Posts by Victoria Albina
Your Why and Polyvagal Theory: Body/Mind Connection
It’s easy to make a list of the 473 things you want to accomplish in a day, a month, a year, or even a lifetime. And often it’s harder to get those things off the list. Especially those things that feel big, challenging, failure prone, vulnerable-making. Even harder still when you’re not connected with your…
Read MoreEp #48: Your Why and Polyvagal Theory
What gets you up in the morning? What’s that driving force that propels you to take action every day, to live the intentional life of your dreams? That’s your why, my darlings. On the podcast today, I’m talking all about your why, and I’ll be touching on polyvagal theory as well, so you can nerd…
Read MoreWhat Other People Think of You Is None of Your Business
Our human brains love to judge. There’s a part that’s evolutionary, we had to decide, often very quickly, if the person or animal in front of us was a threat or not. So we’re wired, in a way, to make these split-second decisions for our own protection. Luckily, most of us no longer live in…
Read MoreEp #47: Goals and New Year’s Resolutions
The second week of the new year is already upon us, and I’m sure many of you have set resolutions for yourselves with good intentions. While this practice is great for identifying the changes you want to make in your life, it can often act as another thing to beat yourself up about when you…
Read MoreMy Vision for You This Season: Self-Love
While we’ve likely never met, I love you. I love you because you’re perfect, whole, and amazing just as you are. And if you’re anything like me, all the messages from the world, from the patriarchy, from your culture and society, from your parents or family of origin convinced you that you are something other…
Read MoreEp #46: My New Year’s Vision for You
From a tender age, we’ve received messages from society, our families, and the patriarchy that we are something other than magnificent human beings. And nobody can blame you for believing it. I know that, like me, so many of you have been molded by the expectations of those around you to seek validation externally, by…
Read MoreWhy Wishing Is Not Enough: Shift from Wishing to Acting
How often do you find yourself saying, “I wish things were different?” Have you ever stopped to contemplate the effect of all that wishing thinking on your day-to-day life, how it takes you out of the present, and that wishing becomes the action you’re taking? I’ve been paying a lot of attention to this language…
Read MoreEp #45: Why Wishing Is Not Enough
When you’re in an uncomfortable situation, how often do you find yourself wishing that things were different? I know I’ve done it, and if this sounds like you, I’ve got some truths for you that will change your life. Especially at this time of year, when we might be spending time with our family of…
Read MoreEp #44: How to Stop Worrying for Good
Last week, we talked about worrying, the evolutionary underpinnings of the worry habit, and how so many of us are taught by our families, communities, and our cultures to use worry and panic as the driver for our actions. I shared some tools to check in with your body and stop worrying in the moment,…
Read MoreEp #43: Worry and Your Nervous System
Over the holidays, I spent time with someone who has a tendency to project into the future and spin into anxious worry about things that they can’t control. This caused me to really think about my own worrying habits, and so I’ve put this episode together for all of you to detail my strategy for…
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