Healing Work - Tracy Cordner

Happy Halloween!

Here we are again, it's Monday! Here's the scoop:

Healing with Yoga Dance is in three weeks! Come see what all the fun is about: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unlocking-the-body-healing-with-yoga-dance-tickets-952596932067

I have some openings this week on Wednesday and Thursday. Come see me or send that curious friend - if you're a client of mine, your friend's first session is FREE! Book here: https://shorturl.at/hUc9k

Thank you to everyone who sent me cat photos on Friday. I'm a firm believer in: cats go with everything and make everything better. 😻

Unlocking the Body-Healing with Yoga Dance Where do you hold your stress in your body? Come unlock some tension and learn about how and where we hold stress and yoga dance it out!

Alright, dear followers, we've known each other long enough; it's time.

SHOW ME YOUR CATS!

I'll start. I have three 😻

How do we stay centered during the madness that is the US presidential election? We have all kinds of intensity and emotion around the topic that isn’t addressed by “Do what you can, let go of the rest.”

There is so much that we don’t (can’t) know about the candidates, and as humans we can’t help but fill those blanks in with our history, traumas, beliefs and needs. Is this bad? No, it’s good — it points a giant illuminated arrow at the areas we need to know and understand about ourselves.

So, here is a little exercise. I assume you don’t know the candidates personally, so my question is:

Who are they TO YOU?

🇺🇸 If a candidate represents a step backward in progress– was there a time in your life where you were forced backward by someone? What can you learn about that? Have you processed your feelings about it?

🇺🇸 If a candidate seems like reckless fool – when in your life did a reckless fool cause problems for you? How did it feel? What did you need then?

🇺🇸 If a candidate seems perfect, like they will fix everything – look inside at the longing for things to be fixed. Did you ever feel like things weren’t right and you wished someone could just come and clean it all up?

The reflection questions are endless and extremely productive, whatever the outcome of the election.

Also, please vote. 🫵

Another FREE offering from Hope Floats Healing & Wellness Center.

If you know anyone dealing with loss of a child (0-12 years), this could be a deep support for them.

Registration is still open for the Small Footprints Bereavement Support Group 💜

This group will meet via Zoom bi-weekly on Tuesdays from 7:00 - 8:30 PM on the following dates this Fall: 11/5, 11/19, 12/3, & 12/17.

The Small Footprints group is open to any parent who has lost a child from birth to age 12. This is a peer-led support group that will meet via Zoom. Peer facilitators are parents who have experienced the loss of a child and are trained by Hope Floats as volunteer peer facilitators. Registration is required. Please contact 781-585-4221 ext 4.

Our Support Services are offered free of charge. We are an independent bereavement and educational center supporting individuals and families who are grieving or facing other life challenges. Hope Floats is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity and all funding comes from grants, fundraisers and private donations. Visit
www.hopefloatswellness.org for more information.

Monday Healing Work updates:

Healing with Yoga Dance is Nov 17! Come for the inner journey, stay for the HAWT BEATS!
eventbrite.com/e/unlocking-the-body-healing-with-yoga-dance-tickets-952596932067

I have availability on Wednesday; snap up your spot here: https://shorturl.at/hUc9k

My most popular article is called "Anxiety— Bees in the Brain". Have you read it? It's here: tracycordner.com/blog/anxiety-bees-in-the-brain

Anxiety - Bees in the Brain — Tracy Cordner | Healing Work Anxiety is like a swarm of buzzing bees in your head — monitoring, planning, and working. It is possible to calm the noise and settle the bees.

Tickets for the next Healing with Yoga Dance are LIVE!

We will be exploring the wound of comparing yourself to others... why we do this, the ways it hurts us, and how to stop and just dance your butt off!

Come have fun with me and all the ladies at JPH Organization !

Unlocking the Body-Healing with Yoga Dance Where do you hold your stress in your body? Come unlock some tension and learn about how and where we hold stress and yoga dance it out!

Have you said it?

🫣 “I don’t even want to know what my bill is going to be.”
🫣 “What did he say? I don’t even want to know.”
🫣 “Who is calling me now? I don’t even want to know.”

Why don’t we want to know things?

The answer lies in reactivity – once we know something, we start to feel things about it, and once we feel things we can’t always comfortably process those things or move on. We can get stuck. It’s natural to want to avoid this, but here’s the thing: you can’t really avoid the truth. If you choose not to know something, then you choose to know that there is something going on that you don’t know. This creates an ever-present sense of anticipation or dread, and it creates a kind of buildup in your life of unprocessed experience.

Healing is to know that whatever the truth happens to be, you’re interested and capable of meeting it. It’s a kind of maturity that brings peace.

Top of the week Healing Work announcements:

I've written a new article, available in print at the office and online: "What Does 'Close to Myself' Mean?"

I've added a bunch of pictures from our Healing with Yoga Dance events to my page: tracycordner.com/events - have a look, I'm proud of it! Our next event is Nov 17th at JPH.

What Does “Close to Myself” Mean? — Tracy Cordner | Healing Work What does it mean to be "close to oneself," and why bother?

Happy Friday! 😆

The work you do on yourself heals the world.

Every day, countless acts of violence take place in our world.

And yet we never talk about the root cause: an inability to regulate our emotional state.

Every day, countless people die of substance use.

And yet we never talk about the root cause: an inability to regulate our emotional state.

Every day, relationships fall apart. Differences of opinions cause people to become enemies.

And yet we never talk about the root cause: an inability to regulate our emotional state.

Every day, people make impulsive decisions that alter their lives and the lives of those they love in heartbreaking ways.

And yet we never talk about the root cause: an inability to regulate our emotional state.

Every day, children experience unspeakable things in their homes.

And yet we never talk about the root cause: an inability to regulate our emotional state.

May we all practice the pause. May we all learn to breathe deep to create space between the stimulus and the response. May we all learn we are the creator of our external experience once we master the internal. May we forgive ourselves for what we did in survival mode, and start to build the skills to thrive. May we stop looking for bandaid solutions, and start to do the work. May we stop pointing the finger and look at the mirror at ourselves and the energy we bring to every situation.

May we realize that we are all so much more alike than we are different. That we all want the same things.

That once we learn how to cope with the intense thoughts, and body sensations that come with intense emotions— we become free.

May we make it our priority to teach the next generation to become the calm, sturdy, responders— then watch our world change

Good Monday morning!

Here's what's up: Yoga dance returns to JPH November 17 - I'll let you know when you can sign up!

Also: The tissue experience in the healing den has ELEVATED! Come see!

There's always someone ready to listen... 🙈
Enjoy the weekend!

Family night at Hope Floats Healing & Wellness Center is coming up! Free, but requires registration. These nights are great for everyone, but kids especially can benefit from having a safe and supported space to honor their loved one(s) who have passed.

Join us at Hope Floats for October Family Night, Thursday, October 17 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM.

Family night is a night for children and families grieving the death of a loved one. We will have a special presentation from Mass Audubon, a wildlife and nature conservation organization. Pizza dinner will be provided!

Registration is required. Register here:
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/bnn7axk

Space is limited and registration is on a first come, first serve basis. Registration deadline is October 11.

Oh my goodness, what a sweet little treat this 33min film is for anyone who is in the healing arts or curious about the healing process.

The film is comprised of three interviews with local healers in Illinois, reflecting on their practice, process, and what it means to heal.

It's $5, a bargain!

HEALING HANDS/ a film about the art of healing Sculptor/filmmaker Laurie Blakely and four non-traditional healers collaborate to create a reflection on the art of healing and the healing power of art.

It's the last Monday of September, whaaaat?

I appreciate all who were brave and tried Healing Work this month for my birthday sale, and of course for those who continue to work with me week after week, month after month.

Not everyone is a match for the work I do, and that makes it even more special when it works well: when I get you, and you get the work, we both experience the magic.

Happy three years business-iversary to Healing Work, and here's hoping for many more.

Photo of my dog, Lua, enjoying the last days of summer.

That explains it. Happy Friday everyone!

Boundaries start out as stark lines and rules... about who is allowed in your life and who isn't, who you will talk to and about which topics, etc. They have to be kind of rigid because you need protection from people and situations that destabilize your growth. It is a learning space.

There comes a time though when it takes more to derail you -- you can spot an unhealthy dynamic from afar and deftly sidestep it. This is when boundaries become more dimensional and nuanced: you can screen and filter situations in the moment, naturally moving toward growth and away from harm.

Developing Empathic Boundaries - empathyacademy Setting flexible boundaries in an often rigid world In this live 2-hour workshop with Karla McLaren, M.Ed., you’ll learn many ways to create and define boundaries that make plenty of room for the deep interactions that empathy requires. Many highly empathic people have difficulty setting and maint...

Monday updates:

There are two spots left for my birthday sale:
Wed Sept 25 @ 10am and 12pm.

Birthday sale = free first session and half price for returning clients who haven't booked in a while. Claim here: https://shorturl.at/hUc9k

Bonus photo of my little fluffer, Buttercup, because she is just too delicious not to share.

Happy Friday! Get your work done 😉

There comes a time in your healing journey where you have to make a choice: wrong company, or no company?

You know something has shifted when it feels better to be alone than to be in the wrong company. Maybe you’ve discovered that you feel depleted, devalued, or mistreated when you spend time with certain people. These are things you didn’t know before, couldn’t dare to know because of the fear of losing the connection with them.

You know you’re healing when you’re not afraid to lose a connection, especially one that isn’t mutual or supportive.

Alone feels better than that.

Monday updates:

Thanks to all who joined the hootenany that was Healing with Yoga Dance! There is something special about JPH Organization and I always leave there feeling touched. Pics to follow. We will be back in November!

A couple spots left in my September birthday sale (free 1st visit, half price for clients who have not booked in a while) - snap em up here: shorturl.at/hUc9k

Some people have asked about the practice/discussion group and this is the update -- I'm going to pause on these for now with the possibility of revisiting in the future.

My office neighbors. Can confirm: lovely, thoughtful humans!

Hi 👋 As we continue to grow, and with the transition into a new season, it felt right to re-introduce ourselves! is a woman owned business that was established in 2020 by therapists and co-owners Elizabeth Zaccardi, LICSW and Hannah Cully, LICSW. We are located in Hingham, MA and offer both in person and telehealth outpatient mental health services to clients including children, teens and adults. If you are interested in inquiring about our services or joining our team of therapists, please email [email protected].
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