Today, I have much less stress because I have developed a self awareness that keeps me from self abandonment (SacredSeat and SafeSeat practices). I sleep better. I have much fewer headaches and muscle pains. My anxiety is managed and I worry less about providing what my family needs for proper nutrition. And best of all, I now have a self care routine so that I can be there for my family and their needs. I also have more time for the things that I enjoy doing like reading, playing outside, and family time.

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grief

Are you listening to the Dis'ease' in your body to prevent Disease?

Making changes in your life takes TIME!

Grief is just love with no place to go (Jamie Anderson)

Why Gratitude is the Best Attitude Even Through Difficult Emotions

Dear Mom, you would be so proud of me!

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