Before Emily started working with her nervous system and survival response, she was clinically depressed and anxious. She had regular panic attacks. She hated her life. In fact, she was so miserable and unhappy that she considered killing herself numerous times š³ It got so bad that she had to quit her corporate job in … Continue reading
If you want to know how to release anger physically in a healthy way, this is the article for you. It all starts with a story about how I murdered my beanie today. (Or as Canadians sayā¦ ātuqueā) Seriously. Approximately 17 minutes ago, I tried to break my beanieās soft, fluffy neck š³ It started … Continue reading
Spanish is jiu jitsu is ballet is gardening is knitting is building houses is programming is writing is hiking is snowboarding is cooking is overcoming anxiety and depression is nervous system work is tantric sex and full body orgasms that shake the walls of the house and make your neighbours call the cops. The point … Continue reading
It was 9pm and we were driving down the highway in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I was arguing with my girlfriend at the time about something as we drove and she continued to get angrier and angrier. But me? I did the sMaRt and mAtUrE thing: I took a deep breath š®āšØ Then I took another. … Continue reading
I waded into the kitchen last night after dinner and saw glass bottles EVERYWHERE š³ I say āwadedā because it was like wading into the ocean, except instead of water, it was a 3-foot deep āseaā of glass bottles (thankfully, the bottles were unbroken). There were glass bottles on the floorā¦ ā¦glass bottles on all … Continue reading
Itās simple advice. Just be here now. Donāt think. Donāt imagine anything. Just be here now. And yetā¦ Itās incredibly difficult, is it not? Look at how most people live. Itās ALL about distractions. Itās as if the entire world is designed simply to distract us from whatās happening right now. Thinking is simply the … Continue reading
Adyashatmypants is back, this time with her very own podcast… …with the provocative title of Sex, Money & Rage and a non-stop flow of bad jokes, weird puns and unconventional guests (like one of the highest paid sex workers in the world). Since weāre family (as well as the fact that she has the obviously enlightened spiritual … Continue reading
Back when I lived in Thailand, I found it impossible to stay motivated. Iād start out strong, setting million dollar goals, getting up at 5am and working all freaking dayā¦ ā¦for approximately 3 weeks. Then Iād hit a rock hard wall of stone. The motivation would vanish and Iād start sleeping in until 10, procrastinating … Continue reading
Itās like youāre in a constant fog. You can hear fineā¦ ā¦but you have trouble listening. You know what to sayā¦ ā¦but you canāt quite say it. Itās not fear thatās holding you backā¦ ā¦but rather that your body (and everything in it) is just frozen. Maybe it feels like youāre having one of those … Continue reading
Back in 2018, I spent a night in a Thai hospital. Iād injured myself doing shoulder stands on the gymnastics rings at GoGym Chiang Mai. Iām sure it looked cool to all the people on the treadmills as they watchedā¦ ā¦but it also gave me a hernia š (A hernia is a tear in the … Continue reading