by Soul Embodied | Jun 13, 2023 | Nutrition Wellness, Women's Health Occupational Therapy
What is Ayurveda you ask? Ayurveda is the sister science of yoga. It is an approach to healing that uses natural elements, herbs, and food as medicine. Ayur means life and veda means knowledge, so Ayurveda translates to the “the knowledge of life.” From Ayurvedic...
by Soul Embodied | Jun 5, 2023 | IFS Coach, Nutrition Wellness, Women's Health Occupational Therapy
The Canadian Model of Occupational Performance (CMOP) is a tool occupational therapists use to identify key factors in an individual’s wellness. At the center is the individual. In this model, a person’s core wellness consists of spiritual, affective,...
by Soul Embodied | May 29, 2023 | Classical Yoga & Meditation, IFS Coach, Women's Health Occupational Therapy
What is Internal Family Systems (IFS) Dick Schwartz, who created IFS, identifies a multiplicity of what he calls sub personalities which we refer to as parts. We all have parts. We speak about a part of us that wants to go out and another part of us that wants to stay...
by Soul Embodied | May 22, 2023 | Classical Yoga & Meditation, IFS Coach, Women's Health Occupational Therapy
When you first think about the years of painful periods you’ve been experiencing or your sudden acne breakout, you may not think about your mental and emotional wellbeing. You may think, “it was all of the greasy food I ate or painful periods are normal.” However,...
by Soul Embodied | May 14, 2023 | Women's Health Occupational Therapy
As I sit down to begin a new endeavor of creating a blog to guide women toward their optimal health, I struggle to singularly identify as an Occupational Therapist (OT). I have thought more of myself as a pelvic health specialist, yogini, ayurvedic practitioner,...