Most of us grow up learning that summer begins in June and ends in September. The school calendar says so. The weather often agrees, at least where Denise Elysa lives on the coast of British Columbia. But astronomically and energetically, something more significant is happening at the summer solstice than the start of a social season. The summer solstice is …
Pneumonia, the doctor would have missed it except for this… (and why I view it as a sign of healing)
I have pneumonia at the moment and I’m acutely aware of how different this experience would have been 10 or so years ago when I first became chronically ill with Lyme and co-infections. The general medical lens of someone with my current complex chronic diseases (ME/CFS, MCAS, POTS etc.,) developing pneumonia, is obviously not great. Patients with these conditions are …
Welcoming 2026 softly…
Welcome to 2026! This first full week of January can bring up a lot for people – relief, pressure, chaos, ease, slowness, and more. If you’re a parent you may feel relieved that school/daycare is back in, routine is returning. If you’re a parent to a child with additional needs or challenges around school, this week might bring more stress, …
My Work is Shifting – Exciting News!
I have so much exciting news to share with you all! Much of it is still in the works so I can only share so much at this time, but read on for what I can tell you. I’m into my practicum for my Somatic Reconditioning Practitioner’s Certification as well as finishing up some business classes. I’m really seeing how …
Defeated and Grateful: Holding Duality and Living Wholly
A natural result of committing to this inner work is it tends to expand one’s capacity for duality. To hold multiple things at once. To allow two seemingly opposing things to be true, simultaneously. I am sitting here this evening both devastatingly defeated and overwhelmingly grateful. I am watching as my partner modifies our home yet again to meet our …
Oops! We’re back online – here’s a discount code.
Oops! My Apologies… My website has been going through some quiet upgrades behind the scenes. These upgrades are still in process but today we discovered that due to some new coding that was just put in, the video feeds throughout the whole site have been down for approx. 48 hours. This means that if you went to utilize any of the …
My Body Hasn’t Always Felt Like Home
I live in a body that for much of my life has not felt like home. These days I often don’t recognize it. I’d be lying if I said I never wince at its sight. It doesn’t look like the body that I worked so hard for, so many years ago. The clothing that used to feel most comfortable, no …
6 Years Ago I Celebrated Remission, Then I Crashed.
6 years ago yesterday – July 1, 2019, I gathered with friends and family to celebrate the end of my Lyme treatment (4-5 years of it at that point) and the beginning of what we thought was remission. 6 months later my life changed drastically in many ways and I experienced a series of overlapping events (about 3.5 years of …
I couldn’t have done this 6 months ago; Reflections on Lyme disease, Complex Chronic Diseases and how far I’ve come.
Barefoot on the earth, morning sun on my face, chicory and dandelion “cappuccino” in hand, bees in the flowers – all things I’m grateful for this morning. This moment had me reflecting on the early days of my health journey when I was first diagnosed with Lyme disease and co-infections in my early 20’s. A lot of my dialogue around …
Getting curious – Can you meet yourself where you are, wherever that may be?
Incomplete stress responses, reacting vs responding, expanding your window of tolerance, and welcoming yourself home. An invitation to get curious and allow exactly where you are, to be enough at this time. Getting curious: – how often do you run from discomfort? – are you able to be in the present moment or does your anxiety, rumination, to-do lists, etc., …
- Page 1 of 2
- 1
- 2
