by Julia Carpenter | May 19, 2022 | Fighting Depression, Hope, Inner Strength, Resilience, Self-care
Being a Trauma Informed Yoga teacher, I am very aware of how important Mental HEALTH is. Yoga helped me work through my own trauma, and I have even come to call it my own personal anti-depressant. Through the process of working through my trauma, I...
by Julia Carpenter | Apr 28, 2022 | Fighting Depression, Happiness, Hope
What is happiness? Happiness: a state of well-being and contentment : JOY- merriam-webster.com I wish that there was an easy prescription for happiness. 1-2-3 = HAPPY! The truth is, I don’t have it. There is a lot of advice out there on being happy and things...
by Julia Carpenter | Mar 31, 2022 | Change & Transition, Fighting Depression, Happiness, Hope, Letting Go
Sometimes we get mired in the story of our trauma. We focus on having to fix all these different parts of ourselves. It’s like we get trapped in it. It’s time to allow yourself to see beauty within and without. I was reminded of this the other day when I took a...
by Julia Carpenter | Mar 17, 2022 | Hope, Uncategorized
It’s Women’s History Month. I’m grateful for being a woman and being able to connect with and help women everyday. A little pandemic story…Shortly before the pandemic began in the U.S., I left my corporate day job to focus on my business supporting...
by Julia Carpenter | Mar 10, 2022 | Hope, Kindness
I keep thinking of this quote by Gandhi, “The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.”- Mahatma Gandhi All I can think about to day is peace. How it is so important to be kind to each other and ourselves. May all those at war...
by Julia Carpenter | Mar 3, 2022 | Compassion, Fighting Depression, Hope, Inner Strength, Kindness, Resilience, Stress Relief
I need to acknowledge that a lot is happening in the world right now. The invasion of Ukraine, Famine (and more) in Afghanistan, the changing status of the world Pandemic, all that plus whatever you are dealing with directly in your daily life. Any one of these...