grief

How do I celebrate my birthday after my parents died?

Jun 17, 2021 12:13 PM Central
after goodbye, cancer awareness, grief, stress and anxiety
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My vulnerable self is so raw and tender today as I turn 40.

I so want to be taken care of, held, and supported. I feel that young one in me that desperately wants to be understood. Where did this 40 year old self suddenly appear from?

Why is my body being triggered and how do I get past it!

Jan 16, 2021 08:25 AM Central
grief, mindfulness, stress and anxiety, trauma healing, when life gets complicated look to your mentors
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I've had a huge pressure on my chest for the past week. It feels like an elephant is sitting on my chest. I just can't seem to catch my breath and I have to force myself to take a deep breath. When I do get a deep breath, there is occasional wheezing.

How to find JOY during the holidays when grief will always be there

12/14/2020 10:00 PM Central
cultivating joy, grief, love yourself, mindfulness, mindset shift
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No matter how hard you try to make the holidays special and joyful, the grief creeps up in the most mysterious ways.

Cancer is a journey and we don't know how long that journey is!

Oct 3, 2020 07:56 AM Central
cancer awareness, grief, stress and anxiety, zyia active
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It's Cancer Awareness Month.

This is something near to me and many of you have stories to share as well.  Please share below.

As I write this, I am very emotional.  

Cancer changed me.  Grief changed me.  I have taken a huge detour from where I was 3 years ago.

3 years ago, my mom had passed just over a month before from Colon Cancer.  My dad was released from the rehab facility and cancer treatments for Stage 4 Lung Cancer.  We had the hopeful feeling that he would be with us for some time to come.  Hopeful that we could spend the holiday season with him.  We got that time with him, but just after that he took a turn and we lost him that January.

I'm lucky enough to have the love and support to keep dreaming and keep reaching for my goals.  I'm also lucky enough to have discovered yoga and pranayama as a healing practice.  

Cancer and grief are 2 things that we don't discuss enough in our country.  We are expected to pick up and move on.  The body and mind will not let that happen.  

This month is Cancer Awareness Month.  

Let's be aware that Cancer is a process.  
Cancer is a journey.  
Cancer affects everyone involved.  
Cancer changes everyone involved.

Be kind, be gentle, be supportive of all emotions that arise.

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How getting back to self love after grief spreads compassion

Oct 3, 2020 07:31 AM Central
cultivating abundance, grief, setting goals and pursuing those goals, stress and anxiety
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In this podcast video, I get into the nitty gritty of just what brought me to where I'm at today. Let's just say I had to sift through lots of muck and overwhelm from childhood!

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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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How do I celebrate my birthday after my parents died?

Why is my body being triggered and how do I get past it!

How to find JOY during the holidays when grief will always be there

Cancer is a journey and we don't know how long that journey is!

How getting back to self love after grief spreads compassion

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