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Since scoliosis has lifelong implications, the reality of choosing a plan for treatment can feel daunting, overwhelming, and scary. How do I know?

No matter what path of treatment you choose, the experience of being in treatment and learning to live with scoliosis is likely to have a large impact on all areas of your life that can sometimes feel completely consuming. The diagnosis, the doctor’s appointments, the brace, the surgery, the pain, shame, and feeling different, all of it has the potential to effectively eclipse so much of who you a

re and how you know yourself. But what I wholeheartedly believe is this: You are so much more than that. I believe you are already whole, beautiful, wise, and more capable than you even know. And those are your superpowers to navigate the journey you’re on. I’ve been there, too. As an adolescent dealing with the crushing realities of scoliosis, wearing a back brace, and all that goes with it, I longed to connect with someone who had gone through a similar experience and had come out the other side. As an adult, I began to realize how those years in treatment created a painful disconnection from my body and so much of who I was. As I tried to make meaning out of all those experiences, I longed for a map back to who I was and a toolbox for the journey. My work, The Core Connection Program, is designed to support, honor, and uplift all of who you are as you move through your experiences with scoliosis and beyond. In a fun, safe, and supportive environment, you will find the tools and build the skills for developing a sense of trust and wellbeing in your mind, body, and spirit. As you embrace this opportunity to get to know yourself in a whole new way, you’ll learn how to step into the world knowing and loving who you are.

05/02/2022

Where’s your happy place? 🏝

Most of us have a lot of familiarity with our pain and discomfort and a lot of language to describe it.

When it comes to our pleasure and joy, it can be less easy to describe or talk about.

Next time you find yourself in a state of joy, gratitude, or pleasure, see if you can really let yourself sit with how it feels. Make notes in your body. Pick a few words to describe the sensation and anchor it in.

After a few days of freezing cold weather, I’m so grateful the sun is out and the snow is melting. I’m also grateful I have the body memory and felt sensation of being warm on the beach, gently rocking back and forth with the waves, as a place I can turn to when stress starts to rise.

The body keeps the score, yeah? It’s keeping score of the good stuff too. When we anchor in the joy, it becomes easier to access it and makes it possible to resource ourselves from the inside out.

Your happy place can be wherever you are. ✨

(but really, whose ready for the beach?!)

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• free scoliosis care guide
• 1:1 coaching for teens, parents, and adults impacted by scoliosis
• free discovery calls
🔗 in bio

03/02/2022

Inner wisdom? Inner witness? There’s a lot going on inside us, yeah?

Your inner witness is the part of you that’s noticing all the thoughts, feelings, and emotions you’re experiencing.

It’s your awareness.
It’s powerful.
And developing a relationship to it *will* change your life.

Your inner witness is the part of you that notices when you’re having judgmental or loving thoughts about your body.

It’s the part of you that notices when you’re happy or upset or anything in between.

It’s the part of you that notices when you hear or see something that lights you up with joy or something that doesn’t feel quite right.

It’s the part of you that notices if a certain movement works or doesn’t work for your body.

It’s not judgmental. It’s not critical. It’s just… noticing.

And what happens when you notice? Space opens up. *Options* open up.

When you notice you’re thinking mean thoughts about your back, you then have the option to choose different thoughts. (Pretty different than simply believing the mean thoughts to be true.)

When you notice you’re having loving thoughts about your body, you then have the option to feel how good they feel. And loving thoughts really do feel different, don’t they?

Curious? Try it out and just… notice.

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• free scoliosis care guide
• 1:1 coaching for teens, parents, and adults impacted by scoliosis
• free discovery calls
🔗 in bio

02/02/2022

Pay attention to the things that light you up. Your joy matters. ✨

01/02/2022

I think one of the hardest things about navigating life with scoliosis as a young person is that so many experiences end up disconnecting us from our inner wisdom. We learn to quiet that voice or forget it’s even there.

Why? Well, when we feel that our bodies have betrayed us or that they are out of our control, it can be difficult to foster trust in them. Also, there are usually a lot of people around us telling us what we need, but not a whole lot of people *asking* us what we need to support ourselves mentally and emotionally. We aren’t encouraged to get curious about our truth, much less express it. Throw in some power differentials, and other people’s words tend to feel more legitimate than our own knowing. It can create a pattern of looking outside of ourselves for answers, for validation, or for reassurance to the point of dismissing what’s true in our own heart.

One of the biggest goals of my work is to support clients in connecting to their own inner wisdom. I believe it is one of the the surest pathways to confidence, aligned care, and committed self-love. 💗✨

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• free scoliosis care guide
• 1:1 coaching for teens, parents, and adults impacted by scoliosis
• free discovery calls
🔗 in bio

30/01/2022

For me, scoliosis has always been about more than the spine.

I’m interested in how experiencing scoliosis, wearing a brace, being in treatment (or not receiving treatment), or getting getting surgery impacts:

• our sense of safety in our body & in the world
• our self-worth & quality of our relationships and connections
• our self-esteem & our belief in our own personal power
• our ability to extend love, compassion, and acceptance to ourselves and those around us
• our freedom of expression, how we communicate, our relationship to our own will and way of being
• our thoughts and beliefs about ourselves, how we see ourselves in our mind’s eye and how that shapes what we imagine as possible in our lives
• how we feel connected to ourselves as part of a greater whole

…because all these parts of our lives are indeed impacted by our experiences with scoliosis.

I know how painful, isolating, and upsetting living with scoliosis can be. It can be a real challenge. But what if it was also an invitation into so much more?

What if scoliosis was an invitation…
…to get to know your body so well, it felt like a safe place to be?
…to define your worth in ways that had nothing to do with how you looked, but by the qualities that live in your heart? Or the fact that the simple miracle of being alive is enough?
…to redefine power in ways that are much more sustainable for yourself and the planet?
…to have more compassion, to share more compassion, to BE compassion?
…to step into your fullest expression?
…to see yourself more clearly?
…to feel deeply connected to the world around us? to the cosmic forces that unite us all?

That’s a powerful invite, yeah?

It’s also why I think our care has to include more than what is happening in the physical realm. It has to be about supporting ourselves mentally, emotionally, and spiritually as well.

You are SO much more than this diagnosis. And you deserve to know and experience yourself as such.

Looking for a place to start? Let’s chat!

26/01/2022

Feeling different or that you don’t belong can be really painful.

Trying to shift and change who you are in order to belong? Also painful.

Here’s what I wish I knew as a teen in a brace: You don’t have to contort yourself to fit in. It’s ok to be different. You can be different and still belong. You can be YOURSELF and still belong. ✨

Need support? Let’s chat!

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• free scoliosis care guide
• 1:1 coaching for teens, parents, and adults impacted by scoliosis
• free discovery calls
🔗 in bio

24/01/2022

When I was at the beginning of unpacking the impact scoliosis and 5 years in back brace had on my life, I was feeling all the feels. The one feeling that freaked me out the most though was my anger (and I had a lot of it).

I was angry at my body, at all the years I spent in the brace, at doctors, at it all…

It also felt like such an ugly, taboo emotion to hold. I felt so ashamed for feeling so angry and didn’t know what to do about it.

Then I saw Thich Nhat Hanh talking to Oprah about his anger.

Whoa whoa whoa wait a minute… this guy, this beacon of peace and love, has felt angry?? and he’s admitting it?

Now, of course, I think duh… why wouldn’t he? But at the time, it blew my mind.

It blew my mind that he could feel angry.

It blew my mind that he could feel angry AND it wasn’t shameful. It didn’t make him “bad.”

It blew my mind that anger could have its own wisdom. And not only that, but it could be transformed into compassion and create healing.

It was a foundational moment in my own healing journey & I’m forever grateful.

20/01/2022

For those of us with scoliosis, I believe it’s so important to turn to our dreams.

They bring us strength and joy. (who could use more of that?)

They help us to see and remember the fullness of who we are. (you are SO much more than this diagnosis.)

And they put us in touch with the imaginative, creative power that resides in us all. (you are capable of living your dreams!)

The dreams you have for your life are a reflection of what’s *already* alive inside of you. (you’ve got it all, and you’ve got it all right now.)

No matter how big or small your dreams may feel to you, they are worth your attention, your care, your love, and your support. Why? Because the part of you that dreamed it all up is worth all of that too!

When you nurture your dreams, you nurture yourself.

Feeling stuck? Let your dreams mobilize you towards your truth—that you are worthy and capable of the visions in your heart. 💗

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• free scoliosis care guide
• 1:1 coaching for teens, parents, and adults impacted by scoliosis
• free discovery calls
🔗 in bio

19/01/2022

Ah, the wisdom of trees 🌳✨

13/01/2022

A lot of the messaging I got when I was growing up as a girl with scoliosis made it feel like my body was working against me, that it wasn’t a safe space.

That’s not a fun place to be.

It’s not always easy to feel safe in this world, but if there is one place to feel safe, I think it starts with your own body.

You deserve to feel safe in your body.

For me, this is an ongoing, lifelong journey. What’s helped?

•Getting a fresh education and perspective about scoliosis

•Learning to listen to my body (it’s quiet talkative) and honoring its needs *and* wishes

•Understanding how deeply connected my mind, body, and spirit truly are (our bodies are pretty incredible, and so much more than what we’ve been taught in school)

•Letting go of beliefs that don’t resonate with my own experience

•Learning about the nervous system and the gifts it holds

•Healing all sorts of trauma

•Letting myself have more FUN!

•And finding ways to help create more safety for others

…just to name a few ✨

What’s helped you??

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• free scoliosis care guide
• 1:1 coaching for teens, parents, and adults impacted by scoliosis
• free discovery calls
🔗 in bio

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