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In the territory of loss, stories abound about how we should behave and what we ought to feel. We tell ourselves that other people’s pain trumps ours, so we need to shut down and carry on.
by Maria Sirois At the end of a lecture on self-care one night, a woman in her early seventies approached me. She is beloved in our community, a figure of generosity and warmth, and known for her...
Yoga therapy can do more than address pathology—it can also be a modality employed for optimal human flourishing. While it’s natural to think of yoga therapy as a potential “fix” for something...
We ought to be living our lives backward. We ought to stop right now, put the phone down, shut the laptop, and write down exactly what we want our best friend to say about our lives the day we are...
No woman likes to get a Pap smear. We do it because it can save our life by diagnosing cervical cancer early. That early diagnosis can be the difference between curable cancer and terminal cancer. A...
What was true for us playing street hockey, backyard wiffle ball or schoolyard toss is true for us now in the fields of adulthood: keep your eye on the ball, look for unexpected openings, rest when...
Change doesn't happen because we wish it or because the universe magically aligns to make it so. It occurs when we make the conscious choice to imagine a better future and then choose the steps that...
Anyone who does not support us fully in our vision of our lives, who does not sing our song, honor our gifts, stand firm in the conviction that we matter as we are, limits us. Our heartfelt response...
WBI welcomes a new, ongoing blog by Dr. Maria Sirois called Inspiring Change. Change is difficult and takes time. We could all use reminders now and then to return us to our focus, streamline our...
You’ve heard the term psychosomatic before—and probably not in too kind of a way. The term is used to refer the mind’s power to conjure up maladies in the body—mental thoughts creating realities...