The Dena Way

Thanks for the amazing thoughtfulness, kindness, and yummy gift of food today. You always bless my ❤️, mind, and tummy ! Congratulations on being 6 months cancer free ! You are a blessing to so many 🙏🏼💕

Good morning Saturday! You make waking up feel like a special treat. What a great day to have a great day!

I love having a job that allows me to travel ❤️. Office location change this week. Supporting USA DIVING. ❤️

They are the best ! Cheers to strong , smart, wise, compassionate, empathetic, women. ❤️🙏🏼😊🥰🎉

Celebrate! Today I indulged in the joy of celebrating. I hope you found time to celebrate! Celebrate your success, your growth, your accomplishments. Your freedom and liberty Celebrate you and who you are! You are a child of God. Beautiful, a delight, a joy. You do not have to try harder, be better, be perfect, or be anything you are not. Your beauty is in you, just as you are each moment. Celebrate that. When you have a success, when you accomplish something, enjoy it. Pause, reflect, rejoice. Celebration is a high form of praise and gratitude to our creator for the gift of all we have and to delight in it ! Celebrate your relationships! Celebrate the lessons from the past and the love and warmth that is there today. Enjoy the beauty of others and their connection to you. Celebrate all that is in your life. Celebrate all that is good. Celebrate you! .

Grateful for motherhood with this Fab 4!

Need relief from pain, headache, arthritis and skin relief ? CBD is headed to Moses Lake Market 2022 to offer you pure CBD with no THC and made locally in Entiat. Chemical and hormone free. organic and plant based. Quick topical relief for all of your aches and pains. Come try a sample!
See you soon!

The schedule is now open for 2022!

I’m back to work full-time! The schedule is now open for returning clients and I am currently accepting new clients for Coaching and Bodywork. Call or text to schedule ASAP. Let’s chat about all the new possibilities and potential that’s waiting for you in 2022!

I’m back to work full-time! The schedule is now open for returning clients and I am currently accepting new clients for Coaching and Bodywork. Call or text to schedule ASAP. Let’s chat about all the new possibilities and potential that’s waiting for you in 2022!

Happy New Year🎉. Nothing is ever wasted. All things work for our Good. ( Rom. 8:28 ). Be gentle with yourself as you step into 2022 and use your past as a resource to plan and start your new beginning in 2022.

Thankful, Grateful, and Blessed! Wishing you a Merry Christmas, Holiday and everything! Thank you to all of my clients this year! You have all brought me joy, laughter, goodies, gifts and so much pleasure in getting to be a part of your healing process through bodymind coaching and bodywork! May your holiday season be refreshing, inspirational, and your soul be filled with peace and love ❤️ 🎄🌈🙏🏼😘

Looking for relief from pain, migraines, arthritis, skin conditions, better sleep and more …..? Come down to Pybus market and let’s talk all things cbd (no thc). I’ll be here until 1 pm today. If that doesn’t work for you let’s schedule a call so you can learn more ! 5098601409

Substance over Form

I’m learning that for a variety of reasons, I’ve spent much of my life focusing on form rather than substance. My focus has been on having my hair done perfectly, wearing the right clothes, having my makeup applied perfectly, living in the right place, furnishing it with the right furniture, working at the right job, and having the right man. Form, rather than substance, has controlled my behavior in many areas of my life. Now, I’m finally getting to the truth. It’s substance that counts.
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Form is the outline; substance is what fills it in. We fill in the outline of ourselves by being authentic; we fill in the outline of our life by showing up for life and participating to the best of our authentic ability.

In my own illness and injury recovery these last 2 years, I leaned into paying more attention to how things work and feel, and not to what they look like.

I focus on substance in my life. I fill in the lines of myself with a real person - me . I am concentrating on the substance of my relationships , rather than what they look like. I focus on the real workings of my life, instead of the trappings. ❤️💪🎉

Form gives us a place to begin. But for many of us, form has been a substitute for substance . We may have focused on form to compensate for feeling afraid or feeling inferior. We may have focused on form because we didn’t know how to focus on substance.

Is there a place in your life where form vs substance is the focus?

If you or someone you love is looking for relief from Migraines, arthritis, pain, sleep and your skin come see me at the Pybus Farmers Market today ! I’m here until 1 pm today.

Yummy holistic warmth on this Fall day Farmers Market in Chelan.

This is me ……. Feeling stronger after working a partial schedule in my brick and mortar business. I’m feeling more like me every day ! Recovering from injuries that happened in April has been a major challenge. With full transparency I never thought this day would come. I couldn’t see my way out of the tunnel. But with the support of many friends and my team of amazing healers …. I’m finding my groove again. I still have a ways to go , but I’m in it to win it !!! The process has been slow, but slow is smooth and smooth is fast! I’m almost 12 weeks post injury and ready to think about getting on my bike again. So good to be with my clients again! Bring on the summer fun and new reunions with my clients.

I gave up growing plants in my home shortly after I started raising children and family pets. They just didn’t seem to thrive and grow with the lack of attention I gave them. To be fair and show grace to myself ...... I was busy feeding and tending to the 4 kids, 3dogs, 7 cats, a few litters of kittens, a house, husband and myself. Plants were “not” a priority!

Now that our home is empty and have 1 independent cat remaining I have become more excited to re-introduce plants into our home. (Pics coming soon!).
Research shows that plants in the home provide many positive and health promoting benefits.
Check out this article for some great ideas and options.

12 of the Best Plants for Cleaner Indoor Air In modern times, we don't get nearly the same air quality as we used to. Here are 12 plants that can clean the air you breathe each day....

Do you ever read more than one book at a time? All of these are my current morning reads. Little excerpts of inspiration that duel me up for showing up as my best self on a daily basis. They are a great start to my day and give my wisdom for all areas in my life. The physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. I intentionally feed my soul so that I can show up as my highest level of support for myself and those in my daily path. How about you? What are you reading ?

Take care of you you. Prioritize it. And I’d only our watches would help us track it! Great read.

Wouldn’t it be cool if we could track our mental health the same way we track our physical activity?

We’d earn badges for things like “Made appointment with a therapist!” and a “No” badge where we were able to say no to something that stresses us out.

Rather than activity rings, our mental health rings would keep track of time with our therapist. Another ring could track time spent unplugged from technology and a third would track time spent doing something just for yourself.

I’d sign up for that. It’s equally important to track our mental health and it’s something I haven’t prioritized for a long time. I’ve been in survival mode for almost a year and it’s taken a toll.

Now that my kids are back in school a couple days a week, I’m proud I’ve already earned the first badge and closed a ring.

Taking those first steps is HUGE for me and I couldn’t have done it if I hadn’t been inspired by my online friends talking openly and my real life friends encouraging me every day.

I’m looking forward to working through the clutter in my brain, learning how to deal with stress, and moving closer to the person I want to be.

I’m excited to close the “Take Time For Yourself” ring. Like I have a date with myself. Maybe I’ll drive into town and browse that little boutique I’ve been dying to check out. Or Maybe I’ll just take a long walk with my dog and my music.

Maybe you’re ready to earn a new badge yourself. And it’s ok if you’re not. But I encourage everyone to make yourself a priority however that looks for you. You deserve it.

“I didn’t want to get up and do something positive for myself, But I did “
“And that’s where I win “.
Great read.

I forced myself to get dressed and go down to the waiting treadmill in the basement.

But I didn't want to, no.

I wanted to bask in my insecurities.
I wanted to dwell on my past decisions.
I wanted to relish in everything I'm not and forget about everything I am.

And that, for me, is my depression's finest moment.

Depression doesn't want me to feel good or worthy.
It certainly doesn't want me liking myself or taking pride in all I've accomplished.

Instead, it feeds off madness. It soaks up all the negative and splashes it around like a canon ball in the water.

And for what?
So, it can survive.

You see, I've started back up on meds and I've been feeling a drastic change. A welcomed change.
But apparently that puts a damper on the control my depression wants over me.
It wants to whisper sweet evil in my ear until I start believing it's true.

"You're not funny." "You can't write." "You haven't accomplished much." "You're a loser."
"You aren't good enough."
And my favourite, sweet crippling comparisons.

Hard. Stop.

It certainly was not easy task, but I picked myself up off the bed, my face red and puffy and my muscles tense and resistant.
I wiped the salty tears away and pulled my hair into a tight bun on the top of my head.
With sword and shield in hand, I got ready for the fight.
I pushed myself down the stairs, one foot in front of the other.

It wasn't until I was halfway through my second round of lunges that I realized something

I thought I didn't want to move.
I thought I didn't want to feel better.
I thought I didn't want to be okay.

But I did want all that.

Depression made me think otherwise.
Depression wanted me to sink into a dark black hole and veg.

Depression likes to trick me at the best of times, and I've got to give it credit; it does a fine job at pushing my faults to the front of the line.

But what it doesn't realize is that I'm stronger.
I've been doing this for a long time and I'm aware of its malicious intent.

It's never easy, but I grow more powerful with each episode, no matter how small the growth may be.

I didn't want to get up and do something positive for myself, but I did.

And that's where I win.

I choose love and happy. How about you?