Solutions at the Speed of Light – the Healthy Living Center

Posted By : mwolken 9 Nov

Life after trauma – Reset the brain’s highways while you rest

We face many challenges throughout our lives; some planned and others a surprise,

it’s how we overcome those challenges that shape the success we achieve in life.

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the scariest challenges we will face. Whether it was a sudden death that comes out of nowhere or from childhood trauma, an accident, or group trauma, these overwhelming life-changing experiences must be gently cared for – NOT IGNORED if you want to heal.

I am no stranger to TBIs after suffering an almost life-changing car accident. I fought to overcome the challenges of those accidents. Knowing the struggles, I would like to help you rebuild your “house” by decreasing the stress on the body’s dynamic and vagal nerve systems.

-Mary Wolken Ph.D. Learning and trauma specialist

Ready to get moving on your recovery? Click here.

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Posted By : mwolken 5 Jul

So tired all the time – want relief?

Why am I so tired now?

Covid lockdown seems to be lessening.

People are attempting to mingle in groups again.

BUT…

our normal thinking brain is still slower than it was before Covid.

WHY?

The brain works best when it has:

1. Quality food

2. 2-4 quarts of purified water,

3. A calm, happy environment to live and thrive in,

4. lots of movement and exercise

5. loving energy interactions

During a crisis…

Hormones shift to crise mode, muscles in gut and brain tighten, and emotionally one’s nervous system retreats into crisis or survival mode.

What does this mean to be In crisis mode?

**our energy gets redirected to fight or flight mode so there isn’t enough to do all “normal” activities8

***we feel drained, anxious

**on high alert or not quite “with it”

*** eternally sleep deprived..

SO….. Are you tired of being somewhat less than your best?

What can you do about it?

Let’s do this together. You can begin today at your convenience. Are you in? Click to begin

Posted By : mwolken 20 Dec

Improve your Brain + Decrease Pain

Learn to improve your brain and decrease pain

Click to join Beyond Pain- Mastering Energy 1 webinar

Your brain is the seat of pain management and learning.

Your body is the library that stores are how we emotionally react in a crisis.

Beginning Jan. 10. 2017 at 5:30 PM PST. Mary Wolken coach and stress relief specialist will introduce you to the secrets of the:

Wolken Pain Relief System.

It can help you:

to respond calmly and quickly in a crisis situation
• Improve effective communication skills?
• Speed recovery time

Beyond Pain- Mastering Energy 1 webinar

Posted By : mwolken 28 Oct

Stuck in your story ?

Stuck in your story?

Do you let an old painful event hold you back?

sea shells on the sandy beach — Stuck in the muck?

Research has shown that no matter how good our memory is. It isn’t strong enough to recall old events or trauma in full detail. So what are we actually remembering? More important when we think about or tell some one about what happened, the brain edits the original event slightly with each time it is retold.

Think about that for a minute.

Each time it’s remembered our brain and our emotional attachment to the event grows stronger connections between brain cells called neurons. These circuitry get embedded in our brain cells through repetition.

According to Karim Nader PhD, a neuroscientist at McGill University in Montreal says “it maybe impossible for humans or any other animal to bring a memory to mind without altering it in some way”1.

So what we recall, plus or minus a slight change, our story is born. The “story” can create excuses for doing or not doing something. Pain or emotional overload can become the roots of a deeply hidden driver behind the pain story. Often times, the more often we think about the pain the story deepens so does the pain.

Free yourself from pain’s old story

Thanks to smithsonianmag.com/science-nature

Posted By : mwolken 15 Mar

Beyond Mindfulness Training Intro

I met some SUPER teachers and staff including Ms Jennifer Ambrosio principal of Bonillas Basic Curriculum Magnet School in Tucson Unified School District and Sarah Niegocki special ed. teacher on Weds. March 9.

Thanks so much for letting me have such a heart felt fun experience sharing “Beyond Mindfulness” with the staff and you at our in service on March 9. Everyone joined in and I can hardly wait to return to share more fun ways to tune in, turn down the stress and encourage all of us to be more creative and successful in school and life. Thanks so much.

Would love to invite other Tucson Schools to host “Beyond Mindfulness” and explore the development of an ongoing program for next year. M.Wolken PhD

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Category Archives: Solutions at the Speed of Light

Learn to improve your brain and decrease pain

to respond calmly and quickly in a crisis situation • Improve effective communication skills? • Speed recovery time

Stuck in your story?

to respond calmly and quickly in a crisis situation
• Improve effective communication skills?
• Speed recovery time