by Carol Holguin | Oct 4, 2022 | Mid-life archetype quiz, mid-life transition
Do you have repeat themes in your life? You know, like picking the guy with so much potential, getting sick right before a big presentation or vacation, or showing up late? Sometimes these themes are so obvious to others around us they may nickname us “fix ‘em Sally”...
by Carol Holguin | Sep 28, 2022 | Mid-life archetype quiz, mid-life transition, resilience, Self-care
Let’s talk about mid-life transitions. Mid-life can be a long transition – starting somewhere around forty years of age and ending around sixty years of age. Within these twenty years, other life transitions may occur: Aging parents may need more care or may...
by Carol Holguin | Sep 21, 2022 | Mid-life archetype quiz, mid-life transition, Self-care
“People may call what happens at midlife “a crisis.” But it’s not. It’s an unraveling – a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you’re supposed to live.” Brene’ Brown Navigating mid-life can be confusing. Just at the time...
by Carol Holguin | Jul 19, 2020 | body to soul, resilience, Self-care
A little more than three years ago, I was sitting on my sofa in our little apartment in Irvine, California, having a conversation with my dear friend, Kimberly. Kimberly was participating in a clinical trial for a genetic treatment for lung cancer and I had...
by Carol Holguin | Jul 3, 2020 | body to soul, resilience, Self-care, stress response
Dancing, jumping, shaking it out My father died a few years ago. At first I felt as if I had lost my footing. That I no longer knew who I was. I would get up in the morning with a sense of floating. And, if I was lucky, I would settle into my normal routine –...
by Carol Holguin | Jun 26, 2020 | body to soul, resilience, Self-care, stress response
Stress First Aid Stress first aid is a quick way of getting out of the story of stress and into the right now. Because anxiety that is triggered is from past experience, getting back to the present is key to feeling safe in your body, and mind. Practicing these tools...
by Carol Holguin | Jun 21, 2020 | body to soul, resilience, Self-care
My Dad was a big man, with a big voice that could quiet a room. My Mom called it “holding court”, and that’s what it felt like when you were audience to one of his monologues. He would get fired up about some political or current event and there was no doubt how he...
by Carol Holguin | Jun 19, 2020 | Self-care, stress response
Learning Your Boundaries Healthy boundaries are nothing more, or less, than knowing what is you/yours and what is not. Boundaries are another skill that most of us are not taught. Once you trust this learned skill, you may recognize shifts in energy, find yourself...
by Carol Holguin | Jun 12, 2020 | Self-care, stress response
Dropping Down Into Your Body Last week we worked with your breath to connect with your body. This week we deepen the process, connecting breath with intention. Finding your feet, your foundation, when your head is going off can prove difficult. The stress response...
by Carol Holguin | Jun 5, 2020 | Self-care, stress response
How to Build Stress Resilience in 15 Minutes a Day PLUS Quick Stress First Aid Tips (Part 1 of a 5-part Series) The world feels volatile right now. The U.S. is in the midst of both a health and racial crisis. The pandemic, the economy, and the most recent...
by Carol Holguin | Mar 31, 2020 | Self-care, stress response
1. Acknowledge the stress and anxiety you are feeling. Trying to ignore anxiety is like trying to pretend your hair’s not on fire. As it escalates, it becomes harder to put out. Say it out loud. Tell a friend or family member. Write it in your journal. There’s...
by Carol Holguin | Dec 19, 2019 | Self-care
2019 was a huge year for me. In April, we moved from California to Texas, into a new home, fulfilling a five-year plan that had extended into six years. Gary and I sat down January 1, 2014 and created a hand-drawn vision plan. We fleshed out a mutual dream to live in...
by Carol Holguin | Nov 29, 2019 | Self-care
What if I lose my job? What if I get sick? What if I lose my parent, my kid, my spouse? What if I never accomplish (insert goal here)? What if this neck, back, jaw, hip, knee pain never goes away? What if the worst thing I can think of happens? Oh! But what if I...
by Carol Holguin | Nov 2, 2019 | Self-care
I was thinking about self-care the other day. The topic has become such a buzz word over the past several years that I think we don’t hear it anymore. Sure, the concept is alive and, well, necessary. But maybe we should call it what it really...
by Carol Holguin | Oct 26, 2022 | mid-life transition, Self-care
I set out to write a blog about being true to yourself, and this is what came out on the page… My Mom has a digital picture frame that the grandkids gave her several years ago. All the grandkids send photos that show up on this screen and then join the other photos...
by Carol Holguin | Oct 12, 2022 | Mid-life archetype quiz, mid-life transition, Self-care
In a Trauma Touch Therapy™ workshop I attended years ago, we participated in a boundaries exercise where two people are partnered up. One sits on the floor as the other comes closer and sits across from her. It is the job of the person sitting on the floor to tell the...
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