In the Great School of Life, I just took a class on loss and change. No teacher is quite like life experience. I learned much from my recent journey through the grieving process, and I thought you might benefit from a few mind-body techniques and concepts around loss. If you’re like me and many of Read More

This post was written by Ann Burrish, an Endorsed Healthy Life Mind-Body Coach. She can be reached for consults and coaching at ann.burrish@gmail.com. A smart and hardworking client who is a full-time student and almost full-time employee shared this thought recently. A cause of her angst? She took a nap after getting more done in Read More

This exercise is incredibly potent and plenty of fun.  You can use it for physical ailments, weight loss, pain issues, relationship issues, career struggles, or pretty much anything at all.  Don’t limit yourself!  I think you’ll be amazed. I recommend using this exercise whenever you feel yourself itching to DO something about a situation, but Read More

Today I am featuring one of the most important mind-body skills.  You need this skill to relieve pain, lose weight, love your body, love yourself, de-stress, and more.  It’s a universally powerful skill, and I use it daily. Some people call this skill “acceptance.”  However, I’ve decided that word has too much of a charge Read More

I’ve written before about pain as a vital messenger, letting us know what needs to be addressed in our mind-body system.  Symptoms and pain certainly wake us up to the need to take an internal peek at ourselves, mentally, emotionally, and also physically.  I’ve written a lot about the mental and emotional aspect of healing, Read More

Okay, ladies.  It’s time to stop sucking in your stomach. Take a quick survey.  Are you sucking it in right now? If so, here’s the big question:  WHY?  (Really, is anyone looking at your stomach in this very moment?) A few weeks ago, I realized I had inadvertently engaged in this unhelpful habit yet again.  Read More

It’s a new year, and many people have geared up to make life changes.  Most of these changes require some kind of effort or hard work, and there’s a focused, determined feel to these life change plans.   It’s just how we do things, for some reason.  White-knuckled willpower, elbow grease, no pain no gain. So Read More

This post was written by Ann Burrish, an Endorsed Healthy Life Mind-Body Coach.  She can be reached for consults and coaching at ann.burrish@gmail.com. “Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.” G. K. Chesterton “Once you accept the fact that you’re not perfect, then you develop some confidence.” Rosalyn Carter “The thing that is Read More

What does it mean to be connected to your body?  How can anyone really be disconnected from her body?  I mean, aren’t we all pretty much stuck in these bodies we’ve got? Being disconnected simply means your mental awareness is elsewhere.  You’re thinking about your to-do list, the fight you had with your spouse last Read More

A couple of months ago, I bought groceries in the middle of my niece’s birthday party.  We were celebrating first at the local paint-your-own pottery studio and then at my parent’s house, so I took the opportunity to make a mad dash to the store between those two events. Of course, I was late to Read More