Today’s show is all about checking in with everyone and making sure we are taking good care of our mental and physical health during the COVID-19 outbreak and quarantine. What is happening right now in the world is something so unprecedented and unfathomable that it is leaving many of us in shock, not to mention deeply stressed and worried over our finances, our health, and our loved ones…  I’ve been quarantined for over 3 weeks now and while Tiger King memes and eating Nutella with a spoon have definitely been helping get me through this, it's not enough. There is a lot of fear and uncertainty in the world, and social isolation is definitely starting to take a toll on many of us, myself included.  (Does anyone else just miss getting a HUG??!) We don’t know how long this is going to last- Just remember, there is NO roadmap for dealing with this and you are doing your best and that is enough.

 As a mental health professional we know that isolation is silent killer- it can lead to depression, and other negative health outcomes. During this time, we all have to be vigilant about taking care of ourselves and working with feelings of depression and anxiety, as well learning to manage our time in a way that it can still give us some semblance of reality. Julia King joins me from the UK today to talk about how to cope with our 'new normal.' Julia is a registered nurse and she has an extensive background in nursing, counseling and psychotherapy. Her specialist subjects are relationships, mental health issues and eating disorders. Julia was a school counselor for five years, helping 11 to 18-year-old girls, many of which had problems related to their parent’s relationship issues. Julia is skilled in safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

In this talk, we address:

    How different personality types deal with social isolation
    Relational Communication Strategies
    We are all grieving- How to cope with the phases of it (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance)
    Coping with the loss of a loved one during this time
    Virtual communication as a substitute for physical contact
    Our sex lives becoming increasingly "Digisexual"
    What to do if you are feeling anxious/ depressed, and what not to do
    Time management, "chunking" time, routines and creating safe spaces
    Taking the best care of our children while we are home schooling them
    Gratitude and Positive Affirmations
    Giving back and taking care of others (plant, animal and human)

We are all in this together! Julia will be offering 30- minute counseling sessions to anyone who tuned into this talk, you can reach her here: https://julesandjacqui.com/

Sending everyone love and virtual hugs!

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E 112: Coping with the "New Normal" - Mental Health during COVID with Julia King

Even with huge amounts of fear, uncertainty and conflict surrounding us during this challenging time of social isolation and global pandemic, we are still seeing glimmers of hope, small acts of kindness and reminders of our elevated human consciousness. Today's show is a little something to uplift us during these trying times: James Redfield, author of the bestselling book, The Celestine Prophecy. It has kickstarted many spiritual journeys including my own. 25 years later it remains beloved, as do the other books in his Celestine series- and people are once again reading  and sharing them to connect with their spiritual awareness during these troubled times.

Using an adventure parable approach that has been called “part Indiana Jones, part Scott Peck,” The Celestine Prophecy created a model for spiritual perception and actualization that resonated with millions of people and focused on the mysterious coincidences that occur in each of our lives. The book quickly climbed to the #1 position on the New York Times bestsellers list, remaining on the list for more than two years.
 
Tune in to find out what James has been up to since he wrote these books, how we can learn from the 12 insights to find hope, peace and spiritual awareness, and what the future might hold for our human spiritual evolution. A feel good show!

E113: Hope and Synchronicities-Learning from the Celestine Prophecy w/ Author James Redfield

We all have good reason to feel scared and anxious during this time of  global pandemic and civic unrest. We are coping with unprecedented death and disease, unemployment, social unease, uncertainty, and riots and as the result of police brutality as the election looms nearer. Is there anyone out there who doesn’t feel a flood of fear, concern, and worry?

Today Dr. Kelly is joined by Cyndi Dale, internationally renowned author, speaker, healer, and the author of 27 books on energy medicine, intuition, and spirituality. Today she is going to share her insights on how can we free ourselves from our fears so that we can emerge from these crises stronger and more certain of our true selves, as might a butterfly emerging from its cocoon.
 
Don't miss this talk about techniques for harnessing healthy fear, avoiding becoming a "fear sponge," and energetic techniques to heal ancestral fear! We also talk about techniques for relaxation. 
 
Cyndi has worked with over 70,000 clients and her books have been translated in 17 languages. Her current release, Energy Healing for Trauma, Stress & Chronic Conditions (Llewellyn, July 2020), could not be more timely, and will be followed up by Advanced Chakra Healing, a reissue of a popular book first printed fifteen years ago (Llewellyn, August 2021.) Co-written with Dana Childs, she is also writing a book about making food and health choices through the chakras, to be published in 2022 by St. Martin’s Press.

E114: Overcoming Fear In Times Of Uncertainty And Stress with Cyndi Dale

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