by Jaime L. Pula, PhD, RDN | Jul 19, 2023 | Emotional Health
And no two people suffer and grieve the same over the losses. Like ocean waves, grief can have a high or a low tide and is mostly unexpected. Yet just as surprising is the strength, power and light that can be found through the toughest of times. Again, there is...
by Jaime L. Pula, PhD, RDN | Jun 21, 2023 | Emotional Health
Getting and staying open to fear is key. Resist closing down. Keep the pain moving. Choose to free yourself from anguish. You might feel it for a few moments, to a few minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or even years. But whatever you do, don’t shut it down. When you...
by Jaime L. Pula, PhD, RDN | May 3, 2023 | Emotional Health
Slow down, breathe, drink a tall glass of cold water, and get outside and explore Mother Nature with a quick walk for a few minutes in the sunshine, if you can. To remain preventative in your Thrive Quest, you’ll have to routinely schedule Healing Time that’s filled...
by Jaime L. Pula, PhD, RDN | Apr 26, 2023 | Emotional Health
No matter what you’re facing, you’re always talking to yourself. And the way you talk to yourself impacts the way that you feel. You may not even notice when you’re not being so nice to yourself. Think of it this way, if you’re talking to yourself in a...
by Jaime L. Pula, PhD, RDN | Apr 5, 2023 | Emotional Health
De-sensitization defined. It’s a process that diminishes our ability to respond to a negative adverse or positive stimulus after repeated exposure to it. And I think it’s safe to say we all maybe are desensitized right now after all we’ve been through...
by Jaime L. Pula, PhD, RDN | Mar 15, 2023 | Emotional Health
In no special order, I would like to offer to you my collage of trauma. And I’m pleased to share for the majority of it, I’ve arrived at a place of healing where my spiritual energy is able to continuously flow and I’m able to serve as the Daughter of the Most High,...