Tag: holistic

Books, Mental Health, Mindfulness, The Power of Now

Release Emotional Pain: 3 Simple Ways to Heal Your Pain-Body

Corie Muldoon

Eckhart Tolle’s concept of the “pain-body” explains why past hurts keep surfacing.

The pain-body is our accumulated emotional pain, that feeds on negative thoughts and reactions.

The good news? You can start to heal your emotional pain-body today!

3 Ways to Heal Your Pain-Body

  • Practice presence when triggered – When emotional pain arises, don’t fight it or identify with it. Simply observe it without judgment. This awareness starves the pain-body of the reaction it craves
  • Breathe through the discomfort – Take 5 deep breaths when you feel old emotions surfacing. Your focused attention on breath interrupts the pain-body’s automatic patterns
  • Name what you’re feeling – Say to yourself: “I notice sadness” instead of “I am sad.” This creates distance between your true self and the pain-body. Check out the Feelings Wheel tool below:

Why this works: The pain-body loses power when exposed to conscious awareness. It can only survive in unconsciousness: in your automatic reactions and resistance

Try this today: Next time you feel upset, pause and ask yourself: “Is this my pain-body reacting to something from my past?” Just asking shifts you into presence so you can begin healing

Share your thoughts below!

Skin Care

4-Step Natural Skincare Routine

Corie Muldoon

Skip the expensive skincare aisle – your kitchen already has everything you need for clearer, healthier skin!

1. Daily carrot boost

Eat a carrot a day (repairs skin cells from the inside out)

2. Nightly rice milk treatment

Add water and rice to a lidded jar and shake. Apply rice milk on a clean face before bed for gentle hydration (that won’t clog pores)

3. Weekly banana water mask

Soak banana peels in water, apply liquid to face for 20 minutes to brighten with natural potassium and vitamins

4. Bi-weekly coffee scrub

Mix ground coffee with water, gently scrub in shower 1-2 times weekly to naturally exfoliate dead skin cells

The best part?! You’ll start seeing improvements in just 2-3 weeks. Your skin will feel smoother, look brighter, and you’ll save money while avoiding harsh chemicals!

Try this today!

Start with the daily carrot – grab some from your fridge and make it your afternoon snack. Your skin will thank you!

Share your thoughts below! Have you tried any natural skincare remedies? What worked for you?!

Easy Recipes

Spicy Ginger Tea

Corie Muldoon

Upset stomach? Feeling a little off health wise? Bloated? Achy? Need an energy boost?

Try some spicy ginger tea 🙂


Ingredients

  • Ginger root
  • Turmeric powder
  • Black pepper
  • Filtered water

Supplies

  • Small pot
  • Mug

Instructions

1. Place a small pot of filtered water on high heat.

2. Throw in a slice of ginger root, a teaspoon of turmeric powder, and some cracked black pepper.

3. Boil your tea for 15 mins.

4. Pour in your mug, let cool, and enjoy!

Holistic Healing, Mental Health, Mindfulness

A healing meditation on past, present, future…

Corie Muldoon

Embrace your past.

It’s brought you to this very moment.

Love your present.

It’s all that truly matters.

Let go of expectations of the future.

Make a decision to accept things as they are.

Do what you can now to feel as much love and joy as possible.

x Corie

Holistic Healing, Meditation, Mindfulness

Silence

Corie Muldoon

When was the last time you sat in a quiet room by yourself?

When was the last time you were able to quiet your mind?

The world we live in is non-stop, day and night.

Things are so easily available to us nowadays; we want things immediately and done right away.

Doesn’t matter what toll it will take on our bodies or wallet…

If it makes us happy and feel good in the moment, who cares long term right?

Let’s slow our roll

This go, go, go mentally is leaving us all frantic, trying to move along with everyone else, or keep up with our own expectations…

Like wooooah, let’s take a step back before another mental breakdown happens forreal.

What can we do?

We can commit to taking time to relax our mind, body and soul daily.

Think of it as your way of organizing your inner files.

The more time you put toward it → the more clear and efficient you will be as a whole.

#normanvincentpeale recommends taking this time each day (ideally multiple times throughout the day if possible) → to sit in silence and fully relax.

Why?

Because this not only helps us make better decisions in the day to day moments…

It also calms our nerves, allows us to see things with more clarity, and strengthens our self-awareness.

It also connects us with Infinite Intelligence: where all our awesome ideas come from!

More silence, more sanity

When we sit in silence…

With the intention to quiet and relax…

Our strength is renewed.

Next time you are feeling overwhelmed, don’t take it as a negative!

It’s the world’s way of telling you that you need to SIT IN SILENCE.

Get alone, even if it’s just a few minutes a day.

Process your emotions.

Breathe.

Write things down if needed.

Carve out the time → your life, inner peace and sanity depend on it!

x Corie

Holistic Healing, Mindfulness, Seasonal - Holidays

Winter Solstice

Corie Muldoon

Yule is the ancient name for the Winter Solstice, the longest night and shortest day of the year. 

In northern climates, this is the darkest and coldest time of the year.

The sun seems to be weak, even dying, and we fear winter will last forever.

But just as soon as the Solstice passes, the days begin to grow longer again.

The Solstice is a turning point in the wheel of the year, when the sun symbolically dies and is reborn.

Darkness is not something bad or something to fear.

We know that without darkness, nothing could live or grow. Without night, we would have no day.

Balance

Light and darkness must always be in balance.

At Solstice, the balance has tipped as far toward the dark as it can go.

And we are so ready for the light to come back.

This time of year has been sacred long before the birth of Jesus.

In fact, no one truly knows when exactly Jesus was born, but because people were so used to celebrating at this season, the early Church chose it for one of their most important holidays.

The Light in Religion

During this season, people of many different religions try to strengthen the light.

Pagans and Christians bring an evergreen tree inside and decorate it with twinkling lights to remind us that life goes on even in the depths of winter.

Jewish people light candles for eight nights, adding one more each night to the Chanukah Menorah.

And African American people celebrate Kwanzaa, lighting candles for seven nights to symbolize the qualities of unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.

Another tradition is staying up all night in anticipation for the birth of the sun, a new year.

In the early morning, many climb up on a hill to watch for the dawn, to drum and dance and welcome the reborn sun who brings back the light and the promise of summer.

The sun rises and we are reborn with the year.

Within each of us, whatever our age, the miracle child we were at birth emerges anew.

The secret we learn from the Solstice is that just when everything looks darkest, the light is sure to be reborn.

Did you find any value in this article? Should I write more about the seasons, nature, and our oneness with what surrounds us?

Happy Holidays! Sending love and blessings to all of my family and friends this winter season ♡
x Corie