The overarching theme throughout our discussion was connection, making, keeping and healing connections throughout the body and the nervous system. In this four part series, we're going to explore those connections between chronic pain, the nervous system. Integrating movement and breath and finding new ways to befriend our body and fully experience life. This is part one of our connection series, chronic pain and the nervous system. Please welcome my guest. Colleen Jorgensen.

Donna Phillips is passionate about bringing trauma release exercise to the world as a way to safely self regulate stress tension and trauma. We're going to learn a little bit more about what trauma release exercise is,  what it does for the body, how it can help us connect and reestablish a friendly relationship within ourselves and safely down regulate the nervous system, so that we can really experience our lives to the fullest.

3 ways to turn any routine into a self care ritual.

Everyone loves a good night's sleep. But fatigue. Insomnia, Sleep deprivation. Those are all central complaints for pretty much every health issue out there, fatigue being number one. And I think for many people, myself included that general fatigue is just something that we live with. It's just something we accept as a normal state of being. but it's not supposed to be that way.

celebrating this month of love with self care as self love in the face of a beauty diet and fitness culture that survives, and thrives on messages of not enough. I want to introduce you to an extraordinary woman today, who is on a mission to redefine beauty and help women navigate a world of wellness with compassion, and self love. Paula, Marie Davis is a 55 year young wife of nearly 30 years and mother of five. She's a health coach, entrepreneur, raw food chef, flying Yogi, natural beauty advocate, change maker and so very much more.

part two of our sleep factor 101. Today, we are going to be talking about the stages of sleep. And what is happening in those stages of sleep, and which ones are more important. We just want to get a real good picture of what a good night's sleep looks like what is normal. What is abnormal. And how can we use this information to really find our way back, and support our health With a healthy night's sleep.