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Self care part 3: our neurology
This post may be hard to digest, but here it is: your relationship with your own body supersedes any health interventions you may seek...
Heather Koubek
Apr 5, 20243 min read
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We use 100% of our brains!
It's been a bit since I have added to this blog! It’s not that I haven’t had anything to discuss; it’s actually quite the opposite. I...
Heather Koubek
Feb 5, 20244 min read
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Change actually requires stumbling blocks
Let me just say this for anyone who needs to hear it: making a big shifts in one's life is never a linear process. Never a straight and...
Heather Koubek
Mar 12, 20233 min read
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Craniosacral Therapy- what is it?
Craniosacral therapy (CST). If you’re here and reading this, something about this bodywork has sparked your interest. Or you have tried...
Heather Koubek
Jan 29, 20233 min read
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This tricky thing called pain
Pain. Non terminally diagnosed pain (terminally diagnosed is a different animal altogether.) It’s a phenomenon I deal with every day....
Heather Koubek
Jan 29, 20223 min read
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Never Forget is a tricky proposition for our healing
The upcoming 20th anniversary of 9/11 started having it’s impact months ago. Anticipation is heavy. I see there are new documentaries...
Heather Koubek
Sep 7, 20213 min read
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Who on earth am I to talk about trauma?
I am sure some of you have questions as to why a massage therapist would be delving into trauma and the nervous system in these blogs and...
Heather Koubek
Sep 2, 20213 min read
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Pain=Growth- a personal journey
Today’s blog will be very personal for me. I lost my friend Jill 3 years ago in July. She was 44 when she passed. My relationship with...
Heather Koubek
Jun 9, 20213 min read
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Self care part 2: your people
"What Shamu taught me about a healthy marriage" is an article by Amy Sutherland in the NYT in 2006. It made great waves in the psychology...
Heather Koubek
May 30, 20214 min read
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SO much talk of women & self care: now we must begin to walk the walk- Part 1
SELF CARE. Boy this concept is thrown around a lot these days! We’ve had some wonderful and deeply moving conversations about this topic...
Heather Koubek
May 22, 20213 min read
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Motherhood.
Mothers Day. Hoo boy. This day, created simply to honor the mothers in our lives, can be loaded with all kinds of complicated emotions...
Heather Koubek
May 8, 20213 min read
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Lemme tell you a little story about a Possum
We have all heard about our heroic fight or flight response. People can pick up cars to save babies trapped underneath! We can run like...
Heather Koubek
May 1, 20213 min read
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Fear! Wrote a little song about it. Like to hear it? Here it goes...
Fear. Such a vast and important topic. Where to begin? How about here: some of the most devastating events for human beings have been...
Heather Koubek
Apr 25, 20214 min read
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It's not you, it's your nervous system
We have all been through some shit. That’s why so much of my work, blog posts and life’s journey are about this very thing. Our lives are...
Heather Koubek
Apr 17, 20214 min read
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We are all a bit traumatized from this thing called life
Welcome cherished traumatized souls! I here to tell you something: You are not alone. When I was a kid I thought the word "traumatized"...
Heather Koubek
Apr 6, 20213 min read
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Too much of anything is not good
I spent the first half of my life procrastinating. In college and even grad school, I did the minimal amount of work, skating by,...
Heather Koubek
Mar 23, 20213 min read
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We can have nice things
There is a phrase I hear often, usually said in jest: “This is why we can’t have nice things.” While it can be funny in a dry way, it...
Heather Koubek
Mar 16, 20213 min read
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Simply put:
If you are seeking out an alternative therapy, there are so many transformative ones in which you can choose. If any of these...
Heather Koubek
Mar 10, 20211 min read
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Your journey to better health begins simply: with YOU
Look. There are a lot of people who will tell you a lot of things that they say will lead you into better state of mental and physical...
Heather Koubek
Mar 4, 20213 min read
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What exactly does "good health' mean??
What is the definition of “good health”? I would start this conversation simply. Do you have a relationship with your own body? If the...
Heather Koubek
Feb 24, 20213 min read
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