Are you ready for the holidays? If you are like many others, this question might bring up a lot of emotions. When you think of the holidays do you feel stressed, depressed, or anxious? You’re not alone. Emotions can be overwhelming if you don’t understand them or know how to work with them. With the combination of traveling, family gatherings, financial strains, and expectations on every … Read More
You need your anger, and your anger needs your support! Your anger is crucial to your sense of yourself, your ability to know who you are and what you want, and your ability to set boundaries. When you know how to work with your anger, your life can change in remarkable ways. Starting November 5th, you can explore this essential emotion with Anchen Texter, a dual-licensed … Read More
Elemental Balance: Honoring Your Whole Self An online course at Empathy Academy Monday, October 1st to Friday, October 26th 4 Weeks: $135 If you want to learn to work brilliantly with your emotions, it’s important to know where they fit into your life. Are they suppressed? Are they overemphasized? Are your intellectual life and your emotional life balanced, or do they fight with one another? Does … Read More
Emotions contain vital healing wisdom Recent research is helping us see that emotions are vital to nearly everything we do. Though we have misunderstood emotions for centuries and treated them very poorly, we are beginning to understand their value and their power. Emotions help us attach value to information. They help us decide whether people are safe or unsafe. They help us choose our careers. They … Read More
The Self-Care Track begins on Monday, October 8th Your emotions contain vital wisdom and healing powers that aren’t available anywhere else. When you know how to listen to your emotions and work with them directly, they can support you in astonishing ways. Dynamic Emotional Integration® (or DEI) helps you access the genius in your emotions and the art of your empathy to support whole-life awareness and whole-life … Read More
How can I know if I’m done with something or someone forever? What if things change? What if they change? What if I change? The thing about these questions is that by holding on to how the relationship is right now, and not allowing my sadness to flow, I’m not allowing the relationship to evolve and change as it would naturally. One universal truth is that … Read More
Healthy Empathy® ~ How to Give Without Giving it All Away Karla McLaren, M.Ed and Tino Plank, MSN, RN August 17th to 19th at Esalen Center in Big Sur, California $420 includes your retreat, all of your meals, use of the facilities, and simple accommodations. 9.75 hours of Continuing Education credits are available (see below) Health and healing professionals who demonstrate empathy provide better care with … Read More
Becoming Fluent in The Language of Emotions Starts Monday, August 6th 8 weeks of self-paced multi-media learning, Q&A, forum interactions, and downloadable content $165 Emotional Flow will help you access the genius inside your emotions Your emotions are absolutely essential to every aspect of your life — yet few of us were ever taught how to work with them skillfully. In this self-paced 8-week course, empathy … Read More
Balanced Empathy and Self-Care to Prevent Burnout Starts Monday July 16th – 6 weeks Online at Empathy Academy – $265 *6-18 CEUs available During this difficult time, many of us are turning to our caregivers and healers for support: healthcare professionals, bodyworkers, and counselors. We expect these people to be available, emotionally stable, and prepared to help us — yet something few of us ask is: … Read More
~ by Sherry Jean Olander, licensed DEI Trainer & Consultant ~ If you are like most people, you may never have heard of Elemental Balance theory. You’re probably familiar with the concept of balance, but perhaps have only related it to your life in terms of work-life balance or balancing your checkbook! You may feel like balance is something you’re supposed to have – but what … Read More